Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp...
by dragonwriter on Monday December 23, 2024 @07:03PM
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> But you might decide to build in enough additional taxes on the self-driving vehicles to cover at least the state's increased costs in terms of unemployment, medical, and services.
A better idea would be to tax capital returns more rather than selectively adopting taxes individually on newer, more efficient but also capital (vs. labor) intensive industries.
Make one change and solve the problem globally rather than creating a new legislative fight over each automating industry.
> This way all those people riding the fancy new cars are the ones subsidizing the new industry's hidden costs instead of every tax payer.
Reduced labor costs aren't a hidden cost (they are the opposite of a cost, in fact.)
If there is a hidden cost it is capitalist society hiding basic social support costs in payrolls, artificially inflating the cost of labor-intensive goods and services and subsidizing automation.
A better idea would be to tax capital returns more rather than selectively adopting taxes individually on newer, more efficient but also capital (vs. labor) intensive industries.
Make one change and solve the problem globally rather than creating a new legislative fight over each automating industry.
> This way all those people riding the fancy new cars are the ones subsidizing the new industry's hidden costs instead of every tax payer.
Reduced labor costs aren't a hidden cost (they are the opposite of a cost, in fact.)
If there is a hidden cost it is capitalist society hiding basic social support costs in payrolls, artificially inflating the cost of labor-intensive goods and services and subsidizing automation.