and that is WHY those military people get less, because the government can't afford it

but if a company can earn Trillions by strip-mining asteroids, its not gonna care about racking out a few extra million for hazard pay

Look into Khan's education system, that will be the future

I think talking about strip-mining asteroids is deflecting from the problem we're facing in the near future.

Sci-fi hand-waving.

i'll grant you the term is far fetched,

That doesn't take away the future of economy after labor jobs are automated, lies in the stars

If anyone is freaking out about automated Jobs the solution or at least a big part of it is quite simple

Or in war

90% of the labor people aren't fit for higher education,

They need simple jobs

so either give them a drill or a gun

Shorter work weeks

This whole conversation is something that should be happening as part of the national political dialogue. Instead we get "free healthcare, free university, free housing, free this, free that".

Thats because its more appealing

"free"

"You get another job" sounds awful compared to

"You get free housing and education"

thats why the Universal Basic Income is such a non-debate

people all talk about it

No one debates about the truth which is that its unsustainable

its all just wishful thinking to sway the guillible masses

Certainly even if necessary the conditions are way off from now

UBI can't work, but I think negative income tax is worth exploring.

dafuq is negative income tax?

Work is still required; it's just that your income is augmented.

so just higher wages?

Or cutting the tax you have to pay to SS?

Let's say that $35k is deemed subsistence income, and that you have a labor income of $25k. You would receive monthly tax credits totaling $10k.

Rather negative income would probably take for SS then givre you money from a different pool

SS is a different beast.

It shouldn't exist.

Ponzi scheme.

so subsidiaries?

Subsidies?

yes

I guess.

English not my 1st Language 😛

Is Federal government funding this?

Ideally this would be state level.

But I don't know if that would work.

Subsidies don't work, the netherlands have them,

The people become convinced they're entitled to the money, as a bonus

And then complain their regular income is too low, completely forgetting they're getting extra money already

I don't know if any of this would work.

Do you offer this to people who choose to live in expensive areas?

The subsistence level wouldn't really permit them to survive there, but sure.