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Comment by Jeremy Bearer-Friend

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Professor of Law at George Washington University; tax law scholar focused on AI and equity
We proposed that a sovereign wealth fund be created and managed in trust for the public, with every American receiving a check from this fund annually. The fund would be capitalized by a tax on AI firms paid in stock, not cash.
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Jeremy Bearer-Friend, interview in Greg Varner, “Ask a GW Expert: How Could Tax Policy Mitigate Harms Caused by Artificial Intelligence?,” GW Today, August 3, 2026.
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Frontier AI labs should be required to contribute a share of their equity to a national fund that pays a dividend to every citizen
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AI Verified The proposal directly supports an AI-equity-funded national public trust that pays every American annually. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 45min ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Bearer-Friend explicitly proposes AI firms fund a public trust with stock and annual checks for every American. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 44min ago

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AI Verified GW Today (Aug. 3, 2026) attributes these consecutive sentences to Jeremy Bearer-Friend and states the matching stock-funded public trust proposal. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 45min ago
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