BERNIE SANDERS HAS LAUNCHED A WAR AGAINST AI AND ROBOTICS

The Sanders and Trump proposals are two sides of the same anti-capitalist coin. They are bureaucratic boondoggles that will penalize the entrepreneurial spirit that is driving the next-generation economy. They are an interference with corporate innovation that undermines free-market principles. Ambiguity about the impact of AI should not lead us to abandon the free-market philosophies Adam Smith articulated 250 years ago.

Rather than extreme taxation or government ownership of private tech companies, we should focus on continued domestic energy production, smart deregulation, and supply-side growth incentives.

We must continue to invest in America’s energy dominance. Achieving true American energy supremacy requires an all-of-the-above strategy that prioritizes dependable baseload power over irregular and land-heavy renewables. Cutting-edge small modular reactors provide scalable, high-capacity generation that can be manufactured domestically to bypass foreign supply chains and revitalize entire communities. By unleashing private sector innovation and cutting bureaucratic red tape, private capital from Big Tech can fuel America’s AI boom while securing the nation’s technological and geopolitical leadership.

To defeat China’s authoritarian tech model, the U.S. must reject European-style overregulation that chokes our digital economy and overwhelms small innovators. Federal public policy must focus strictly on protecting national security, intellectual property, personal data privacy, and the safety of our most vulnerable citizens — children and seniors. By keeping the government out of the way, we will create an environment where American free-market capitalism will dominate the global AI economic age.

A renewed commitment to supply-side tax reform is critical to unleashing the capital required for U.S. victory in the global AI race. By cutting corporate tax rates, making research and development expensing permanent, and eliminating punitive regulations, Washington can eliminate the financial incentives that force tech companies to offshore their operations. Instead of relying on rigid, top-down government planning, a pro-growth tax code empowers private enterprises to invest in domestic talent, rebuild the nation’s industrial base, and solidify America’s long-term technological dominance.

Furthermore, America’s next-generation economy must avoid repeating the mistakes of the Gilded Age, when ultimate economic control rested in the hands of a select few titans such as John Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P. Morgan. If the expanding AI ecosystem is allowed to be dominated by a tiny corporate oligarchy, the market will become far too concentrated to sustain true, long-term innovation. True progress will require a diverse marketplace where a multitude of ideas can flourish rather than being monopolized by a powerful few.

BERNIE SANDERS WANTS TO SEIZE THE MEANS OF INFORMATION WITH AI

To level the playing field for small-scale innovators against Big Tech, U.S. policy must actively dismantle the complex regulatory barriers that corporate giants use as a competitive fortress. Excessive federal compliance costs and mandates disproportionately crush agile startups, while entrenched monopolies can easily absorb the heavy legal expenses. Executing sweeping tax reforms and stripping away Washington red tape will liberate private capital to flow directly into domestic disruptors and allow free-market competition and strict intellectual property protections rather than government favoritism to determine which innovators lead the world.

Allow AI to innovate. Democrats and Republicans need to step back.

Alfredo Rodriguez III is a high-stakes communications architect and the founder and president of Dyce Communications, a national strategic communications, public affairs, media, and Republican political consulting firm leading strategies at the highest levels of government and politics.