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Over 2/3 of Americans Support Bernie Sanders-Style AI Stock Ownership Plan, Poll Shows
Gizmodo • • business
Key Points:
- Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has proposed the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, which would impose a one-time 50% tax on stock (not profits) of major AI companies, giving the public direct ownership stakes.
- The plan aims to ensure AI benefits society broadly by making taxpayers partial owners of large AI firms, allowing shared rewards and oversight without upfront public expenditure.
- A June poll by Verasight shows strong public support for the proposal, with 69% backing a requirement for AI companies to transfer half their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund.
- When Sanders' name was explicitly included in the poll question, overall support slightly decreased to 64%, but the percentage of respondents who "strongly" support the plan increased by 3%.
