Gates Calls for Robot Taxes, Human Reserved Jobs

Establishment-critical narrative

AI is barreling toward mass unemployment, and taxing robots is a smart first step to slow the damage. The current tax system literally rewards companies for replacing workers with machines, and that needs to change before entire communities collapse. Designating certain jobs as "Human Reserved" — like caregiving and teaching — would preserve work where the human connection matters most, while buying time for workers to adapt to an upheaval arriving within a decade, not generations.