If robots are to take jobs away from humans, it stands to reason they should start paying their fair share in tax, according to Bill Gates.
Speaking in an interview with Quartz , the former Microsoft boss argued that governments should be able to tax companies that make use of robots, as a way of slowing down the growth of automation and to provide funds for creating employment elsewhere.
"Certainly there will be taxes that relate to automation," argued Gates, adding that unchecked automation may lead to massively reduced income tax revenue."Right now, the human worker who does, say, $50,000 worth […]
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