Quote:Oh, no, it's not the $15 minimum wage, although that could bring some automation to the fast food joints. 

 

I'm talking about factory jobs.  Robots don't form a union, they don't need a retirement or pension plan, they don't need health insurance, they don't go on strike.  They also don't come in hung over, and they don't lose concentration and make mistakes. 

 

If this is the case, then there has to be some merit to Bill Gates' call for a robot tax. If a robot is doing $50,000 worth of work per year, should it be taxed as such? You don't think the federal government is going to just let this happen and lose out on all of this income, do you? 

 

Your post seems to create some type of panic for people in low skill positions, but if and when this were to happen, it wouldn't be for another half century. 

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