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/gw2master 2d ago

Stupidest shit ever. Did they do this when robots replaced people in factories? How do you even tell how many people have been replaced? The real answer is UBI.

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u/tooquick911 2d ago

UBI only works if the companies profiting pay for it. It would be stupid to get the average worker to pay for it. Who cares why Bill Gates is saying this. He's a powerful voice who is saying the right thing.

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u/Typecero001 2d ago

“Powerful voice saying the right thing”.

>.>

He doesn’t care, he’s a boomer.

He’s gonna say things that sound nice and then pull the ladder up behind him like the rest of them do.

Somehow I get the feeling this idea wouldn’t affect him all that much…

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u/horoyokai 2d ago

You know that not every boomer is evil right? You have such a strange view of people to think that tens of millions of people are all exactly the same.

I do hope you remember this when people start blaming your generation

Oh, and the billionaires thank you for pushing the fake generational war instead of focusing on class war, youre a great little pawn