Essentially, if robots can build houses, grow food, manufacture goods, and even provide services like health care and education at a near-zero cost then wages stop being the mechanism that determines who gets what.
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Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
The contract would be reopened prior to the fourth fiscal year of the agreement, 2028-29, to resolve wages for that budget cycle.
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Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2026
Any such players who did not agree to deals with their respective teams will now go to an arbitration hearing, where their 2026 salaries will be determined.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Jan. 2026
Players with more than three years of service time can use arbitration to negotiate their salaries for an upcoming season, and Skubal has more than five years in.
During session, lawmakers use the per-diem stipends to pay for things like hotels or apartments in Des Moines, as well as gas when traveling to and from the Capitol.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
9 Jan. 2026
The government has also offered some relief in the form of $7-a-month stipends that can be used in grocery stores to buy basic necessities.
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