I’ll bet you are a first amendment absolutist?
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:20 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: Do you have any idea what this forum is for? THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE!!!!!!!!! KEEP YOUR WORTHLESS OPINIONS TO YOURSELF!!!!!!! Doug ------ Original Message ------ From: "Bill Johnson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: 02-May-23 20:50:12 Subject: Re: IBM pauses some hiring amid plans to replace 7,800 jobs with AI >LOL, the US has boatloads of socialism. The military, infrastructure, schools, >insurance of all kinds, social security, Medicare/Medicaid, and much more. >Capitalism is what the right screams to kowtow to the lesser educated. There >are zero capitalist countries on the planet. Much of your success is from >socialism. Reminds me of this. > > >An oldie but goodie > >Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his >morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal >fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of coffee, >he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some >stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as >advertised. > >All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan >because *some liberal* union workers fought their employers for paid medical >insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and >eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for >laws to regulate the meat packing industry. > >In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly >labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some >crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body >and how much it contained. > >Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is >clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for laws to stop >industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his >government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking >and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable >public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a >contributor. > >Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical >benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal >union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays >these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the >union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker >compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he >should lose his home or go hungry because of his temporary misfortune. > >It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. >Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal >wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking >system before the Great Depression. > >Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market >federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the >government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over >his lifetime. > >Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm >home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the >safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety >standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to >live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers >didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some >big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded >rural electrification. > >He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social >Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal >made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to. > >Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. >The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. >He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every >protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. > >Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! >After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of >themselves, just like I have." > > > >Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > >On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 8:33 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >It is the government's job if it is based on socialism. The USofA >was based on the rights of the individual and giving them >opportunity, actually not getting in the way of opportunity. This >is why it was said, he is governed best who is governed least. > >WE the People have rights given by God, not the government. We >the People are supposed to run this. But if we give up rights for >safety, then we deserve neither. > >Somewhere Civics stopped being taught and the communist party got >in control (1963 the Communist Manifesto was read into the >Congressional Record -- You should look it up and read it). > >So, my thinking is, if AI is used by the wealthy to increase >their wealth it will be done on the backs of those least able to >prevent it. And why I have said that the Laws of Robotics needs >be implemented at the hardware level while we still can. > >Steve Thompson > >On 5/2/2023 7:05 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: >> I agree completely. It’s government’s job to protect the downtrodden & >>redistribute income. Even people like Warren Buffett have pushed for higher >>taxes on the wealthy. So what actually happened? The tax cuts of 2017 went >>mostly to the top 1%. Sheldon Adelson saved 700 million. Not a bad return for >>the 30 million he gave Republicans for the 2018 midterms or the donations he >>made in 2016. >> >> AI is going to cause many currently in the middle class and below to drop >>further down. I think UBI, universal basic income will be necessary. Finland >>has experimented with it and has seen promising results. Some US cities have >>tried or are trying it. Other countries are implementing it. Most countries >>not spelled America have universal healthcare. And WHO rates them higher than >>the US. (WHO rates US healthcare 37th, France is number 1) >> >> You’re also correct that income disparity causes other societal issues. >>Higher crime & earlier deaths to name two. >> >> Your kids deserve a fighting chance and if necessary government help. >> >> >> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30 PM, Matt Hogstrom <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Perhaps I’m just entering that golden period where I look at news like this >>and consider that technology like AI being unleashed has secondary, and >>negative, consequences of people losing jobs, income, etc. It makes the >>divide worse and causes angst, bitterness and redistribution of wealth as a >>necessity. One of my adopted foster kids will have difficulty crossing the >>chasm to make a living given some of his disabilities. It’s not just >>technology but there is an increasing societal consideration to be factored >>in. >> >> Matt Hogstrom >> >> “It may be cognitive, but, it ain’t intuitive." >> — Hogstrom >> >> >> >>> On May 2, 2023, at 12:11 PM, Lionel B. Dyck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> So sad. No more entry level, or trivial, jobs for those just starting out >>>in the job market. No more mail room to board room opportunities. >>> >>> >>> Lionel B. Dyck <>< >>> Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com >>> Github: https://github.com/lbdyck >>> >>> “Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what >>>you are, reputation merely what others think you are.” - - - John Wooden >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >-- >Regards, >Steve Thompson >VS Strategies LLC >Westfield IN >972-983-9430 cell > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
