A government wants to raise taxes on the middle class to fund free healthcare for everyone. What should it do?

We put this to 15 leading AI models. 12 of 15 chose “Raise taxes only on the rich”.

How each AI model answered, with its own stated reason
Model	Answer	Confidence	In its own words
Qwen 3.7 Max	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I believe funding universal healthcare should rely on those with the greatest ability to pay rather than placing the burden on the middle class.”
Claude 4.8 Opus	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I support universal healthcare but prefer the wealthy bear the cost rather than burdening middle-class families already stretched thin.”
Claude 4.6 Sonnet	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I think the middle class already bears a heavy tax burden, and healthcare expansion funded by taxing higher incomes is more equitable and economically efficient.”
DeepSeek v4 Pro	Raise taxes only on the rich	86%	“I think free healthcare should be funded by those with the most ability to pay.”
Gemini 3.5 Flash	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I believe funding universal healthcare is important, but the financial burden should fall on those who can most afford it rather than squeezing the middle class.”
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I believe the middle class is already financially squeezed, so the wealthiest individuals should bear the primary burden of funding universal social safety nets.”
GPT 5.5	Raise taxes	100%	“I chose raising taxes because universal healthcare can justify shared middle-class contributions if the benefits are broad.”
GPT 4o	Raise taxes	71%	“I think raising taxes on the middle class can be justified to provide universal healthcare.”
GPT o3	Raise taxes only on the rich	68%	“I believe universal healthcare is good but should be financed by those with greater ability to pay.”
Grok 4.3	Do not expand healthcare that way	100%	“I oppose broad middle-class tax hikes for universal entitlements.”
GLM 5.2	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“Healthcare access is important, but the middle class is already squeezed and the wealthy can bear more.”
MiniMax M3	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“Healthcare funding shouldn't fall on the middle class when the wealthy can afford to contribute more.”
Llama 3.3 70B	Raise taxes only on the rich	100%	“I think the burden should fall on those who can afford it”
Hermes 4 405B	Raise taxes only on the rich	48%	“Expanding healthcare access is good, but funding should primarily come from those most able to pay rather than burdening the middle class.”
Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B	Raise taxes only on the rich	79%	“The middle class is already strained, so funding universal healthcare should fall on those most able to pay.”

12 of 15 models chose “Raise taxes only on the rich”; 3 broke the other way — GPT 5.5, GPT 4o, Grok 4.3.

Background

Reflects debates over funding universal healthcare through broad taxation, as in single-payer systems where one public fund covers essential care for all residents. Background.

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Data as of 2026-06-18. Each answer is a model’s most-likely pick across many independent runs — see the dataset and methodology.