I agree to some extent. So as I said before, you build a strong social safety net, including a UBI. You also then shorten the full time work week. This will create more job openings for the unskilled labor force, and improve their work life balance, including the time they have for family obligations and training opportunities to develop skills.Yes new jobs will be created by increased automation, but they won't benefit most of the people who lost their jobs due to that automation because they won't have the skills. We're moving into a time in which a significant percentage of the population will be permanently unemployable. Increasing the minimum wage will just accelerate that.
In the past, retraining programs have been huge failures. However, I think a big part of this was our determination that everyone should be trained to code. While almost anyone probably could learn, there is a significant portion of the population that can't stand to sit in front of a computer all day. Instead, we need several different training programs available. Our country is in desperate need of investment in infrastructure. Lets get people trained and put to work improving our roads and bridges, updating our energy grid, and improving our internet infrastructure. Lets get people trained as electricians and plumbers. Lets develop some real social services. Lets put people to work in ecological restoration. Lets not inhibit automation just so that people can continue to work meaningless, poverty wage jobs. Instead, lets increase our productivity and take care of people displaced by it.
