Fifteen Percent
A corporate tax cut that balances the federal budget in eight years, makes the wealthiest universities free, and pays for the retraining. Four provisions, every number derived. Post 4 of 4 in the wage-displacement series.
Topic
AI Wage Displacement
A collection of 4 issues
You Cannot Balance A Budget By Slowing Down
CBO now needs federal revenue to rise a third to balance the budget. The rate any cash-flow tax would have to bear is politically impossible — which leaves growth as the mechanism, and taxing automation defeats the only variable that can close the gap. Post 3 of 4.
The Base Didn’t Vanish. It Moved.
American workers now receive the smallest share of national income ever recorded. The money did not leave the country — it moved to the other side of the ledger, the side we barely tax. Post 2 of 4 in the wage-displacement series.
Tax The Agent, Not The Tokens
Every AI agent is about to get a cryptographically bound identifier tied to a verified principal. That is a taxpayer without a new legal category. Now do the math: a token tax to replace displaced payroll would need a 1,071 percent rate. Post 1 of 4.