Complete automation seems a dumb idea since no one would eventually be able to pay for the products being produced making their production superfluous. So I can de-automization being possible in some areas but not in those that are hazardous to human health.

Banning technology makes absolutely no sense. Anything from the first stone tools to computers and machines fall under technology.
Banning automation would crush the US, too. Just the food industry alone would be unable to feed people like it does without automation. Costs would soar. And there is not enough labor to do without automation.
Rather than go backwards, though, I think the US should embrace technology advances. The money for the more developed countries comes from the high-tech sectors.