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While I certainly have a better idea of where that money should go, I'm not sure payroll-taxing corporations employing AI for the purpose of shrinking their whi

by vkou 1y ago

While I certainly have a better idea of where that money should go, I'm not sure payroll-taxing corporations employing AI for the purpose of shrinking their white-collar payroll... is morally equivalent to the myth of Joe the Plumber paying for Frida's degree in underwater basket-weaving.

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
Moral equivalence is irrelevant. Nobody likes their taxes benefiting people more fortunate than themselves. And the college/non-college divide is politically active at the moment.
- vkou 1y ago
  Again, I'm not sure how such a tax on AI could possibly be felt by a non-college educated person to be a tax that 'they' are paying. The non-college educated aren't employing LLMs, or people to work with LLMs.
  - kasey_junk 1y ago
    Money is fungible, if you tax x to pay for y, you could have taxed z less or paid for w. And giving a giant regressive tax break to college loan holders was literally one of the things that lost Biden the election.
    - vkou 1y ago
      You're conveniently ignoring Kamala's plan to raise taxes on corporations (which turned tech and big business fully against the Dems), and Trump's plan to raise taxes (tariffs) on consumers, and give a massive tax gift to the wealthy in the BBB. While cutting benefits. If you're expecting progressive taxation from MAGA, or blue collar Republicans to vote for their self-interest, you'll be waiting a while.
      - kasey_junk 1y ago
        I’m not waiting for progressive taxes or forgetting anything. I’m addressing your point on how people can “feel” like they are paying a tax unrelated to them. We are in the grievance era. People view any spending that goes to an “other” as a wealth transfer from them to that other (even while most of maga don’t pay any federal tax!) so if you pick an other to support it shouldn’t be one as unsympathetic as white collar workers.

by vkou 1y ago

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

Moral equivalence is irrelevant. Nobody likes their taxes benefiting people more fortunate than themselves. And the college/non-college divide is politically active at the moment.

vkou 1y ago
Again, I'm not sure how such a tax on AI could possibly be felt by a non-college educated person to be a tax that 'they' are paying. The non-college educated aren't employing LLMs, or people to work with LLMs.
- kasey_junk 1y ago
  Money is fungible, if you tax x to pay for y, you could have taxed z less or paid for w. And giving a giant regressive tax break to college loan holders was literally one of the things that lost Biden the election.
  - vkou 1y ago
    You're conveniently ignoring Kamala's plan to raise taxes on corporations (which turned tech and big business fully against the Dems), and Trump's plan to raise taxes (tariffs) on consumers, and give a massive tax gift to the wealthy in the BBB. While cutting benefits. If you're expecting progressive taxation from MAGA, or blue collar Republicans to vote for their self-interest, you'll be waiting a while.
    - kasey_junk 1y ago
      I’m not waiting for progressive taxes or forgetting anything. I’m addressing your point on how people can “feel” like they are paying a tax unrelated to them. We are in the grievance era. People view any spending that goes to an “other” as a wealth transfer from them to that other (even while most of maga don’t pay any federal tax!) so if you pick an other to support it shouldn’t be one as unsympathetic as white collar workers.