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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by ansy on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @02:52PM (#11772155)
Robots are just machinery which can be taxed as property. We shouldn't create special tax categories for productivity tools or we'll start taxing shovels and perk scripts, too.
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Re:Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robots' by bubuga on Thursday May 26, 2016 @05:51AM (#11776746)
Precisely.

A single tractor is the sole responsible for eliminating the need for hiding a small brigade of farmhands or construction workers.

Efficiency shouldn't be taxed.

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