... and dream of electric sheep?
Actually, whatever they are paid they will cost whatever the government wishes. The government will demand they cost a lot so that the government can get a lot.
Maybe I should run as a democrat on a platform of charging an annual 'employee offset fee' on each machine that replaces a human. Order kiosks, ATMs, vending machines. I almost forgot Roobas. A whole new revenue stream. It's "for the children", you understand.
Awww, ya beat me to it.