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robot taxes

robot taxes is the plural of robot tax.

Meaning of robot tax

Noun

robot tax (plural robot taxes)

  1. A legislative strategy to delay or counteract the downsides of large-scale automation.
    • In a recent interview with Quartz, Gates said that a robot tax could finance jobs taking care of elderly people or working with kids in schools, for which needs are unmet and to which humans are particularly well suited.2017 February 17, Kevin J. Delaney, “The robot that takes your job should pay taxes, says Bill Gates”, in Quartz

Questions about robot taxes

What is robot taxes the plural of?
Robot taxes is the plural of robot tax.

Words near robot taxes in the dictionary

  1. robot jockeys
  2. robot mower
  3. robot revolution
  4. robot revolutions
  5. robot tax
  6. robot taxes
  7. robot taxi
  8. robot taxis
  9. robotaxi
  10. robotaxis
  11. roboteer

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