How Technology Effects Modern America

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Research Director of Welfare Reform Network.

In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for
society. “The danger of the information age is that while in the short run
it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it
is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough
purchasing power to grow the economy,” M. B. Zuckerman. My feeling is
that the trend from unskilled labor to highly technical, skilled labor is
a good one! But, political action must be taken to ensure that this
societal evolution is beneficial to all of us. “Back in 1970, a high
school diploma could still be a ticket to the middle income bracket, a
nice car in the driveway and a house in the suburbs. Today all it gets is
a clunker parked on the street, and a dingy apartment in a low rent
building,” says Time Magazine (Jan 30, 1995 issue).

However, in 1970, our government provided our children with a free
education, allowing the vast majority of our ...

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