There won’t be a blanket tax on all robots but self-driving cars and trucks can be taxed directly.
Taxing them enough to reduce their usage means less carbon emissions.
If your goal is to reduce carbon emissions, then tax the gasoline.
Politically taxing gasoline is very unpopular and there’s no majority for carbon taxes.
Politically, taxing gasoline is utterly commonplace and accepted. Every developed country except Mexico does it, and every U.S. state.
In the US it is not high enough to fully pay for the highway infrastructure because it’s politically unpopular.
There won’t be a blanket tax on all robots but self-driving cars and trucks can be taxed directly.
Taxing them enough to reduce their usage means less carbon emissions.
If your goal is to reduce carbon emissions, then tax the gasoline.
Politically taxing gasoline is very unpopular and there’s no majority for carbon taxes.
Politically, taxing gasoline is utterly commonplace and accepted. Every developed country except Mexico does it, and every U.S. state.
In the US it is not high enough to fully pay for the highway infrastructure because it’s politically unpopular.