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		ansy on May 25, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Foxconn replaces '60,000 factory workers with robo... Robots are just machinery which can be taxed as property. We shouldn't create special tax categories for productivity tools or we'll start taxing shovels and perk scripts, too.

bubuga on May 26, 2016 [–]

Precisely.

A single tractor is the sole responsible for eliminating the need for hiding a small brigade of farmhands or construction workers.

Efficiency shouldn't be taxed.

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