Comment by Elena Patel

Co-Director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings.
Lawmakers can prepare for both dangers. AI’s gains are likely to keep flowing disproportionately to capital, income that’s already taxed more lightly than labor. Closing that gap would likely do more for the fiscal outlook than a narrow tax on AI and help fund responses to its costs.
Disputed (Aug 7, 2026)
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