Wait until self driving semitrucks become the norm in 20 years or less . Truckers , Diners , Truck Stops , refueling stations , weigh stations , motelhotel , and a plethora of other jobs supporting the logistics of trucking will be gone . We ' re talking 75100 million jobs across the US , gone . The Government is the only entity that can help , at either the state level or the federal level . They need to offer retraining for competitive high volume jobs , or suck it up buttercup and offer a Universal Wage to all peoples over the age of 18 regardless of employment status . Those are the choices . Democrats are trying for the first , Republicans are sticking their fingers in their ears and shouting lalalalalala . In 15 years Democrats will push the the second and republicans will . after it ' s to late , push the first .