The word capitalism isn’t in any founding documents. The word capitalism was coined by Thackeray in the novel The Newcomes in 1854 and meant having ownership of capital. America was founded by rich white guys who annihilated the Native Americans, treated women as property, and used slave labor, brought here against their will, to build America. Only land owners, meaning the rich, could vote. Everything good in America was produced by liberals. Labor unions should be thanked for your employer provided vacations and benefits. Because they fought for them. Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid helped lift the elderly out of poverty, civil rights was a Democrat priority, the ACA covers 35 million people.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:54 PM, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: 3/5 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2023 8:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA was based on the rights of the individual and giving them opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least. WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for safety, then we deserve neither. Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it). So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs be implemented at the hardware level while we still can. Steve Thompson On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: > I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & > redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher > taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went > mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for > the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he > made in 2016. > > AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop > further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland > has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have > tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries > not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than > the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1) > > You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. > Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two. > > Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: > > Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this > and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and > negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc. It makes the > divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a > necessity. One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the > chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities. It’s not just > technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored > in. > > Matt Hogstrom > > “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." > — Hogstrom > > > >> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> So sad. No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out >> in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities. >> >> >> Lionel B. Dyck <>< >> Website: >> https://secure-web.cisco.com/1vnsxOkODc718OmdhU96pTtvaXo3oiAfFZeiO6s99lA8huULFBAeKswkWbbfogfaIZ27Phf6Vs0L02Bp4Z8Q12llH36oVA6Y8HJnyjNMhzmzBEfhyc7zGjLnxMFB6bjEm1sJbwTN-dqfiw1KQX-HiHi1WfihtJH-HX2lnF7mIXNBaXXnssKd1PSKx9tNOUBMA7_E4sf7rHeRby6AUoaSys4Vbm-m_5ZzHbRm_jOR1h6Q7upVQftCZcu0juWImL4jVl8u9J8Y3s138ceCv_m__L-hG0__qFr_WrqWnx3HEtwQ5lPj9rWfx7HyBUnq8ZhwIms9AQTjMZfuEhB-LCv8EhvWUeU8edXTdbqgpLDVEGL0e1gFzgDOzK9Bu7SYpve50yql_dttpML40bJS1wAdziWFTs-aIzt38NTrx-HE_7TU/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbdsoftware.com >> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck >> >> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. 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