Interesting results from the minimum wage law (generation, healthcare, money)

[lifeexplorer]

Just want to say:"I told you so!"

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fast-f...172542952.html

Army of robots to invade Amazon warehouses - May. 22, 2014

Robots will replace fast-food workers - May. 22, 2014

[Opin_Yunated]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Just want to say:"I told you so!"

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fast-f...172542952.html

Army of robots to invade Amazon warehouses - May. 22, 2014

Robots will replace fast-food workers - May. 22, 2014

Who cares?

Increase the minimum wage. If businesses continue to switch to automation, they eventually won't have any consumers for their products. Unless of course, robots replace humans and get a paycheck

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

Who cares?

Increase the minimum wage. If businesses continue to switch to automation, they eventually won't have any consumers for their products. Unless of course, robots replace humans and get a paycheck

Like everyone is going to stop buying ONLINE (which involves no humans) from Amazon because Amazon uses robots to get their stuff shipped to them quicker ?

And besides..the Facebook generation prefers technology over humans.

[Kirdik]

Originally Posted by Opin_Yunated

Who cares?

Increase the minimum wage. If businesses continue to switch to automation, they eventually won't have any consumers for their products. Unless of course, robots replace humans and get a paycheck

Your logic is flawed. People who make the robots will be their paying customers.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Kirdik

Your logic is flawed. People who make the robots will be their paying customers.

Which are also Amazon workers

Amazon bought out that robot company a year or two ago.
And now the robots are ready for deployment....10,000 strong by the end of this year.

Here's the robots at work..notice there are still human employees.
Pretty neat video..these robots even go and charge themselves when not busy.



A Day in the Life of a Kiva Robot - YouTube

[Driller1]

Good deal.....maybe my order will be right.

[lifeexplorer]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Which are also Amazon workers

Amazon bought out that robot company a year or two ago.
And now the robots are ready for deployment....10,000 strong by the end of this year.

Here's the robots at work..notice there are still human employees.
Pretty neat video..these robots even go and charge themselves when not busy.



A Day in the Life of a Kiva Robot - YouTube

All of these used to be done by human at the minimum wage. Now they are going to robots.

[BentBow]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

All of these used to be done by human at the minimum wage. Now they are going to robots.

The only time I made minimum wage working in the warehouse, was the first month of work.

When minimum wage was $3.10 an hour. I was making $7 working in an autoparts warehouse.

[greywar]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

All of these used to be done by human at the minimum wage. Now they are going to robots.

Yes, welcome to the future. Peoples work is increasingly unnecessary. So I guess you're right-this should show those people that the argument should be about a basic income NOT a minimum wage.

We cannot compete with the machines on these sorts of jobs. more and more hard working people will be displaced. Hard work is no longer enough. For at least another decade you will have to be smart too....eventually those folks will get replaced as well.

Heres the leading edge of Dr. replacement coming:
http://www.wired.com/2014/06/ai-healthcare/

[nvxplorer]

The cotton gin was not a result of minimum wage law, neither were the steam engine, locomotive, nor automobile. Each of those inventions put people out of work, and yet, here we are.