Grumpy Old Geeks Topics Robot taxation Topic Robot taxation 2 mentions in 1 episode A proposed response to job displacement by robots that the hosts discuss alongside worker retraining. Mentions 197: Last Night in Sweden Feb 20, 2017 11:06 Whoever is running the robots should pay the equal amount in taxes. 13:47 They did shoot down a robot tax on owners to fund support for retraining of workers.