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I don't see how Gates' recommendations do anything to push us toward the latter.


"This means eliminating payroll and corporate income taxes while also scrapping the minimum wage so that businesses will feel comfortable employing people at dirt-cheap wages instead of outsourcing their jobs to an iPad."

That kind of sounds like a bunch of broke people on the bottom end. They might be able to save their jobs if they take much less than minimum wage which isn't a livable wage to start with. I'm all for a utopian future where people can spend time doing things they are good at or love instead of working but that will require a major change in the mindset of the people (especially in the US). Right now there is an anti-welfare movement and they say the alternative is to get a job. There aren't enough jobs for everyone and there will be less jobs and more people in the future.




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