Making arguments like the poor "just don't want healthcare," Congressional Republicans are implementing their long-standing agenda to tear down America's social safety net. The GOP's stunningly myopic actions ignore the fact that a strong safety net is vital to helping workers weather upcoming labor market disruptions from automation in transportation and other sectors. Maya Rockeymoore (@mayarockeymoore) is founder and CEO of Global Policy Solutions LLC, a social change strategy firm and a certified B Corporation, and the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a 501c3 think tank and action organization dedicated to driving society toward inclusion. Automation can offer many advantages--increased safety, efficiency, convenience, and ecology are among them--but it also has the potential to eliminate human jobs. Tech sector observers and economists have been sounding the alarm about the threat of mass layoffs due to automation for several years.