Ex-McDonald’s CEO says raising the minimum wage will help robots take jobs

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80. They start with tech, they die by tech

Because workers are cheaper than upgrades and I never saw anything more fast, expensive and vicious as the tech race. For example, for a very long time, people had telephones in their homes. The same phone... every decade--that worked even when the power went out (made in the USA to boot). You could hire an answering service if you needed important calls that you missed frequently (answered by a real person). Then electronic answering machines and wireless phones appeared--quickly morphed into one unit (initially made in the US, then made elsewhere). You could replace the rechargeable batteries when they lost their ability to hold a charge (Radio Shack, purchase in person). Then voicemail service was developed (totally automated). Most people kept the same phones unless they needed more handsets. Now hardly anyone has a home phone that is independent of their cable tv (if they have cable tv). Hardly anyone uses it. The majority now carry personal cell phones (we know where those are made) and how often are they replaced?

I think that is analogous to the employee.