The real thing they're trying to tax is some part of the massive impact that AI and other automation will have on the economy and lives of people who will lose

The real thing they're trying to tax is some part of the massive impact that AI and other automation will have on the economy and lives of people who will lose jobs. It's just going to be harder and harder to have a decent lifestyle in the US if you aren't fortunate to have great education in a important area that isn't automated. If I had a factory that used to employ a thousand people to make widgets and it gets automated and now makes the same with only 50 people, probably the cost of production is lower, but 950 people lost their jobs. In my West Coast city we already have tons of people that can't find a job (some lost through automation?) where they can afford an apartment and so they live in their cars and later they live on the street. This is going to happen to increasing parts of the population in the US.