<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"helvetica neue",helvetica,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:24px;font-weight:bold;background-color:rgb(248,248,248)"> </span><span style="font-size:13.7143px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">And if there are only BIG wages left to tax, that gives governments</span><br></div><span style="font-size:13.7143px">the problem of finding the money to provide BIG in the first place.<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">​  </div></span><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill k</div></span><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">Well, we could tax those who took the jobs away - robots!  </div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">If a robot replaced ten people, then withhold as if the robot were ten people.  Simple.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">This could please those of us who think that eventually robots will be conscious and declared citizens.</div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline"><br></div></span></div><div><span style="font-size:13.7143px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0);display:inline">bill w</div></span></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:13 PM, BillK <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 18 January 2017 at 15:10, Mark Walker  wrote:<br>
> Here's an argument by yours truly that you should support BIG (basic income<br>
> guarantee)  if you are pro capitalism:<br>
> <a href="https://markwalkersite.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/first-blog-post/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://markwalkersite.<wbr>wordpress.com/2016/04/06/<wbr>first-blog-post/</a>. Hence,<br>
> deciding the left or right wing thing is not necessary for endorsing BIG.<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
</span>Well, if human labour becomes a negligible part of the means of<br>
production, then a BIG becomes essential to enable humans to purchase<br>
the robot produced goods and services. Really, without human work<br>
being involved I'm not sure that the term capitalism still applies.<br>
And if there are only BIG wages left to tax, that gives governments<br>
the problem of finding the money to provide BIG in the first place.<br>
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BillK<br>
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