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Mike Lee: “If our goal as a society is that an honest day's work should earn an honest day's wage, and machines are going to make…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2016
If our goal as a society is that an honest day's work should earn an honest day's wage, and machines are going to make it harder, and in some cases perhaps impossible for low-skilled, entry-level Americans to find an honest day's work, doesn't the basic design of our social safety net have to perhaps look a lot different than it does today?
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Lee questions the adequacy of the social safety net in light of automation's impact on low-skilled workers.

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