One of the proposals out there (often posed as part of funding UBI - but not always) is to tax robots. Should we tax robots? - https://news.mit.edu/2022/robot

One of the proposals out there (often posed as part of funding UBI - but not always) is to tax robots. Should we tax robots? - https://news.mit.edu/2022/robot-tax-income-inequality-1221 https://news.mit.edu/2022/robot-tax-income-inequality-1221 > What if the U.S. placed a tax on robots? The concept has been publicly discussed by policy analysts, scholars, and Bill Gates (who favors the notion). Because robots can replace jobs, the idea goes, a stiff tax on them would give firms incentive to help retain workers, while also compensating for a dropoff in payroll taxes when robots are used. Thus far, South Korea has reduced incentives for firms to deploy robots; European Union policymakers, on the other hand, considered a robot tax but did not enact it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_tax There is a lot of material out there both for and against taxing robots.