Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
The Swiss considered simply paying everybody an income decoupled from work, but decided against it. I hear the Dutch, the Finns and the Canadians are planning experiments in the same vein.

Other countries try addressing the problem with regulations making it extremely difficult to shed employees no matter how they perform, but that tends to make firms reluctant to hire new staff, especially if they are young or inexperienced.

We could consider putting more people on government payrolls in CCC type arrangements.

I'm not sure what the solution will eventually be.
Well, there are a lot of things that could happen. If antibiotics are no longer effective on some major diseases the population could drop.

Some new discovery could create an employment bubble for a decade and hold the wolves at the door for a while longer.

I know this: It is possible that my greatest skill -- not needing much -- could come in handy.


I doubt that the US govt will do much more than let the market sort it out. I mean, the govt will indeed do a little, but not much at all.