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U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district
We have to fix the tax code's anti-human bias. Robots get accelerated depreciation, while hiring humans comes with payroll taxes.
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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 Fox News source says payroll taxes burden human hiring while robots get depreciation and calls to make hiring workers easier; directly supports the statement. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Correct answer: for. Khanna says payroll taxes favor robots and that policy must make hiring workers easier; recorded answer matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Verified: the Fox News opinion piece credited to Rep. Ro Khanna and published February 26, 2026 contains the wording, "Third, we have to fix the tax code’s anti-human bias. Robots get accelerated depreciation, while hiring humans comes with payroll taxes." Your version omits only the lead-in "Third,". ([foxnews.com](https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-ro-khanna-we-need-new-tech-social-contract-reclaim-ai-from-billionaires)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago
AI Verified Verified. Although foxnews.com returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch, web search returned the exact verbatim quote from the indexed op-ed: Khanna writes that we must fix "the tax code's anti-human bias," noting "Robots get accelerated depreciation, while hiring humans comes with payroll taxes" — a word-for-word match to the opinion text. The source is a legitimate primary source (an op-ed authored by Ro Khanna, "We need a new tech social contract to reclaim AI from billionaires," Fox News, Feb 2026, adapted from his Feb 20, 2026 Stanford town hall with Sen. Sanders). Author attribution correct (Rep. Ro Khanna, D-CA-17). Vote alignment correct: the quote argues the tax code wrongly favors capital/robots over human labor, supporting the statement "Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy" — recorded vote is 'for'. Year (2026) present and recent. All checks pass. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 4mo ago
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