盖茨:机器人也应缴所得税
<p><span word="Robots">Robots</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="unfair">unfair</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="human">human</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>: <span word="they">they</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="income">income</span> <span word="tax">tax</span>.</p><p>与人类劳动者相比，机器人至少有一个不公平的优势：不用缴所得税。</p><p><span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span>, <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="richest">richest</span> <span word="man">man</span>, <span word="thinks">thinks</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="change">change</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="associated">associated</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="socialists">socialists</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="tech">tech</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="puts">puts</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="explicitly">explicitly</span> <span word="arguing">arguing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="taxes">taxes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="adoption">adoption</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>.</p><p>微软(<span word="Microsoft">Microsoft</span>)联合创始人、世界首富比尔?盖茨(<span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span>)认为，这一点应该改变。到目前为止，支持这种想法的更多是欧洲的社会主义者，而不是科技行业的领袖。这也体现了盖茨不同寻常的立场：明确支持通过征税来延缓新技术的应用。</p><p><span word="Mr">Mr</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="fortune">fortune</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="PCs">PCs</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="helped">helped</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="erase">erase</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="categories">categories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="typists">typists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="agents">agents</span>. <span word="But">But</span>, <span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Quartz">Quartz</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="argued">argued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deliberately">deliberately</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="advance">advance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="job">job</span>-<span word="killing">killing</span> <span word="technologies">technologies</span>.</p><p>盖茨从个人电脑(<span word="PC">PC</span>)的普及中发家，电脑普及是导致从打字员到旅行代理商等许多行业消失的因素之一。但他在接受<span word="Quartz">Quartz</span>采访时提出，当前或许应该有意地延缓下一批夺走工作岗位的技术的进步。</p>
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