Ah, but it'll encourage innovation and automation. It also forces people to get a better education and greater skills, or become trapped in poverty and never advance socially.
That only works if society has the nerve to actually trap people in poverty and restrict them socially when they don't get education or skills. That idea is politically unpopular with a lot of people.
More like restrict a particular avenue for education and advancement: on the job. Some people fare well, others get left behind.
>That only works if society has the nerve to actually trap people in poverty and restrict them socially when they don't get education or skills.
That's pretty much America.
It's popular with a disturbingly large number of people.
But it will raise the cost of building new robots!
Robot-builders are probably already expensive :)
Making robot construction a prime target for automation.