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Amazon wants 10,000 robots on their floors by the end of the year. That could mean employees will be laid off for the robots. Amazon is also ruining stores (JCPenny, Sears, Best Buy, RadioShack, etc) which will involve B&M stores to shut down, with people losing jobs. After that, Amazon will hire more robots, which will leave more people out of work. Corporations are hiring robots so that they dont have to pay employees because of the billions they make isnt enough. It is a lose-lose situation, B&M stores will shut down and Amazon will continue to lay off employees. CEOs of Sears and other wont care, they are set for life. After that, Great Depression 2.0. And say those movies are true, and the robots rebel.
"Yes" Debate
With these robots, we could get packages in under a few hours. They are more efficient and less of a chance of human error. They will ship items faster and companies will thrive losing the need to pay employees.
I'm split on this issue. On one side, robots and automation are great. On the other, yes, people will lose their jobs. It's interesting because basically forever until now, new technology has created jobs or made existing ones easier, not outright replacing humans in those jobs.
I think that robots should be legal to perform basic stuff like sweeping, packaging, etc. But, we could have regulations on how many robots can be used in those roles. Or for every robot, the company needs to hire 1 or 2 humans.
Yes we should allow robots -- it is ultimately the way of the future. Perhaps when automation grows the work week will shrink...and pay can stay the same.
Higher minimum wages will accelerate the already growing need for automation.
I am fine with robots. It is part of a growing and changing economy. Anyone that thinks they can stop progress is sorely mistaken and will be left behind.
I'm fine with robots, but not with the manner in which they are treated for tax purposes. IMO , we should not allow robots to be treated as capital investments for either tax purposes or GAAP, but rather they should be required to be written off immediately as period expenses. There is NO reason to give the corps using them a tax benefit.
I'm fine with robots, but not with the manner in which they are treated for tax purposes. IMO , we should not allow robots to be treated as capital investments for either tax purposes or GAAP, but rather they should be required to be written off immediately as period expenses. There is NO reason to give the corps using them a tax benefit.
what difference between a robot and an automobile? or other piece of equipment? a capital expense is a capital expense, and they have a working life along with a salvage value. thus a depreciation allowance is in fact warranted.
but understand that robots are not going to completely replace humans beings. there are things humans can do that robots cant, and that is think outside the box and come up with creative solutions to problems. we already use robots in many areas, buildings new cars for instance. a robot welder and run 24/7 without a break, or without a mistake. same with a robot painter. but humans are still needed to install a lot of things that robots cant install.
what difference between a robot and an automobile? or other piece of equipment? a capital expense is a capital expense, and they have a working life along with a salvage value. thus a depreciation allowance is in fact warranted.
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Wrong. We should be favoring a labor expense (people) over a robot. An automobile is not creating that tradeoff.
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