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Comment by Greg Casar

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U.S. Representative from Texas; Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus
Our tax system basically gives companies huge tax savings when they automate a job, because we currently tax wages but not AI. If you replace a worker with an AI-powered robot, you save on payroll taxes: That’s functionally a tax break. That’s wrong, and an AI tax would start to change it by leveling the playing field.
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OP-ED: The American Prospect: Tax AI to Create Jobs
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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AI Verified The quote argues automation should be taxed because wages are taxed but AI is not, directly supporting taxing capital over labor. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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AI Verified The quote argues wages are taxed but AI is not and that an AI tax would level the field, so support is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Casar press release contains the exact line about taxing wages but not AI and leveling the playing field. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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