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Jul 11, 2020
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Uncle Bluto
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Missed my point but OK
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America has a problem....
RexIdaCoug
7/11/20 9:54am
*drivel
SJS
7/11/20 9:54am
Thanks. Talk to text got me on that one.
RexIdaCoug
7/11/20 9:55am
RE: Thanks. Talk to text got me on that one.
SJS
7/11/20 11:17am
When a society grows more unequal unrest and leftward lurches seem inevitable.
ReyOso
7/11/20 10:08am
Agree. Inequality is definitely a tough topic to address, but we ignore to our
dfudge
7/11/20 10:16am
Automation is just going to make this worse.
a priori
7/11/20 10:28am
Agree. We are shifting more and more to a knowledge based economy which is
dfudge
7/11/20 10:42am
I don’t disagree, but in some ways knowledge is easier to automate than
2018grad
7/11/20 11:33am
There are definitely some white collar jobs that will be easier to automate than
dfudge
7/11/20 1:14pm
Agreed. Hopefully the right doesn’t ignore it long enough to get a too far left
2018grad
7/11/20 1:38pm
The eyerolls and laughs are why we're in this mess. Zero desire to compromise.
ReyOso
7/11/20 10:17am
You might be wrong with your Covid fear mongering, but you are correct on this.
BYUtka
7/11/20 10:19am
Handouts will not solve the disparities. People need to work.
Taysom 4 Heisman
7/11/20 10:32am
Who here was suggesting handouts were the answer?
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 10:37am
I didn't say anyone is.
Taysom 4 Heisman
7/11/20 10:56am
What labor reform has this administration pushed for?
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 11:42am
Stopping illegal immigration and slowing legal immigration.
Taysom 4 Heisman
7/11/20 1:14pm
So getting more Americans unskilled jobs will raise wages? Genius
CommodoreCoug
7/11/20 5:00pm
Fire China as our outsourced manufacturing and start bringing manufacturing back
RexIdaCoug
7/11/20 10:40am
Why can't we turn central America into a manufacturing hub? It would take years
Cougsanity
7/11/20 10:51am
The hard part is much of that inequality comes from the govt trying to fix it
wabluecoug
7/11/20 10:42am
Or go to school, work hard and earn more money.
slowhiteguy
7/11/20 12:54pm
The problem is they were told to go to school, but missed the part about getting
wabluecoug
7/11/20 12:59pm
If things don’t change as far as cost of education, I would encourage my kids to at least consider this route first
Mike Honcho
7/11/20 1:02pm
My electrician buddy makes bank. My oldest is only 12 and I'm already letting
wabluecoug
7/11/20 1:05pm
Yeah, just pull yourself up by your bootstraps
Freddimes
7/11/20 1:20pm
And the GOP ignores this sentiment at their own peril. Dismiss it if you want, but don’t wonder why Bernie is popular
Mike Honcho
7/11/20 1:24pm
Disgusting
Backcountry
7/11/20 1:39pm
Unfortunately I think that this is the reality for far too many young people,
dfudge
7/11/20 1:47pm
What if your IQ is 85? 40hrs a week @ $9 /hr? This is a recipe for disaster.
valleus
7/11/20 3:34pm
The numbers of people even below an IQ of 85 is significant as well.
dfudge
7/11/20 4:03pm
Indeed. Half the population is below 100.
valleus
7/11/20 5:06pm
Forget BLM, etc. Our kids will see massive revolt and civil unrest due to this
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 10:38am
Companies everywhere keep giving similar percentage raises to their workforce
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 10:41am
If you don’t like your current pay go do something more valuable
BYU'01
7/11/20 11:00am
Missed my point but OK
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 11:42am
I must have. Not trying to duel.
BYU'01
7/11/20 1:16pm
And not to boast but I'm on the benefiting end of my example.
Uncle Bluto
7/11/20 11:44am
Funny, Andy should know better
BYU'01
7/11/20 10:49am
“I remember the days when money was earned and not distributed” - when, exactly, was that?
spinner
7/11/20 11:10am
And how are people "earning" money from the stock market?
Styro
7/11/20 12:36pm
Which unfree market has been better to the masses?
BYU'01
7/11/20 1:41pm
The poor live better than ever before, yet somehow because the wealthy also have
delbert
7/11/20 1:43pm
This is an unfortunate reality. History also bears out that when society gets
dfudge
7/11/20 2:06pm
The Great Leveler mistakes correlation & causation
BYU'01
7/11/20 2:31pm
What good is a 65” tv if you are at risk of being homeless every two weeks.
valleus
7/11/20 5:10pm
That's not even a picture of american money!
HoustonCougar
7/11/20 1:48pm
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