We are reaching a point in technology where unskilled people simply have no use. As unskilled labor is eventually replaced with automation and robotics, this new unskilled labor group will need some sort of support. People have natural skill ceilings that they cannot exceed, this is science. On an ethical level though, we can't just have 40-50% of the population homeless and starving, can we? Something has to be done with this group of individuals. Many suggest a living wage. At first I was opposed to this idea, but the more I read about it and understand the direction technology is taking us, the more I realize how needed it will be. You may not like the idea of some fat guy sitting on his couch collecting social welfare, but in reality he will be incapable of anything more. His skill ceiling makes it incapable for him to compete in the world of labor. Maybe we end up creating human batteries out of them (which I am not totally opposed to), where their sole job is to walk on a treadmill generating power. Regardless, I think a living wage will be a reality in the next 50 or so years.

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