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…obot taxes collected should be earmarked for social welfare programs. This is a separate topic, but it seems quite outlandish to think that the government would segment these tax revenues for specific programs rather than lumping them into the overall budget. Not to mention any robot tax (set at a reasonable rate) would do little to patch up the funding of …

The Bill Gates “Robot Tax” is as quaint as it is wrong
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Stowe Boyd

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Feb 25, 2017·1 min read

Actually, earmarking taxes for specific programs is quite common. You have a master’s in taxation, right?

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Work ecologist. Founder, Work Futures. The ecology of work and the anthropology of the future.

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