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To: Alberta's Child

“they can have $35/hour wages, Walmart prices, and steep tariffs on imports … all at the same time.”

A lot of things can be made by automated machinery in the USA.

Walk through a Walmart.


7 posted on 08/20/2024 9:40:20 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ("The fundamental problem is that anyone can claim asylum with zero proof" - Elon Musk)
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To: Brian Griffin
That’s true. The only downside is that with fewer and fewer people working in productive industries, the customer base for those things produced with automation gets smaller and smaller.

The end result is that you end up with the government subsidizing non-productive citizens just so they can buy the things produced by the productive ones. This is exactly where we are in 2024.

14 posted on 08/20/2024 10:10:59 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
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