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highplainsdem

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3. I'm sure he knows what he's proposing won't increase employment, but he's hoping enough voters

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:19 PM

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will fall for it for Conservatives to regain power. And the AI companies would love to blame the social safety net (and employers having to contribute to it) for businesses not hiring as many workers as they implement AI.

If this crazy suggestion gets any traction at all in the UK, expect the genAI industry here in the US and their paid shills to start saying that one way to reduce unemployment from AI would be to eliminate the employers' share of FICA.

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kick highplainsdem Thursday #1

I don't think Rishi(!) knows how any of this works. nt GenThePerservering Thursday #2

I'm sure he knows what he's proposing won't increase employment, but he's hoping enough voters highplainsdem Thursday #3