The "robot tax" is a mad concept, but it does point up that human labor shouldn't be taxed either! Consumption taxes vastly more fair.
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Income = Consumption - Saving. Income - Saving (Capital) = Labor. Consumption = Labor.
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Doesn't apply fully if you switched now, because consumption would also fall on old wealth.
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If you don't think the current system is unfair, can I please be redefined as a robot so I don't need to pay taxes?
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I support moving to a consumption tax system (for efficiency not 'fairness').
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Consumption taxes are preferable precisely because they don't tax robots.
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A robot tax is just a tax on future consumption. See:https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/capitaltaxesarebad …
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But I think people proposing robot taxes do so to preserve jobs as ends in themselves
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