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Comment by Dr Ben Spencer

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UK Conservative Member of Parliament for Runnymede and Weybridge; former NHS psychiatrist.
I also want to see us encouraging international discussion in the OECD and the United Nations about taxation—taxation of permanent establishment, capital gains and the cost of human labour compared with tokens.
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Dr Ben Spencer, UK House of Commons debate “Societal Impact of AI: Government Policy,” July 8, 2026.
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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy
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