The First Shovel

There are 3 shovels that dug the whole that we have found yourself in. The first is innovation. Why do I say innovation dug the hole while others are saying it can get us out of the whole? It does because the motivation for innovation is most often too reduce costs. After all, the mantra of business is: reduce cost/ maximize profits which mean the elimination of manual labor. The reduction of manual labor means less pensions, less costly medical care, but also less taxes which the laboring classes contributed to the operation of the government.