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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  Donald J. Trump

  U.S. President (2025–present)

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  There are concepts where pieces could be given to the American public, where the American public essentially becomes a partner with the companies. AI Verified source (2026)

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  Steve Bannon

  Former White House Chief Strategist; conservative media figure and host of the War Room podcast

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  votes For and says:

  You can smell the stench of desperation emanating from the oligarchs as they run heedlessly to a public market takeout. We should not take 'tip money' but force them to cough up 50% of the equity — to be dispersed to American citizens. AI Verified source (2026)

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  Bernie Sanders

  U.S. Senator from Vermont

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  votes For and says:

  It would create a sovereign wealth fund through a one-time 50 percent tax — not on the profits of OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI and other companies, but paid with something far more valuable than that: the stock. [...] the billions, if not trillions, of dol... more AI Verified source (2026)

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  Jeremy Bearer-Friend

  Professor of Law at George Washington University; tax law scholar focused on AI and equity

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  We propose a tax that would allow the public to own a share of AI itself, not just through future income tax liabilities or new excise taxes, but a proposed ownership structure that requires a one-time tax payment by generative AI firms in the form o... more AI Verified source (2026)

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  Vinod Khosla

  Venture capitalist; Khosla Ventures founder

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  AI will transform economies and need a rethink of capitalism & equity. Labor portion of economy (vs capital) will decline sharply. [...] Take 10% of every corporation and put it in a national pool for the people. Sharing the wealth of AI is a really,... more AI Verified source (2026)

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  Sam Altman

  CEO at OpenAI

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  A Public Wealth Fund that provides every citizen—including those not invested in financial markets—with a stake in AI-driven economic growth. A Public Wealth Fund is designed to ensure that people directly share in the upside of that growth. [...] [I... more AI Verified source (2026)

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  Ilya Somin

  Law professor and political scholar

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  Stock is private property, and seizing 50% of the stock value of major firms is a pretty obvious case of confiscation. [...] It does not matter that Sanders proposes to take "only" 50% of the stock, rather than 100%. If the government seizes half you... more AI Unverifiable source (2026)

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  Nat Purser

  Senior Policy Advocate for AI policy at Public Knowledge, a US digital rights and technology policy nonprofit

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  The problem is that the government would be a shareholder and a regulator at the same time, which creates substantial conflicts of interest. AI Verified source (2026)

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  Dean Baker

  Economist; co-founder and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

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  votes Against and says:

  An AI sovereign wealth fund is likely to end up being a mechanism to shovel yet more money to Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the rest of the right-wing billionaire gang. [...] The sovereign wealth fund idea is a massive leap in the wrong direction. AI Verified source (2026)

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  David Sacks

  White House AI and crypto czar

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  Nationalization of AI will accelerate the corporate-government fusion we're already sliding toward. [...] America won't win the AI race if we beat China but end up with a CCP-style social credit system in the U.S. AI Verified source (2026)

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  Martín Varsavsky

  Tech entrepreneur and telecommunications investor

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  votes Against and says:

  Esto de querer que el gobierno de USA se quede con el 50% de las empresas de IA es la cosa más delirante que he escuchado en mucho tiempo. Confío mucho más en Anthropic, Grok, OpenAI y Google que en el payaso de Bernie Sanders. Ni China propone algo ... more Unverified source (2026)

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  Anton Leicht

  Visiting scholar at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; researcher on the political economy of AI

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  A public wealth fund or a robot tax are far heavier political lifts than simply regulating the industry a bit, and they are not just going to emerge as an organic alternative. On that read, this is comms work to provide cover for regulatory nihilism. AI Verified source (2026)

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