So, he should have been content with the answer that says nothing more than "mankind using science to end problems of the world". Ah, and yes, government could print money, but not like Zimbabwe. No sir. Unlike them, when we print money, it's not taxing the poor, we can import labor from outer space you know...
Automation by definition means as low labor as possible and application of technology.
Inflation is a different tax then "money collected through taxation".
Inflation is here right now anyway.
The change would those money would be actually spend to provide for needs so people dont have to pay for basic stuff ( poor and rich alike )
Beside i opted it as only one of the possibilities , the question of transition period is open. The point i was trying to make is it is not impossible task.