Robots Stealing Jobs

(March 2017)

We are not losing jobs to the Mexicans
or the Chinese;  and
manufacturing jobs are not coming back
to the U.S. 
We are losing them to
the robots.
 
Not once during the 2016 campaign did I hear
Candidate Trump, Clinton or Sanders
talk about the impact of
Artificial Intelligence or
robotics on unemployment. 

Fortune, CNN Money,  andThe Economist, 
reports 47% of jobs will be lost
to robots
by 2033. 

In December of 2016, 
the Obama White House said the
jobs of cashiers and drivers will be lost
to robots. 

By 2020 10% of cars will be self-driving. 
By 2030,  if you drive for
UPS, the USPS,
Fed Ex,  a taxi, 
a bus,  a big rig, 
you are out of a job. 
Business Insider says there will be
75% unemployment by
2099.
 
Google the 90 second YouTube video
The Fourth Industrial Revolution. 
Google articles on robotics and
job losses.
 
If we lose 50% of workers, we lose 50% of our tax base. 
What kind of economic system will we live under?    
The New Yorker says we will need a B.U.I.
or a Basic Universal Income
for the unemployed created
by robotics.    

I wish we had leadership brave enough to talk about
how we will live in the 4th Industrial Revolution. 
Stephen Hawking says
“I am more afraid of capitalism
than robots.”
 
Hawkings, Alan Musk, Bill Gates and Mark Cuban
are talking about this. 

I am not hearing Congress, the Senate, 
President  Trump or the Editors of newspapers
or unions  talking about this. 
I hope the public will call and write and
demand our leaders
get their heads out of the sand and
lead for major changes
just around the corner.