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Comment by Meghan Ostertag

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Policy analyst at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation writing on AI, tax policy, and innovation.
Policymakers should not focus on slowing the development of AI through an AI compute tax; they should focus on helping workers transition to a labor force increasingly augmented by AI.
AI Verified (Jun 8, 2026)
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Meghan Ostertag, “Taxing AI Compute Would Be a Mistake,” Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, June 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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AI Verified The quote directly argues policymakers should not impose an AI compute tax and instead assist worker transition. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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AI Verified Explicit opposition to an AI compute tax opposes shifting taxation toward capital as AI displaces labor. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified Meghan Ostertag’s June 8, 2026 ITIF article contains the stored sentence opposing an AI compute tax. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago
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