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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:34 PM Original message |
Umm...er...WTF?!?!? --- Commentator at CNN asks: "Are jobs obsolete?" |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. WTF is right! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. As a lazy person, I would be fine laying around all day drinking beer. |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Curious what kind of business you have that kinda runs itself, and how long have you |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Law firm, over a decade. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. The weird thing about law practices |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. That's exactly what I did. Left big firm life after 3 years of 60-80 hour |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Amen |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. +100 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you were an employer, what percentage of the population would you consider employable? |
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JoeyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
46. Depends on what the business is and what it needs. |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Put down the imperial crackpipe |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Like my friend told me |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. actually computerization, robots, jobs that put the bread on the table |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Is 9% Unemployment The New Norm?........ |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. It is a brave new world.. that is for sure.. |
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DoBotherMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. I agree |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. We "want" food...." Food is merely a "want" to this colossal a**hole. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. Guess he wants to tax the rich at the Eisenhower rate then. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. "we have pretty much everything we need. " |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. The article's actually pretty interesting. |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I agree - it's worth reading to the end. |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. It always gets to me when people use macro ideas to solve micro problems. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. So its not a production problem, but a distribution problem |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. No, unless you want to live in a third world country. |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
18. i wonder how much he was paid to say that |
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kelly1mm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
20. Here is the issue. There are people like me that are blessed to make |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wish the jobs of commentators and pundits were--but they seem to be a dime a dozen. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
23. Let them eat cake |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think his job should be made obsolete. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. give everyone the necessities--housing, education, food, shelter, healthcare, nursing, |
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FrodosPet (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. What if they don't show up for work? |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. that's why I said "motivated" |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Can You Cite an Example of Such a Society? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. It was like that moment in "Star Trek: First Contact" |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Serfdom...it's the new black n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. No, but we're getting there. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. Not entirely, but the commentator is on to something |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. People need income, jobs will follow /nt |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm wondering about the environmental costs of forcing landowners to put their land |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
49. I think the policy is not to require anything in particular, but to tax land per se |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. self-delete |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think he's basically correct, people need income, not jobs |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
50. You've got the right idea. We need everyone to work less. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Interesting perspective |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oops I accidentally recommended this. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. If you read the whole article, you can see he has some points. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Many are. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. Technological singularity is still a few decades away. nt |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. His should be |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
44. I would love for jobs to be obsolete |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-07-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's a good, valid question. And the answer really calls in to question distribution of wealth. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Yep, a leading economic said that last week |
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