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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:25 PM Feb 2017

Why are the billionaires running around like free range squirrels? Automation and

Universal Basic Income.

They know that Trump cannot save them from a 50-70% unemployment gap. They will have to accept a living wage like Finland is going to test.

Experiment to start in 2017 and include 2,000 randomly selected welfare recipients of free government money.

Read More:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/universal-basic-income-finland-ubi-test-scheme-experiment-a7211241.html

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Why are the billionaires running around like free range squirrels? Automation and (Original Post) CK_John Feb 2017 OP

February surprise. NCTraveler Feb 2017 #1

Universal Basic Income is the future... yallerdawg Feb 2017 #2

On the bright side... Cirque du So-What Feb 2017 #3

Once 85-90% of workers don't have jobs, Blue_true Feb 2017 #4

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)

1. February surprise.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:31 PM

Feb 2017

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)

2. Universal Basic Income is the future...

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 08:32 PM

Feb 2017

or we won't have a future.

Cirque du So-What

(25,949 posts)

3. On the bright side...

Reply to yallerdawg (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:21 PM

Feb 2017

neither will the 0.001%. Sure, they can buy security for awhile, but eventually even the mercenaries will have had enough of their shit.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

4. Once 85-90% of workers don't have jobs,

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 17, 2017, 09:48 PM

Feb 2017

The security that the rich pay for won't be able to protect them or their children. There will be no safe place for them to go. What are they going to do, stay in their mansions and fly by copter to their walled in country clubs? The rich will be nothing more than birds in a gilded cage.

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