Much has been said about jobs being lost in the future not to export, but rather automation. Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, suggested robots used to replace human workers should also be taxed, Quartz reported Monday.
While Gates doesn't believe the robot itself should be taxed, he does believe businesses that make the decision to replace the human worker should be taxed. He furthered his argument by saying the money collected by the tax should be used to create and fund jobs like educators and nurses, which cannot easily be replaced with robots.
Gates said he believes hitting corporations in the wallet is the only way to slow down automation being used to replace human workers.
Some detractors took to Twitter to complain how Microsoft, the company founded by Gates, is no doubt responsible for contributing to the loss of many jobs by computer automation.
