Ocasio-Cortez Says People Should be Happy About Automation Taking Their Jobs

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Speaking at the South-by-Southwest conference on Saturday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said people should be excited by the idea of robots taking their jobs because it gives them more free time to pursue their creative interests.

The Democrat Socialist was floating a proposal by billionaire and Microsoft founder Bill Gates to tax robots at 90 percent to make up for workers’ lost income from automation. 

Breitbart reports AOC then touted the idea that putting more robots into the workforce would allow people more time to dabble in art and science, freeing up “more time enjoying the world we live in.”

According to Pew Research, nearly 60 percent of Americans said the federal government should place limits on the number of jobs in which a business can replace a U.S. worker with a machine.

Corrie O'Connor

 

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