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1) Well, the hard part is that we just don't need people to produce things anymore.  [b]When you build things with machines, the only people that make money are the people who own the machines, and those that build and maintain those machines. [/b] The economy can continue to grow and increase production without adding jobs.
America has long valued hard work.  We want our policies to promote work.  That isn't a bad idea.  It's a good thing to value.  The problem is, the economy continually needs less and less hard workers.  You will no longer get ahead in life by working hard.
We are stuck with our desire to reward hard work and entrepreneurial spirit.  We want to reward innovation with profit.  We want to reward hard work with security.  It used to be that innovation once required a lot of hard work to succeed.  That is no longer the case.  Innovation now eliminates work, and our society will have to adapt eventually.

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2) How it adapts will be painful.  There are two big obstacles that no one is addressing well.  The first is that transportation is so cheap American workers are in direct competition with Mexican and Chinese workers (the simplistic solution is trade restrictions, but that causes prices to rise, and makes us less competitive as a nation, and is a loser in the long run).
[b]The second is that we have a large population that, harsh to say, is not needed.  Not being needed is a good reason to turn to self-loathing, or anger, or drug addiction (or Trump voting).  [/b] Finland is experimenting with direct pay for everyone, which I suppose sounds like communism to rightwingers.  But from an engineering perspective, we have the assets to pay out a minimal income to all (like social security starting at age zero) without a signification impact on the living comfort of our wealthiest.  As I keep saying, we are richer than ever before as a nation; it doesn't feel like it because the wealth is not spread out.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-to-consider-introducing-universal-basic-income-in-2017-a6963321.html[/quote]

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