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Greg Casar: “We have proposed an AI tax that would start out at a very…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Rep. Casar on Texas Data Center Freeze

Published | Video Starts at 05:00

You've introduced a bill, Congressman, that would essentially tax these companies to help pay for jobs. To address the issue or the concern of potential levels of mass unemployment, how exactly would that work? What We have proposed an AI tax that would start out at a very low rate while you have lower levels of unemployment. And that would quickly escalate if these AI billionaires start putting huge numbers of people out of work. And whether it's AI billionaires like Elon Musk or CEOs like Sam Altman, they've all talked about rising unemployment rates. (05:00–05:10)

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