Adrienne_Ray wrote on Sep 18th, 2013, 4:42pm:Here's a thought that might be a little scarey:
The reason we can afford cell phones and other electronic gadgets is because we have a third world that can assemble them for peanuts. As our global economy evolves, third world nations will start to demand higher wages. We may one day not be able to afford all these gadgets. How will the future change? Also, we are running out of gold and silver which is used in these electronic devices.
You can't always tell what the direction the future will take.
We probably would have flying cars if gasoline was still 30 cents a gallon.
Here are our new workers and they work for even less than the third world ones do:
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/518661/smart-robots-can-now-work-right-next...We'll grow out of the gold and silver needs as graphine electronics come into wider use. Some of the wilder ideas are actually looking feasible. Wearable wi-fi electronics for one but there are others.
Quote:I still say, IF it works out as expected, it's going to be the greatest thing since Social Security, and we will wonder how we got along without it.
Of course, that may turn out to be a big "IF."
A very big "IF" indeed. The basic idea of have someone else pay for it seems just fine until you are the one paying. Remember there is no such thing as a free lunch. Everything cost somebody. Maybe not you, but somebody pays all the time, every time.
For that matter Social Security isn't really that good of a deal. You get back less than 1% of your investment of a lifetime of work. If you took the same amount that they pull out of your paycheck every month and stuffed it in a mattress you would have a nicer retirement. Of course sleeping on that mattress would be a little lumpy. (adjusted for inflation which is a created thing in the first place)
Now about the 11 million to 50 million instant Obama care recipients democrats want to add to the country with their immigration bill. Doesn't that seem a little un-wise until we at least figure out what it will cost? Or is Pelosi's advice still stand, pass it so we can find out what's in it?
I don't think these people (Politicians in general) have my best interest in mind. I think they have their own best interest in mind. They will say anything for a vote.
"For in a Republic, who is “the country”? Is it the Government which is for the moment in the saddle? Why, the Government is merely a servant—merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn’t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them." - Mark Twain
I still want my flying car dammit!
:)