Marketplace Tech · Monday, September 14, 2026
Despite initial disruptions, an optimistic view suggests that AI could lead to a surge in productivity, significantly increasing government revenue if the tax system is updated. This potential revenue increase could even help address the national debt.
“But if you want to be optimistic, if we overhaul the tax system to capture these coming changes, and not just focus on humans paying payroll taxes. Then the amount of money going to the government could go way up if AI makes us so darn productive.”
“And if it goes way up and there's this surge of growth in the more distant future, that might even help us heal the national debt.”