"We don't automate jobs," food-tech startup Zume CEO Alex Garden said. "We automate boring, dangerous, repetitive tasks." ...

The basic construct of Social Security is this: Workers and their employers pay taxes. When a worker retires years later, those funds are paid back each month in the form of a Social Security check.

Robots don't pay into Social Security. Maybe we should tax them instead. Robots are deeply embedded in corporate America. The basic construct of Social Security is this: Workers and their employers ...