The great fiscal decoupling:
Why robot taxes are no longer Sci-Fi
I’ve been thinking about a massive structural imbalance heading our way. For decades, our tax systems have been human-centric.
We tax work because work was the primary driver of value. Now, AI and automation are beginning to decouple productivity from employment.
The math is getting uncomfortable: In the US alone, roughly 84-85% of federal tax revenue comes from labor, specifically income and payroll taxes.
If AI starts replacing humans at work, that revenue stream vanishes. We are moving from an era of working for a living to