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		dragonwriter on July 15, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The global fertility rate is falling > now if we could just get the robots to pay social security It's called “taxing capital” and we can (logically; whether we have the political will is a different question.)

enitihas on July 15, 2020 [–]

Political will quickly arises if there is loud public demand for it.

kmonsen on July 15, 2020 | | [–]

That is not true in the US. What happens in the senate has low overlap with what the public wants compared with what donors/lobbyists want.

sudosysgen on July 15, 2020 | | [–]

US economic policy has an almost null correlation with public demand (and interest, really.)

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