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Gen X may be the first to need a universal basic income after late-career job loss
The Hill ^ | 10/05/25 12:00 PM ET | by Annette Nierobisz and Dana Sawchuk, opinion contributors

Posted on 10/05/2025 11:03:22 PM PDT by RandFan

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UBI (Universal basic income) is coming thanks to the AI revolution. Probably on a CBDC (Central bank Digital currency) and tied to a Digital ID !
1 posted on 10/05/2025 11:03:23 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

if fedgov didn’t flood the country with cheap foreign labor or ship all the manufacturing to the slave labor nations...

there wouldn’t be any problems


2 posted on 10/05/2025 11:10:02 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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..based on "interviews we conducted with 62 baby boomers...

There are 75 million Baby Boomers and they interviewed 62 of them?! This is all crap. Just more fake news.

3 posted on 10/05/2025 11:10:17 PM PDT by rexthecat
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It’s hard to know. It can go either way this AI revolution

But there is definitely some anxiety in the media and generally about the impact of it.


4 posted on 10/05/2025 11:14:41 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: sten

There is no doubt those Visa “programs” have been abused for to long. It has to stop obviously and it’s the same everywhere


5 posted on 10/05/2025 11:17:18 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

AI is how they will usher in a Global World Leader...Humans especially today are willing to follow a high level Computer system which is what AI is.


6 posted on 10/05/2025 11:19:10 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: sten

Well said!


7 posted on 10/05/2025 11:20:40 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: dpetty121263

Dystopia


8 posted on 10/05/2025 11:20:49 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

Predicted as Society and Economic devolves as many parts of the World are well underway including the United States.


9 posted on 10/05/2025 11:28:23 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: RandFan

Generations today in the United States will do less well then their Parents did with lower buying power and standard of living.


10 posted on 10/05/2025 11:31:03 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: RandFan

If there are too few jobs, why do we need immigration and H1Bs?


11 posted on 10/05/2025 11:42:28 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: sten

Yes


12 posted on 10/05/2025 11:43:09 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: RandFan

(Probably on a CBDC (Central bank Digital currency) and tied to a Digital ID !)

Actually I expect EXACTLY that to happen

In all countries

For more CONTROL


13 posted on 10/05/2025 11:45:04 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Red Badger; null and void; Jane Long; Nervous Tick; rx; rxsid; Diogenesis; ransomnote; metmom; ...
Give it time - sounds like tinfoil now perhaps but look at CHINA and their FUNCTIONING Social Credit Score system requiring Facial Recognition - I submit it will be pretty close to the below 👇👇👇⬇️⬇️⬇️

Daniel 7:23 says the Fourth Kingdom WILL crush and rule the entire Earth 🌎🌍 - IOW control it by force

I submit that is the end game - the ultimate goal of the Globalists

1) Control the Food Supply
2) Control access to money - Digital Currency
3) Eliminate Cash

(Or their Right Hand or their Forehead)

That will DEFINITELY come but not until the
middle of the 7 years of 'Peace and Security'
'

Theft is forcing these types of control 🛂🛂🛂 - convenience, security, ...

BUY and SELL - shop ONLY at government-approved stores

14 posted on 10/05/2025 11:51:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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“It’s hard to know. It can go either way this AI revolution”
.
THIS...!

I was just sent a snippet of Trump’s address to US’ Generals and Admirals.

The meme suggested a 25th-Amendment TERMINATION of the 27th President’s tenure.

I thought to see if lip-reading would disclose AI, but Trump’s entire face was covered by blocks of supposed [and nonsense] text.

https://www.threads.com/@bizziology/post/DPaBoaPAX0o?xmt=AQF0JiqTkjR_dxBLTPfgGE_MVFQHc9_CbhTEa2RfGCe54A&slof=1


15 posted on 10/06/2025 12:00:19 AM PDT by Does so ("Things will now change in Minneapolis AND AT HOME"....Dem☭¢rat... ∅ ™ ¿ ¡ ☞ ½¼)
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To: RandFan

Would it make any sense to bring back boarding houses for older workers who live alone?


16 posted on 10/06/2025 12:02:13 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: RandFan

Some estimates suggested half the world’s population would succumb to COVID 19.

But here we are.


17 posted on 10/06/2025 12:06:43 AM PDT by JParris
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In 1990, Congress doubled the number of immigrants the US would take every year, massive illegal immigration really got going in the 90s and as an added bonus the H1B program started in...you guessed it....1990. Who was young and seeking to enter the job market right around that time or shortly after? Oh. Gen X was. The Great Recession carved several more years right out of the heart of their careers when they were in their 30s also and it lasted longer than the Great Depression did back in the 1930s. Millenials - especially younger Millenials haven’t gotten a great deal either when it comes to timing.


18 posted on 10/06/2025 12:32:39 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: sten
if fedgov didn’t flood the country with cheap foreign labor or ship all the manufacturing to the slave labor nations... there wouldn’t be any problems

For Boomers, there wouldn't HAVE BEEN, but for Gen X there WILL BE - because of increased automation and AI

A factory that employed thousands can now run with 14 people - mostly highly qualified and highly educated technicians. The same for banks - the teller job is gone and has been gone for decades, but most of the other jobs can be easily automated as well

Ditto for the food service industry - the lower end fast foods are ripe for automation and even in higher end restaurants, more of the grunt work would be automated

any role that does not require creativity and knowledge will be lost - so plumbers will have job security, but white collar bank pen pushers will not

19 posted on 10/06/2025 12:52:28 AM PDT by Cronos
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"....opinion contributors" and "some estimates" and "our recent book." "Evidence suggests" and interviewing 62....

"Annette Nierobisz is professor of sociology at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn. Dana Sawchuk is professor and chair of sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. "

This is book marketing, dressed up as news.

M A R K E T I N G

20 posted on 10/06/2025 12:56:34 AM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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