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We face potential unemployment on par with the Great Depression. We need a mass employment program to get through it. AI can pay for it. Businesses justify their huge investments in AI by committing ...

Suing slush fund recipients under the False Claims Act could claw back their payments, plus three times as much in damages.

Today’s example is student loans. The program is thoroughly enshittified, byzantine in its complexity, and a source of punitive debt for the young. According to the Department of Education, less than ...