How “windfall profits” from AI companies could fund a universal basic income
Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?
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Senator #Whitehouse of #RI is brilliant.
(Too bad that his proposal for a #WindfallProfitTax--in particular for #BigOil--did not become law.)
https://youtu.be/48kqvyqkALM
I have written a short 🧵 on #BigOilKnew, but seeing and hearing it is even more damning.
🧵:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110522939158331016
Chair Whitehouse: Fossil Fuel-Funded Climate Obstruction Causing Systemic Financial Risks to Economy
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#Rawstory:
"#Biden throws down 2024 gauntlet w/ populist #budget...
protecting free health care for the #elderly, while taxing wealthy Americans to help...cut the ballooning federal #deficit by $3 tr. over the next decade...raising #taxes on the wealthy + corporations..."
wealthy = earning more than $400k p.a.
While laudable, #IncomeTax won’t solve the growing devide: #InheritanceTax,
#WealthTax,
#WindfallProfitTax are required.
https://www.rawstory.com/biden-throws-down-2024-gauntlet-with-populist-budget/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Biden throws down 2024 gauntlet with populist budget
President Joe Biden will present what amounts to his expected 2024 reelection pitch Thursday with the unveiling of a proposed budget protecting free health care for the elderly, while taxing wealthy Americans to help slash the national deficit.The Democrat's speech in Philadelphia will throw down th...
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