Earlier quoted context omitted.
Before we go taxing machines, we might start with reducing payroll taxes.
Or increasing taxes on land and various forms of unearned income.
So raising the rent on homes, got it. Good idea.
Humans vs. Machines: When to Hire and When to Automate
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Before we go taxing machines, we might start with reducing payroll taxes.
The long-term (and very successful in many countries) right-leaning policy strategy for decades has been replacing inheritance and capital gains and corporate profit taxes with income taxes, income taxes with (capped) payroll taxes, property taxes with sales taxes, shifting liability from corporations to employees and customers, privatizing public infrastructure and services, breaking down collective bargaining right…
You know I don't see the point of working beyond my means (taking on risk) if I can't give that to my kids in some way.
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#13In my mind the only viable solutions are a form of automation tax along with universal income. Or some form of democratic and decentralized automation.
Would you please not post generic ideological comments to HN? That's not what this site is for, and this comment has nothing specifically to do with this article.