Machines Versus Latino Servants -- Cont'd
Advances in robotics means that the U.S. faces a hard choice on whether to shift from Latino servants to machines. The LBT's Schultz and Katzenberg duke it out to find the answer.
3. Cost of Production
Case For Latinos
By CHARLES C. SCHULTZ
On this topic, I trust even my colleague will concede that I am on the right side of the argument. Latinos cost nothing to produce – they are self-replicating. And replicate they do. In Guatemala, for example, the birth rate is 4.0. We could take in as many as we desired and they will continue making plenty more. No Silicon Valley microchips or Chinese fabricated robot arms required. Cost: zilch. Winner: Latinos.
Case For Machines
By PROF. L. CLEMENT SAMUELSON
My dear friend, we cannot presume that all of our Latino servants will be grown abroad. Many of them will be born in this country or will arrive here as children. A couple years of schooling alone will cost as much as a fully functioning robot servant. We might invest $200,000 trying to teach pudgy Jorge how to do advanced algebra and not become diabetic. The cost of production must account for feeding and “educating” them until they reach working age. Strong advantage: robots.
