If you were the business owner, that statement would make sense, but for the other 99% the math literally doesn't add up. Literally. What is labor cost to the owner is survival to the worker? Jobs aren't a debit to taxpayers. Jobs are quite literally a credit. Tax revenue is generated from jobs. I'm not arguing in favor of jobs. I think that we should already be at a near jobless society. But we have made decisions as a society that's been driven largely by the mandates of business owners who benefit greatly by not reducing work. I would love to see us feature point now where we can introduce automation while negotiating a democratic (small d) changeover to a a socialist society.