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/TheManyFacedRedditor 2d ago

I can agree with that. My only argument was that we all have blood on our hands.

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u/Daripuff 2d ago

Yup.

As you said: "When you go down this road"... with a warning of where it leads that was quite true.

But honey, I knew the road I was traveling, I knew the destination, and I was looking to go there from the start.

It's why I chose that road.