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Comment by gigel82 | original | Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries
[−]gigel82 · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:01 UTC · link
We're doomed if regular people have fully absorbed the propaganda to the extent that they'd think asking invalid hospital-bed-ridden people to work remotely for the uber-rich rather than fixing the tax situation so that those uber-rich can buy one less golden toilet for their private planes (and the state can provide for those poor people) is a good idea.
[−]ryandrake · 2026-07-02 Thu 00:39 UTC · link
I think (hope) the poster who suggested that was being sarcastic, although it's hard to tell anymore!
[−]Schiendelman · 2026-07-02 Thu 04:27 UTC · link
The math doesn't math. You could tax all the ultra rich people at 100% and it wouldn't significantly change the social contract. The part people don't like hearing is that it's a lot of the middle class that has to pay much higher taxes if you want those guarantees of minimum living standards.
[−]goobatrooba · 2026-07-02 Thu 06:06 UTC · link
Citation needed.

Here is one for the contrary (just a book review. The citation is the book).

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/04/06/we-need-to-tax-billiona...