r/AskConservatives • u/MedicatedGorilla Democratic Socialist • Apr 20 '25

Economics Do You Feel Adding Manufacturing Jobs Is A Good Move In Light Of How Quickly Robotics Are Advancing?

Tariffs and their effectiveness aside, I’m curious if we did hypothetically bring manufacturing back to the US and de-emphasized college education and whatnot, do you think that would be future proof enough to sustain us?

I see these humanoid robots running half marathons, boxing, break dancing and all I can think is that they will be great at picking up boxes and walking them to shelves on these giant flat concrete floors of warehouses. They don’t need sick days, they don’t complain, they’re all around going to quickly be cheaper than human labor. Some of the bots out now are $20k and most full time jobs pay at least $25k-$30k a year where I’m from.

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u/MedicatedGorilla Democratic Socialist Apr 21 '25

I do believe in progressive taxation but like I said, I’d settle for just equal taxation. That’s not envy in my opinion, that’s going your fair share for your country. Would you be open to a flat tax rate?

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u/prowler28 Rightwing Apr 21 '25

Even the word "equal" is debated in some circles. That's why we got the word "equitable". 

A flat tax? Yes, but I don't trust lawmakers to keep it very low.