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Bill Gates calls for robot payroll taxes to fund social programs
Original: Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes
Bill Gates says companies that replace human workers with robots should pay FICA taxes at the same level employers pay on human employees. The proposal, reported by Business Insider, would treat automation as a taxable form of labor, generating revenue for Social Security and Medicare as machines take over jobs. The idea renews debate over how governments should tax automation and fund safety nets.
Why now: Automation-driven job loss is a growing concern, making a prominent figure's tax proposal on robots timely and widely discussed.
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- Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes · Business Insider
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