[Rusty0604]

Full Title:

"Introducing the Zero Labor Factory (90% Free Actually); Robots at Chili's, Applebees, Panera"

[JRandomFreeper]

The real minimum wage is $0.00.

Leftists have a problem understanding that.

/johnny

[central_va]

I want an answer as to why we need to OFFSHORE robo- factories?

I was told by our esteemed "captains of industry" in the 70s and 80s they needed to exploit the cheap Chinese labor to make things cheaper for the consumer. Well robots cost the same whether they are in China, the USA or on the moon. With all the cheap energy in the USA we either need to move our factories back here or tariff the hell out of imports.

[Patton@Bastogne]

This robot propaganda is complete engineering nonsense ....

[cuban leaf]

Wonder if there will be a new version of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

[Paine in the Neck]

A minimum wage of X effectively makes it illegal for an individual with sub-X skills to be employed.

[digger48]

Let’s say Chilis and Applebees are forced to pay $15/hr to the restaurant help, what about the people who actually made that pre-made, pre-cooked and quick frozen food at a plant far away that are making less than that?

We have a food processing factory in our small town that makes the entrees and soups and other things for chain restaurants all over the midwest. I don’t think anybody there makes more than about $12/hr

[driftless2]

Speaking of Chili's, last week the wife and I ate at a Chili's in Ankeny, Iowa coming back from Branson. They had a little device at the table that looked like a play station or something.

Actually, it was a device where we could pay the bill without having to interact with the waiter or cashier. We liked it a lot.

[longtermmemmory]

Productivity is no longer linked to humans being present.

More Humans meant more production.
introduce better tools
Fewer humans equal same production
introduce automation
Even fewer humans means even more production
introduce robot automation
The link to humans and production is gradually eliminated.

we need an addition to the three laws of robotics.
“thou shalt not eat the couch potatoes”

[bert]

LA Times: “Governor Moonbeam yesterday established the robot production study committee to analyze the productive output in human labor units to establish a tax based on generated sales”

[subterfuge]

They already have kiosks at Outback restaraunt and that weird gas station/sandwich shop called Wawa.

[JimRed]

Thanks, Obama- The Newly unemployed

[__rvx86]

Looks like the era of free trade is coming to an end.

Robots cost the same just about anywhere, removing one of the last excuses for off-shoring manufacturing and production.

What’s the point? After the introduction of total automation, the biggest cost of importing goods from Red China is solely in shipping and transport—pure profit that is being funneled out of the country.

IMPORT TARIFFS NOW!

(I think that’s the whole issue, in a nutshell)