New Republican tax law lowers the costs of replacing workers with machines

The Republicans gave their “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” a cruel joke of a name, since most of the tax cuts go to corporations that have made it very clear they won’t use the savings to hire more workers. But in industries where jobs could be automated, it’s even worse: companies stand to save money on buying the machines to replace their workers, and to save still more money on firing the workers.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/28/1728174/-New-Republican-tax-law-lowers-the-costs-of-replacing-workers-with-machines