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cstanleytech

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17. AI replacing people as workers is fine but only if there is a reasonable minimum income system for people.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:22 PM
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I got my SS COLA 2026 statement in the mail today with information to go digital.. Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #1
My husband started applying for social security this year in May and it took him almost 3 months to complete the process kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #8
I left mine alone BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #12
Thanks..I'm thinking I'm not gonna go digital..haven't called and never had a problem so..if it ain't broke kinda thing Deuxcents 13 hrs ago #14
21st century needs require 21st century tools..... anciano 15 hrs ago #2
This message was self-deleted by its author GoodRaisin 15 hrs ago #6
The SS system has been under threat for 85 years. The GOP has never liked it walkingman 15 hrs ago #3
Gen X OC375 15 hrs ago #4
If AI is replacing tax-paying wage earners, then it is AI usage that must be taxed. Intractable 15 hrs ago #5
Or by the number of robots in their factories. n/t OnlinePoker 14 hrs ago #9
Social Security has a much greater threat than AI GoodRaisin 15 hrs ago #7
Many products and industries have taxes and fees ToxMarz 14 hrs ago #10
Corporations should pay virtual FICA and income taxes based on the assessed value of their AI labor. . Marcuse 14 hrs ago #11
Let's see, I'm 77 years old, and for PoindexterOglethorpe 13 hrs ago #13
All bullshit Cirsium 13 hrs ago #15
AI is the core problem for the global economy Picaro 11 hrs ago #16
AI replacing people as workers is fine but only if there is a reasonable minimum income system for people. cstanleytech 11 hrs ago #17
The answer, of course, is an automation tax on the companies that make these things. LudwigPastorius 10 hrs ago #18
This is why we need a wealth tax RainCaster 6 hrs ago #19
Exactly. Bohunk68 4 hrs ago #20
Yet Fat Hitler wants to spend 100's of billions on battleships... Bengus81 2 hrs ago #21
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