>Total private land value in the US is in the trillions. >Landowners don't make profits from automation as much as corporations do. Much of that land value is

>Total private land value in the US is in the trillions. >Landowners don't make profits from automation as much as corporations do. Much of that land value is due to demand for space rather than productivity. Corporations generate wealth by adding value (at least theoretically) and benefit greatly from automation, so there is cash flow to tax. Google and Apple are hardly the only corporations. They were just convenient examples of those who are successful at large-scale tax evasion and yet enjoy a generally good public image, along with Amazon, Facebook, et al.