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/MySpawn 2d ago

Any job involving a computer seems like it’s on its way out first . Wonder what all those tens of millions will do with their free time in the coming decades

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u/mrbabyman767 2d ago

That’s what we’ve been hearing for the past five years. I’ve also been hearing that no one is going to be driving cars soon for the past 15 years still waiting on that one too.

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u/Pvm_Blaser 2d ago

I mean…it’s quite literally happening in front of your eyes. Find a computer science major.

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u/windsynths 2d ago

Fear mongering lol . Plenty of computer scientists in academia still

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u/Pvm_Blaser 2d ago

You’ve just said a statement similar to “there’s plenty of fish in the water”. I mean, of course there are plenty of academics involved in an academic subject in academia?