nickimonckom wrote:
Hi All,
Sorry in advance if my question seems stupid :
While reading, I had the impression that there were no conclusion, only a bunch of statements.
Since the only affirmative sentence was the first, I thought that the conclusion was the following : Replacement of workers ==> Savings
I thought that the second part However it is possible that actually it costs money was only an hypothesis, a possibility.
Then my question is the following : How can you consider a probabability, without any affirmation (introduced by however), a conclusion ?
Thanks in advance for your kind help,
Focus on whats highlighted:
However,many workers who lose their jobs to automation will need government assistance to survive, and
the same corporations that are laying people off will eventually pay for that assistance through increased taxes and unemployment insurance payments.Here the author is confirming that companies will eventually have to pay for unemployment. But what if the employees who lost their jobs to automation find jobs in another company? Then the company wont have to pay for unemployment.
But if the employees who lost their jobs to automation are unsuccessful in finding a job? Then these companies will have to pay for them through increased taxes and insurance.
Hope this makes sense.
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