Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
by renewiltord on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:59AM
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Okay so let’s divide the US federal budget by the number of people. So $21k per person. Now what happens to the guy who needs dialysis. It costs $60k. Right now the federal government pays. Now it’s given him a third the cost back. He just dies?
Re:If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
by adamauckland on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:51AM
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He gets it on the healthcare like all developed nations.
Isn't ending all those programs one of the core ideas of universal basic income? Instead of having a huge bureaucracy administering targeted social welfare you cut all the overhead and just pay everyone enough to exist, regardless of whether you actually need it. It'd still be more expensive, but giving people something dependable to fall back on would hopefully increase innovation and entrepreneurship, offsetting some of the costs