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limpyhobbler

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13. Let me check your math....

Thu Aug 30, 2012, 11:47 PM

Aug 2012

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Yes your math is flawless. We should be able to work much much less and still live quite comfortably.

We would live better actually.

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I hate to tell you this now-But I gotta point out we are NEVER going to regain a strong middle class [View all] Boxerfan Aug 2012 OP

Not enough to save the middle class. immoderate Aug 2012 #1

^^^^This ^^^^ limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #5

Yep. I feel like this idea is spreading at the speed of light. reformist2 Aug 2012 #7

I was going to say the speed of jello. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #9

You ran the numbers... immoderate Aug 2012 #15

Well this is some futuristic stuff I guess. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #17

My eight hour a week estimate is based on some economist's estimate immoderate Aug 2012 #20

Cloud atlas corpocracy. Nt abelenkpe Aug 2012 #27

Yup. Eight hours/week/person to produce all we need to consume. immoderate Aug 2012 #8

Let me check your math.... limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #13

This is built on the assumption that such wealth being generated is spread fairly evenly. Selatius Aug 2012 #18

So lets dislodge them already. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #21

When you challenge people with a lot of money, it usually gets bloody and messy quickly. Selatius Aug 2012 #24

Got to work with, or (if necessary) build Unions. n/t Amonester Aug 2012 #25

The French figured out how to do a good dislodging a coupla hundred years back... kath Aug 2012 #28

In theory, yes Incitatus Aug 2012 #10

hmmm.... Yes the owners are absorbing all extra value from productivity gains into their profits. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #14

It is hard to conceptualize a life where work isn't the primary motivator to waking up. Selatius Aug 2012 #16

I've always wanted to learn the banjo. limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #19

On the contrary--I believe the government can afford to buy each of us a KIA SOUL! nt Romulox Aug 2012 #2

There's plenty of wealth - it needs to be shared. reformist2 Aug 2012 #3

Tariffs just make things unaffordable for the middle class TexasBushwhacker Aug 2012 #4

Here's the response I expected earlier...I disagree completely-its quality vs quantity in more Boxerfan Aug 2012 #30

It sounds crazy, but we need to start planning for an economy where not everyone needs to work. reformist2 Aug 2012 #6

It's called "automation socialism." immoderate Aug 2012 #12

Apparently not so well developed. reformist2 Aug 2012 #22

What's missing? immoderate Aug 2012 #23

Here's the let's-send-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free-trade" agreements that have been signed > AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2012 #11

It's very simple... WCGreen Aug 2012 #26

The 1%-ers have already decided the shape of the 'new economy' and have been putting the HiPointDem Aug 2012 #29