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Old 12-20-2019, 05:04 AM  
Paul Markham
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Originally Posted by NatalieK View Post
so it seems that in Japan, AI shops are becoming more common and with amazon ai shopping in the US and a town area in London, UK, less jobs will be needed, not just shopping assistants, but the clerical & management work, the security & probably going further down the line, less need for the common beat bobby walking the streets as cameras and technology does all the work...
The problem comes with less people getting a decent wage packet it means less is taken in taxes and more the government pays out in welfare. Leading to higher taxes or higher debts.

Shopping online needs less workers, warehouses paying lower taxes than retail stores, leading to less is taken in taxes and more the government pays out in welfare. Leading to higher taxes or higher debts.

And you swallowed the Cool Aid fed to us by big corporations who just get bigger.
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