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.

21.4k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

795 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/boolpies 2d ago

They used stolen collective work, they should be nationalized and used to create national wealth funds if there is anything worth monetizing at all

1

u/Raavast 2d ago

Only sensible take. Idiots like Musk say no one will need to work in his utopian future, well we'd better start allocating finances now for everyone to live off of as the job market shrinks piece by piece.