All sorts of things become more efficient over time. Less people are employed in accomplishing them as technology is deployed.
This is not a bad thing. It is the reason we have the standard of living that we have.
So waving a jobs number around as a justification for something is somewhat dubious. What matters is the benefit derived for the cost of doing it.
If something were invented that healed all illness instantaneously, health care would be over as an industry. But the resources freed up would be spent on other things, with jobs in those areas increasing.
The same thing happened when we automated farming, manufacturing, basket weaving. Its how an economy evolves.
This is not a bad thing. It is the reason we have the standard of living that we have.
So waving a jobs number around as a justification for something is somewhat dubious. What matters is the benefit derived for the cost of doing it.
If something were invented that healed all illness instantaneously, health care would be over as an industry. But the resources freed up would be spent on other things, with jobs in those areas increasing.
The same thing happened when we automated farming, manufacturing, basket weaving. Its how an economy evolves.