<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:13 PM, BillK </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:pharos@gmail.com" target="_blank">pharos@gmail.com</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>Really, without human work<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>being involved I'm not sure that the term capitalism still applies.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">Agreed.</div> </font></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline">> </div>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></blockquote><div><br></div><font size="4">What exactly is this thing you call "money" and why do I need<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>it<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"></div>? It's food shelter health care and various assorted gadgets that<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>I need and want,<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div> if the machines can crank those things out and if they are willing to give<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>me<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>some of<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>it then it is matter of no consequence if<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>I have any "money" or if<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;display:inline"> </div>governments are able to give me any.</font></div><div class="gmail_quote"><font size="4"><br>John K Clark</font><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>