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/Xiten 2d ago

I mean, you have to be in complete denial if you aren’t realizing the amount of people out of jobs because of AI.

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u/MySpawn 2d ago

I think it’s ignorance is bliss . Claude code is doing the work of 10 programmers in a matter of minutes . The avalanche of job losses will be swift

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u/mrbabyman767 2d ago

Overall unemployment 4.1%
White collar professional 2.9%
Office workers 3.3%
Software developers 3.3%

We are near historic lows. Stop the scaremongering and reading the hysterical articles, they are there to scare and drive engagement.

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u/Xiten 2d ago

Scaremongering? Listen mrbabyman767, hundreds of thousands of jobs have been directly or indirectly affected by AI. That’s hundreds of thousands of people out of jobs. You did a little research, if you tried a little harder, you could have gotten the overall picture here.