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Some sort of automation tax perhaps? Before machines, horses did the work and I think farmers also needed to pay a tax for their horses (citation needed). Suc
by ragebol 10y ago
Some sort of automation tax perhaps?
Before machines, horses did the work and I think farmers also needed to pay a tax for their horses (citation needed).
Such a tax should strike such a balance that it's still worth to automate work but also earn enough tax an social security to help the displaced workers.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoInteresting. Maybe we'll see an API we'll have to use to submit amount of "work units" our software does for tax purposes, under the penalty of fines or jail time if we fail to comply?
- akavel 10y agoHm, based on what's reported by our new CPUs with embedded non-resettable "work units" counters for tax purposes? Like gas/water/electricity counters at homes? One side result could be that people would start (over?-)seriously valuing computing efficiency (again?)...
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoI don't know about software, but for mechanical machines we already have this. It's the gas tax.
- throw_away 10y agohttp://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls/farm-horse-tax-rolls-1797-1798 http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical...