No Workers Left Behind!
1. Mandatory Job Transition Program
If your AI displaces workers, then you pay for their future:
Requirements:
- 2 years full salary while retraining
- Tuition/training costs are fully covered (no cap)
- Healthcare continuation
- Relocation assistance if needed
- Job placement guarantee in their new field
Bond Requirement: Before deploying labor-replacing AI, company must post bond equal to:
- (# workers displaced) × ($150k per worker) × (2 years) = massive bond
Example: Replace 10,000 customer service reps?
- 10,000 × $150k × 2 = $3 billion bond required upfront
If company goes bankrupt: Bond pays workers anyway. Can't dodge responsibility. Cost: Borne by companies, not taxpayers. If you profit from automation, then you pay for the transition.
2. Job Placement Tax
For Every Worker Replaced by AI: Company Pays a Tax Equal to 5 Years of that Worker's Salary.
Example calculation:
- Customer service rep: $40k/year
- Tax: $40k × 5 = $200k per worker replaced
- Replace 10,000 reps = $2 billion tax
Revenue Use:
- 50% → Universal Basic Income for displaced workers
- 30% → Retraining programs
- 20% → FAIA enforcement
Why 5 Years: Average time to retrain + find new career. Company got productivity gains, society gets transition support.
Estimated Revenue: If AI replaces 50M workers over 10 years at average $50k salary:
- 50M × $50k × 5 = $12.5 trillion over 10 years = $1.25T/year
This fully funds:
- Universal Basic Income for the displaced
- Massive retraining infrastructure
- FAIA operations
- Green New Deal transition
3. The Right to Human Labor
Certain Jobs CANNOT Be Automated:
Banned AI Applications:
- Healthcare: Diagnosis, treatment decisions, and surgery (AI can assist, not replace)
- Education: Teachers, professors, and tutors (AI tools OK, but humans must teach)
- Social Services: Social workers, therapists, and counselors
- Caregiving: Eldercare, childcare, and disability support
- Justice: Judges, juries, and parole decisions
- Law Enforcement: Arrest decisions, use-of-force determinations
- Creative Work: Art/music/writing FOR SALE must be human-created (must label if AI-assisted)
Why: Some work requires human judgment, empathy, and accountability. And we need to preserve the jobs that give life meaning.
Penalty: $50M per violation + shutdown