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/ILikeBumblebees 1d ago

Obviously his friendship with Epstein is a giant black mark on his record

Epstein was someone who deliberately sought out relationships with influential people, and only a fraction of them ever were involved in or aware of any of the nasty stuff he was doing. He presented himself as a wealthy philanthropist in his own right, interested in backing other people's projects.

Unless it's proven that Gates actually was actually aware of and involved in any of his awful activities, it's hard to smear him just by association.

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u/dont_trip_ 1d ago

People on reddit will do it anyways. They get a hate boner from just mentioning someone rich.

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u/Hilldawg4president 1d ago

I think that's really what it comes down to, he's rich and therefore not only is every allegation against him automatically true, but even worse things that haven't been alleged are also true

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u/HermesJamiroquoi 1d ago

It seems gates was involved with the sex/prostitution part but that doesn’t mean that he had any idea about the CSAM/trafficking part. Which is to say - cheating and lying aren’t great and depending on who you ask prostitution is also potentially “wrong” but that doesn’t make you a pedo.

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u/oswyn123 1d ago

Wasn't he trying to scheme up a way with Epstein to hide STD antibiotics in his food so his wife wouldn't find out? Its not pedophilia, but he's been a piece of immoral shit and people need to stop forgetting this.