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Comment by Robert Reich
Former Secretary of Labor
For most of the last 40 years, the jobs and wages of blue-collar Americans were eroded by globalization and computer software, and most of the benefits from productivity gains went to the richest 10 percent. AI is now putting the jobs of millions of white-collar Americans on the line. If nothing is done, most of the benefits from productivity gains will go to the richest 0.1 percent. [...] a Universal Basic Income, for example, or wealth taxes financing child care, elder care, and universal health care.
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(2026)
2mo ago
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Verified. The robertreich.substack.com source returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote from that exact essay ("AI and the Coming Jobless Economy" / "The bogus 4-day workweek," February 2026). Confirmed passages: AI is "putting the jobs of millions of white-collar Americans on the line," "if nothing is done, most of the benefits from productivity gains will go to the richest 0.1 percent," and his proposed remedies include "a Universal Basic Income... or wealth taxes financing child care, elder care, and universal health care." Author attribution correct (Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor). Year 2026 current. Vote "for" aligns with the statement "Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy" — Reich explicitly advocates wealth taxes (taxing capital/owners) to redistribute AI-driven productivity gains away from the richest 0.1%. Corroborated by Raw Story, Eurasia Review, and Futurism coverage.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 10d ago
replying to Robert Reich