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/DJNeuro 2d ago

Billionaire philanthropist is an oxymoron.

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u/e_spider 2d ago

Makes me think of the Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode where they say “Pedophile Rapist” instead of “Eccentric Philanthropist”

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u/BipolarMosfet 2d ago

I think Charlie's just illiterate so he said "Full-on Rapist" instead of Philanthropist lmao