Democrats sound alarm over AI job apocalypse — but labor market isn't following script

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Reps. Greg Casar, Valerie Foushee, and Sara Jacobs host a virtual press call proposing a new policy to address potential mass unemployment from artificial intelligence using an employment program funded by taxing AI. In recent months, top Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who caucuses with Senate Democrats, have raised fears about artificial intelligence and cast dismal projections about what it might mean for the job market, pressing for government intervention. "How the hell do you go forward and throw millions of people out on the street without planning what’s going to happen?" Sanders said at a press conference in April. But since the introduction of artificial intelligence chatbots in late 2022, the U.S. has continued to add jobs while unemployment has remained at historically low levels, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Th