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    "title": "Tax the Robots",
    "modified_at": "2026-08-21 17:06:36",
    "published_at": "2026-08-21 17:06:00",
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    "subtitle": "When AI Takes Jobs, Humans Should Make Them Pay into Social Security",
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    "body": "<p>Social Security is facing a long-term funding challenge, but a bipartisan group of congressional candidates says the answer does not have to be cutting benefits, raising taxes or increasing the retirement age. <strong>Larry Joyce, a retired pharmacist and attorney who currently receives Social Security benefits</strong>, is available to discuss the coalition&rsquo;s proposals for preserving the program without asking Americans to make those sacrifices.</p><ul class=\"release-content-list release-content-list--bulleted release-content-list--align-inherit\"><li><span><strong>Larry Joyce is a retired pharmacist, attorney and former congressional candidate</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Coalition proposes FICA payments on jobs eliminated by AI or outsourcing</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Plan would eliminate Social Security&rsquo;s payroll-tax cap for top earners</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Higher-wage jobs could generate more Social Security revenue without tax increases</strong></span></li><li><span><strong>Joyce can discuss preserving benefits while modernizing Social Security&rsquo;s funding system</strong></span></li></ul><p><strong>ABOUT LARRY JOYCE&hellip;</strong>Larry Joyce is a retired dual professional: a pharmacist and an attorney. He currently receives Social Security benefits.</p><p>He has extensive experience in over 40 years of pharmacy practice in drug stores, hospitals, prisons, and in mail-order. As an attorney, he filed numerous &ldquo;friend of the Court&rdquo; briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in public interest cases. In the mid-80s he was the Legislative Director of the Juvenile Justice Reform Project of the U.S. Department of Justice. </p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https://specialguests.com/as-ai-robots-take-jobs-employers-take-fica/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE</strong></a></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW, CALL OR TEXT 512-966-0983 OR EMAIL </strong><a href=\"mailto:BOOKINGS@SPECIALGUESTS.COM\"><strong>BOOKINGS@SPECIALGUESTS.COM</strong></a></p><p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;</p>\n    <figure\n        class=\"release-content-image release-content-image--contained release-content-image--align-center\"\n    >\n        <a class=\"release-content-image__link\"\n           id=\"image-8272aef3-903b-430f-bc7d-c23078a2130c\"\n           href=\"https://specialguests.com/guests-topics/\"\n           data-id=\"8272aef3-903b-430f-bc7d-c23078a2130c\"\n           data-track=\"Story Image View\"\n           data-placement=\"content\"\n                            target=\"_blank\"\n                rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n                       style=\"width: 13.89%\"\n        >\n            <img\n                class=\"release-content-image__image\"\n                src=\"https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/8272aef3-903b-430f-bc7d-c23078a2130c/-/format/auto/\"\n                alt=\" \"\n                            >\n        </a>\n        <figcaption class=\"release-content-image__caption\"> </figcaption>\n    </figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">260 Union Square NW, Suite #208</p><p style=\"text-align: center\">Hickory, NC 28601 </p><p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>",
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