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2017-02-21 Economy

Tax Experts Bill and Melinda: Robots must also pay taxes. 'It's OK.'

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-02-21 05:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Next a California pol proposed to give the vote to robots as fewer human workers are available as more businesses flee old Cali.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-21 07:55|| 2017-02-21 07:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Makes me (even more) embarrassed to use this guy's software. Between this sort of crap and MSNBC, almost think that using Linux would be a conservative cause.

Posted by Iblis 2017-02-21 09:38|| 2017-02-21 09:38|| Front Page Top

#3 I get more and more interested in Linux. Gates software is a lot like his ideas.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-02-21 11:00|| 2017-02-21 11:00|| Front Page Top

#4 What does Windows offer that Linux doesn't? There are plenty of word processing and spreadsheet applications out there. There are plenty of different browsers and email applications. You can even do like Hillary did and set up your own email server. The next time Gates declares my version of Windows obsolete is when I'll make the switch to Linux.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-02-21 11:26|| 2017-02-21 11:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Wait till the Unions hear about t his.

Posted by DepotGuy 2017-02-21 12:32|| 2017-02-21 12:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Analog story 82 or hereabout.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-02-21 14:31|| 2017-02-21 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 " Wait till the Unions hear about this."

UAW

United Automated Workers union. /sarc off

Posted by Warthog 2017-02-21 14:32|| 2017-02-21 14:32|| Front Page Top

#8 My operating system is sub-contracted.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-02-21 15:12|| 2017-02-21 15:12|| Front Page Top

#9 to offset the loss of jobs done by humans

Wonder why Bill didn't propose a salary import labor tax when he was sponsoring the H1B program?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-21 16:23|| 2017-02-21 16:23|| Front Page Top

#10 The most dangerous aspect of robots progressivism is logical thinking.

Posted by Nero White 3083 2017-02-21 17:47|| 2017-02-21 17:47|| Front Page Top

#11 H1B would work a lot better if a fixed number were sold to the highest bidders.

Posted by phil_b 2017-02-21 18:18|| 2017-02-21 18:18|| Front Page Top

#12 And bricks should not pay taxes?

Posted by Phaper Crugum8267 2017-02-21 22:23|| 2017-02-21 22:23|| Front Page Top

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