Capital Gains

AI Isn’t Stealing Your Job. The Tax Code Already Picked the Winner.

📅 August 17, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

AI job loss isn’t a technology story — it’s a tax story. The tax code penalizes labor with payroll taxes while subsidizing capital investment through deductions and depreciation, making humans systematically more expensive to hire than machines. The real question isn’t whether AI will replace you, but whether you’ll share in the productivity gains or just absorb the disruption costs.

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Tariffs Are a Dumb Way to Fight a Trade War. Here’s the Hidden Tax That Actually Works.

📅 July 28, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

Every time politicians try to fix trade imbalances, they reach for tariffs—a blunt instrument that spikes inflation and sparks retaliation. But what if the most effective trade policy isn’t a tariff at all? By taxing foreign capital gains instead of imported goods, we can balance trade, protect workers, and stop global elites from extracting wealth without paying their fair share.

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