It is a bad thing for us (software developers) too: yes, we would get a contract to automate these low-skilled guys jobs, but then who's going to pay for these

It is a bad thing for us (software developers) too: yes, we would get a contract to automate these low-skilled guys jobs, but then who's going to pay for these low-skilled guys' unemployment? Besides, our automated solutions would still deliver higher-than-before prices, because if automation was cheaper, then low-skilled jobs would have been automated away without government's legal help.