Biden's policies are creating jobs — for robots
Joe Biden campaigned on creating jobs, and he’s doing that — just not so much for humans.
Employers are increasingly turning to robots to perform tasks humans typically do but either can’t or, more likely, won’t do now. At the same time, the U.S. labor force has shrunk significantly, leaving some 10 million job openings unfilled.
President Biden’s policies – with the help and strong urging of progressives – are exacerbating both of those trends.
Of course, employers, in the United States and many other countries, have been automating for years. That’s not new.
Jeff Burnstein, president of A3, said last May, “While advances in robot technology, ease of use, and new applications remain key drivers in robot adoption, worker shortages in manufacturing, warehousing, and other industries are a significant factor in the current expansion of robot use that we’re now seeing.”
The need for workers across a wide swath of the economy is driving employers who weren’t the typical robot purchasers to begin making the transition. According to A3, “more than half (5,530) [of Q2 orders] came from non-automotive customers as industries such [as] metals, semiconductor & electronics, plastics and rubber, food and consumer goods, and life sciences recognize the benefits of automation.”
Many of the unfilled jobs are in the service sector,
