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  • randon31415@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldSafe professions
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    15 hours ago

    Everything can be automated, just with lower quality, speed, and a high up front and ongoing cost.

    But for a large segment of jobs, no one cares about quality. Speed can be increased by increasing the number of parallel automatons, thus cost. If you really want to get rid of all work, raise the minimum wage to $100/hour for one year. Don’t tell anyone that it will only be a year. By the end of the year, almost every job will be automated.






  • If Trump wanted a 51st state, all it would take would be a tweet.

    The people of that state wouldn’t object. The democrats wouldn’t object. The state could be a part of the union before the end of his term. Every flag flying from now until a hypothetical 52nd state gets added, people could point and say “That 51st star - that new design - that was all president Trump.” He was the reason the flag is like that - he would be remembered every time anyone in any capacity flies an American flag.

    But he won’t do it.

    Because he hates Puerto Ricans.













  • As I said in the other thread, Republicans could have waited a week or two, got their act together on the budget reconciliation bill and then reopened the government without a single democratic senator. Closing the government hurts democratic interests and the republicans reopening it without democratic votes doesn’t help democratic interests either.

    We already have a party that is know for being stubborn, hurting it’s own constituents, and not getting anything in return besides it’s base praising how tough they look - we don’t need a second one.


  • The Republicans have a once per year “Trump” card called budget reconciliation that only takes 51 senate votes. Right now the republican senators are worried about deficits and whatnot, otherwise they would have already used it. If the CR is filibustered, the government will shutdown until 51 republican senators can get their act together and pass the reconciliation without democratic support.

    It will very much look like democrats shutdown the government and republicans alone opened it back up. Best to grow a backbone after the once per year thing is used up and they don’t have the option of just ignoring you.