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Comment by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

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Higher taxes on capital income reduce the return on investment, weakening firms' incentives to invest in AI infrastructure, advanced equipment, and productivity-enhancing technologies, which in a global environment where countries such as China are aggressively investing in AI could undermine U.S. competitiveness. [...] Workers displaced by AI are unlikely to permanently disappear from the labor market, instead transitioning to new occupations as during previous technological waves. AI Verified source (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 Verified via web search of ITIF's May 14, 2026 publication. Both passages match: (1) the argument that higher capital taxes reduce investment incentives in AI infrastructure and undermine US competitiveness, and (2) that workers displaced by AI will transition to new occupations rather than disappear from the labor market. Direct URL returned 403 but search snippets confirm both passages. Vote 'against' the statement "Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy" correctly aligns with ITIF's position opposing capital-based taxation shifts. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 16h ago
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