[amadeuspagel]

I cringe every time I see a plan of the form "tax x to help y", with some supposed relation between x and y as justification. Is x something we want to discourage? Does y need help the most? These questions are completely unrelated. If x is something we want to discourage, we should tax it, then think about how to best spend the money. If y needs help the most we should help, then think about whether to spend less on other things, raise taxes or go further into debt.

[martimarkov]

I agree with this mostly but what about the following:

Tax a very small % for automation at grocery stores. Low enough tax so that it is still profitable to automate checkout but also so that you don’t get a huge dump of unemployed ppl on the street.