Maybe not automation, but it is reasonable to tax the externality, which is disruption. Taxing the speed of change of number of employees commensurate to the d

Maybe not automation, but it is reasonable to tax the externality, which is disruption. Taxing the speed of change of number of employees commensurate to the difficulty those employees have in finding new employment. Then pump the proceeds of that tax into unemployment benefits and training. Tough to implement.