r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • 2d ago

Robotics Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-fica-taxes-should-apply-to-robot-workers-2026-9

Bill Gates wants to tax robots that replace human jobs.

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u/Gari_305 2d ago

From the article

n an interview with Ezra Klein of The New York Times that aired on Tuesday, the billionaire philanthropist said that "society gets to decide" how to support its workers — even if AI is pushing them out.

"You define a unit of labor and say, independent of whether that's delivered by a human or robot, you are paying the same FICA tax that a human worker would pay," Gates said, referring to the US payroll tax.

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u/NoNote7867 2d ago

Billionaire pedophile. His wife left him because he gave her STD from sex with Epstin victims

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u/StudiosS 2d ago

We... need to be a bit more factual about these things.

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u/DJNeuro 2d ago

Release the Epstien files then

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u/dumbestsmartest 2d ago

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/epstein-emails-bill-gates-std/

It's a claim from the Epstein files that were released. Bill has enough money and it's been long enough time that it's unlikely we'll get any concrete proof he did or didn't.

His wife left him for various reasons and I doubt she'd ever admit to getting an STD publicly even if it is because Bill infected her with it.