BloggeRhythms

Not much news in the headlines at all today. There was, however, an interesting item found on Drudge concerning a topic often mentioned here.

 

Kathleen Elkins writes in businessinsider.com that ”Gartner, an information technology research and advisory firm, predicts that one-third of jobs will be replaced by software, robots, and smart machines by 2025.”

 

While losing a third of the nation’s jobs portends a potentially insurmountable economic travesty for the nation, it’s quite possible that the time-frame could be even shorter. And that’s because politicians, urged on by union supporters, have pressured businesses to rethink costs, particularly regarding wages.

 

Now, surely, there’s little doubt that technology would certainly evolve as it always does, often replacing human labor with mechanics. Especially in the case of simple, repetitive, fundamental tasks. However, significantly rising labor costs force thoughts toward automation where possible, to a greater extent. Which means that technologies importance rises more quickly, accelerating development while increasing the number of providers.

 

Therefore, in regard to job loss, pandering politicians have once again made short term headlines, duping less-informed, low-skilled workers into support for them by raising minimum wages. However, in ten years or less when almost all of the job loss occurs in that same society segment, will those same politicians have an employment solution to fill the gap? Certainly not.

 

A couple of reader comments are worth repeating, as follows.

 

shaman wrote: “all those wanna-be $15.00 an hour jobs will be among the first to go - a robot or an order kiosk can ask if you want fries with that...”

 

Aleck Janoulis added: “I wonder if we'll have to tolerate foreign robots entering our borders to work illegally, also.”

 

Today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife comes from Lisa Lerer and Emily Swanson of the Associated Press via Drudge.

 

The authors write: “Americans appear to be suspicious of Hillary Rodham Clinton's honesty, and even many Democrats are only lukewarm about her presidential candidacy, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

 

“Nearly four in 10 Democrats, and more than six in 10 independents agreed that "honest" was not the best word for her.

 

“Is she strong and decisive? Yes, say a majority of people. But inspiring and likable? Only a minority think so.”

 

What stood out in the article was the majority believing Bill’s wife is “strong and decisive,” since that’s not necessarily a positive. Just because one is decisive, no matter how strong, can be horrendous for everyone if those decisions are wrong. (Whitewater, Benghazi, Travelgate, Filegate, Cattle Futures, Chinagate, Vince Foster, private email server, etc.)

 

That's it for today folks.

 

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