it,s already happening now...we are technically advancing ourselves out of jobs now...materials, electronics, production equipment....
Technology kills some jobs but provides many more. Milton Friedman was visiting some third world country once and he asked his guide why men were trying to build roads using shovels. His guide replied that if they were to use equipment, there would be fewer jobs for laborers. Friedman’s response was, “Then why not have them use spoons?”
Progress and technology are not the enemy. It frees people to do more constructive things with the time that the techology has saved them. The real destroyer of jobs and wealth is, as always, government.
it,s already happening now...we are technically advancing ourselves out of jobs now...materials, electronics, production equipment....
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“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime,” lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931)
They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob,
When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it’s done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say, don’t you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.
Why don’t you remember, I’m your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say, don’t you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.
Say, don’t you remember, I’m your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?