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"A shift in food taxes could cut emissions and make diets healthier, researchers say"
#Emissions #Food #Health

Can a food tax help fix diets and the climate crisis?
Putting a tax on climate-intensive food could reduce impact, new study shows

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"Le Monde – Budget 2026 : des taxes sur les multinationales et les géants du numérique américains votées Š l’Assemblée, au grand dam du gouvernement"
https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/artic…

Budget 2026 : des taxes sur les multinationales et les géants du numérique américains votées à l’Assemblée, au grand dam du gouvernement
En première lecture, les députés ont approuvé à une écrasante majorité un amendement de LFI et un autre de Renaissance. Ces deux mesures pourraient rapporter plus de 20 milliards d’euros, mais ont peu de chances de passer l’étape du Sénat.

The fracturing of the Dutch far-right, after Wilder's reminded everyone that bigots are bad at compromise, is definitely a relief. Dutch folks I've talked to definitely see D66 as progressive, <strike>so there's no question this is a hard turn to the left (even if it's not a total flip to the far-left)</strike> a lot of folks don't agree. I'm going to let the comments speak rather than editorialize myself..
While this is a useful example of how a democracy can be far more resilient to fascism than the US, that is, perhaps, not the most interesting thing about Dutch politics. The most interesting thing is something Dutch folks take for granted and never think of as such: there are two "governments."
The election was for the Tweede Kamer. This is a house of representatives. The Dutch use proportional representation, so people can (more or less) vote for the parties they actually want. Parties <strike>rarely</strike> never actually get a ruling majority, so they have to form coalition governments. This forces compromise, which is something Wilders was extremely bad at. He was actually responsible for collapsing the coalition his party put together, which triggered this election... and a massive loss of seats for his party.
Dutch folks do still vote strategically, since a larger party has an easier time building the governing coalition and the PM tends to come from the largest party. This will likely be D66, which is really good for the EU. D66 has a pretty radical plan to solve the housing crisis, and it will be really interesting to see if they can pull it off. But that's not the government I want to talk about right now.
In the Netherlands, failure to control water can destroy entire towns. A good chunk of the country is below sea level. Both floods and land reclamation have been critical parts of Dutch history. So in the 1200's or so, the Dutch realized that some things are too important to mix with normal politics.
You see, if there's an incompetent government that isn't able to actually *do* anything (see Dick Schoof and the PVV/VVD/NSC/BBB coalition) you don't want your dikes to collapse and poulders to flood. So the Dutch created a parallel "government" that exists only to manage water: waterschap or heemraadschap (roughly "Water Board" in English). These are regional bureaucracies that exist only to manage water. They exist completely outside the thing we usually talk about as a "government" but they have some of the same properties as a government. They can, for example, levy taxes. The central government contributes funds to them, but lacks authority over them. Water boards are democratically elected and can operate more-or-less independent of the central government.
Controlling water is a common problem, so water boards were created to fulfill the role of commons management. Meanwhile, so many other things in politics run into the very same "Tragedy of the Commons" problems. The right wing solution to commons management is to let corporations ruin everything. The left-state solution is to move everything into the government so it can be undermined and destroyed by the right. The Dutch solution to this specific problem has been to move commons management out of the domain of the central government into something else.
And when I say "government" here, I'm speaking more to the liberal definition of the term than to an anarchist definition. A democratically controlled authority that facilitates resource management lacks the capacity for coercive violence that anarchists define as "government." (Though I assume they might leverage police or something if folks refuse to pay their taxes, but I can't imagine anyone choosing not to.)
As the US federal government destroys the social fabric of the US, as Trump guts programs critical to people's survival, it might be worth thinking about this model. These authorities weren't created by any central authority, they evolved from the people. Nothing stops Americans from building similar institutions that are both democratic and outside of the authority of a government that could choose to defund and abolish them... nothing but the realization that yes, you actually can.
#USPol #NLPol

Even #Channel4News has fallen for the frothing right wing myth that Reeves "lied". She said taxes would need to be raised. And then did it. The only leader who hasn't fallen for it is Ed Davey. #CiaranJenkins you are usually better than this. Just stop it. It's pathetically po…

"At the last #Cop climate summit in Baku, there were 1,773 coal, oil and gas lobbyists, a larger contingent than all but three countries. The group said this led to a watering down of penalties for big emitters, backtracking on international commitments to transition away from fossil fuels, and domestic challenges to carbon taxes and legislation designed to reduce emissions"

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Whereas with our tiny not-for-profit, Small Technology Foundation, we set things up so we don’t have shares/ownership and we only receive a salary and pay all our taxes. Which is how it should be and would be perfectly fine if we taxed these motherfuckers their fair share also.
PS. I know I suck at advocating for ourselves but here’s your infrequent reminder that you can help us continue to exist, should you like to see that, by becoming a patron:

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to
reenact the corporate head tax has been hotly debated,
But whether corporations should pay more taxes should not be contentious. 
Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society.
Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good.
We’ve seen why this is necessary throughout history — over and over again. 
I had the privilege of working with lat…

There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.

GOP Sen. Jim Justice sued by federal government over $5 million in back taxes (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jim-justice-west-virginia-republican-sued-5-million-back-taxes-irs-doj-rcna245767
http://www.memeorandum.com/251124/p125#a251124p125

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Also in the news today - Evidence that the great business minds mind their own business and don't give a toss about the folks who actually do necessary work
(Background - The UK is looking at increasing taxes on banks, which are doing very well indeed)
"Among those to call for a rethink on taxing banks was CS Venkatakrishnan, the chief executive of Barclays, who said the government should instead limit public sector pay rises to help curb wage inflation."

Also in the news today - Evidence that the great business minds mind their own business and don't give a toss about the folks who actually do necessary work
(Background - The UK is looking at increasing taxes on banks, which are doing very well indeed)
"Among those to call for a rethink on taxing banks was CS Venkatakrishnan, the chief executive of Barclays, who said the government should instead limit public sector pay rises to help curb wage inflation."

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Putting taxes on milkshakes in the middle of a cold November has a certain cunningness to it.

It's time for Cascadia to impound federal taxes
https://www.cascadia-journal.com/its-time-for-cascadia-to-impound-federal-taxes/?ref=cascadia-journal-newsletter
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It's time for Cascadia to impound federal taxes
As Washington and Oregon face numerous economic threats, including the real possibility of recession, disastrous flooding, continued wildfires, and massive cuts to the federal budget by the Trump administration, it's time to consider an idea that's been gaining traction in blue states hit hard by Trump's authoritarian rule: holding federal

Of course.
In texts, D4 supe Alcaraz wrote of paying workers 'under the table' https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/alcaraz-text-message-under-the-table-taxes-animal-connection/

In text exchange, new D4 supe writes of paying workers ‘under the table,’ skimping on taxes
New texts raise more questions about Mayor Daniel Lurie’s vetting of newest supervisor, Beya Alcaraz

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I know these places provide jobs and pay taxes but overall I feel the misery #gambling causes outweighs the benefit. Very much makes me angry that they're positioned and designed to exploit those who can least afford it. I won't be crying any tears if they all go.
William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes | William Hill | The Guardian

I'm still seeing calls for the blue states to withhold federal taxes. Stop being silly. That is NOT how it works. Federal income taxes are withheld from paychecks by employers, not states, and sent directly to the federal government.

"In truth, no Number fully insulates anyone from life’s vicissitudes. Markets crash, health fails, taxes rise, wars and pestilence break out...."
So, pay your taxes and invest in a welfare safety net, is the unspoken part.
The absurdity of bankers’ retirement fund targets - https://on.ft.com/4o2NNbV

By All Means Raise Mitt Romney's Taxes (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/by-all-means-raise-mitt-romneys-taxes-5e936cf6
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p50#a251222p50

Sources: music mogul David Geffen would net $500M in profit before taxes from a WBD sale at $25 per share; Geffen had bought ~30M shares at $7 to $8 per share (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-24/musi…

How many enemies dreamt of destroying the White House. How many soldiers wished they could flatten it. How many generals fantasized about razing the American People’s house.
This one man beat them all. Same man brought the confederate flag into the Capitol, same man presides over the largest tax hike in history (tariffs are import taxes), signed off on the ending of nutrition for the hungry and end healthcare since it will now be unaffordable.
This. One. Man.

AP photos show White House East Wing demolished
Associated Press photos show the entire White House East Wing has been demolished as President Donald Trump moves ahead with building a ballroom. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including a walkway to the White House, has been turned into rubble. The wing has been demolished as part of the Republican president’s plan to build a ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House itself that he now says will cost $300 million. Trump said Wednesday that keeping the East Wing…

"In Finland, tax records are considered public data, and every November, the tax authorities release a dataset to the media containing the incomes earned and taxes paid by Finland’s richest."
"At the top spot this year was Mikko ”Miki” Kuusi, founder of food delivery company Wolt and CEO of Deliveroo, whose income was €80.6 million, of which he paid €39.7 million in taxes."
STANDING OVATION

'That's exactly what they are': Sotomayor schools lawyer claiming tariffs aren't taxes - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/sotomayor-tariffs-taxes-scotus/

Ballot proposal taxes 5% of California billionaires' net worth to fund health care (Cole Lauterbach/Straight Arrow News)
https://san.com/cc/ballot-proposal-taxes-5-of-california-billionaires-net-worth-to-fund-health-care/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p39#a251024p39

Between last year and this year, my property taxes apparently went down by 1.8%.

This bus is supposed to run every 20 min. Instead I’m walking home in the rain because there’s a missed run and more than half-hour wait.
Daniel Lurie would rather lower Marc Benioff’s taxes than raise enough money to fix this

Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality.
So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral,
says economist Nancy Folbre
https://truthout.org/articles/wealth-t

Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them?
A 2 percent wealth tax is like shaving off a fraction of a spire from a large cathedral, says economist Nancy Folbre.

Right now in Budapest, these posters are hanging everywhere, claiming that "they" would raise taxes and throw our money at a Ukrainian golden toilet.
Yet #Hungary is clearly a net beneficiary of the #EU, receiving billions in funding every year and paying in significant…

RE: #tariffs

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GAYINT helped me file my taxes :3

Every once in a while, I bike through Rosedale or Forest Hill and recall that wealth stratification in #Toronto is even greater than it seems most elsewhere. If the perpetually broke city raised property taxes by only a percent or two on only these and a few other postal codes, it'd have more money than it'd know what to do with and the residents of those areas wouldn't even notice.

New research from UC San Diego and Princeton reveals the winning formula for climate action: carrot AND stick.
Their study shows that combining clean energy subsidies with pollution taxes drives faster adoption of green tech than either approach alone. Economic models prove this dual strategy can deliver rapid emissions cuts in the near term.

Interesting thread to get a first-hand account on the current state of LLMs for assisting US tax filings, even in complex situations. tl;dr: Very helpful for a sophisticated user that can check the output.
Another point towards my very narrow defense of LLMs, i.e., feel free to dislike LLMs for many good reasons, but please don't call them useless.

Patrick McKenzie
So October 15th, the extended US tax deadline, is just around the corner, and I have some observations which are more about LLM progress than taxes. Background: many people professionally involved with LLMs estimate 2026-2028 as the year where one can get an LLM to "do taxes."

The Pulitzer Board is demanding Trump's taxes, financials & medical history if he’s claiming damages in his #defamation #lawsuit.
✅ #Pulitzer Prize Board members dump broad discovery …

Pulitzer Prize Board members seek discovery of Trump finances, psych records, prescription meds
Pulitzer Prize Board members filed a litany of broad discovery demands in an attempt to beat back Trump's defamation suit over Russia probe reporting awards.

↖️ Why Are Seattle Drivers Paying So Much More for Gas?
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Are-Seattle-Drivers-Paying-So-Much-More-for-Gas.html

Why Are Seattle Drivers Paying So Much More for Gas
Gas prices in Seattle remain significantly higher than the national average due to Washington's high fuel taxes, climate-related fees, geographical distance from oil production, limited local refineries, and elevated regional business costs.

World Cup ticket prices.
#worldcup

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
BASHKORTOSTAN WITHOUT MONEY, #TAXES PROTESTS ACROSS #RUSSIA Vlog 1251: War in

Reducing (some of) the #EV benefits is never a popular measure. Perhaps that is why it is being introduced now, after the recent elections.
At the same time, the incentive remains in place, because the purchase tax on fossil fuel engines is also increasing, as are fuel taxes.

Norway to phase out electric vehicle VAT exemption from 2027 - electrive.com
In its 2026 state budget, Norway’s government has proposed reducing the VAT exemption threshold for electric cars from NOK 500,000 to NOK 300,000, before

Is there any reason - apart from the possibility of civil and criminal sanctions - for paying Federal income taxes?
Congress has abandoned "the power of the purse" thus leaving our Federal government treasury outside of the Congress based appropriation machinery created by our Constitution and restated in various laws (such as the "anti-deficiency" act.)
Remember that old phrase - something about "no taxation without representation"? It used to mea…

the nytimes profile of How Epstein Got His Wings reminds me a lot of Tom Ripley, but with less murder. Ripley had a talent for math, Epstein started as a math teacher. Ripley's entry into wealthy lifestyle began with fixing some rich guy's taxes, Epstein gained access to wealthy patrons with tax-avoidance advice. they both played piano while running all types of self-interested cons on all their charmed associates. etc.
... AO3 has zero hits for Jeffery Epstein Tom Ripley, hm…

'Betrayal': Ranchers furious as Trump plans to spend US taxes to buy Argentinian beef - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/betrayal-ranchers-furious-as-trump-uses/

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One of the reasons I support free transit is because relying on fare revenue is a trap. One economic downturn, one pandemic, and suddenly the transit system is on life support and needs to drastically reduce service. On the other hand, funding operations through general taxes allows voters to dictate how to handle funding operations, rather than markets.
[This is just one reason I like free transit; I have many. And yes, if your democracy is broken, so is your transit]

I grew up in a large city in a western democracy, with a socialist city government and it was fine.
There was basically no crime. People didn’t go hungry. Housing was affordable. Rent was regulated. Public transport was amazing. Education was free. Everyone had healthcare. Taxes were practically the same as in the US.
It was also much, much easier to start a business there than in the US. (Literally took an hour!)
People who wanted to get rich still could do it (there’s a few Austrian billionaires even).
I don’t understand how Americans got themselves so brainwashed that “socialism” is used as a term that sort of means “iworse than death”.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's got to the point in the year where I can't put off doing the self-assessment tax returns any longer.
It's not too hard - I know where to get all the numbers, but it's always interesting to see how close my rough & ready spreadsheet will be to the amount actually owed.
Not that I object to paying taxes: #WhishyLiberalLefty

Sen. Jim Justice, wife to pay $5 million in back taxes to settle IRS suit (Leo Sands/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/25/west-virginia-jim-justice-tax-irs-lawsuit/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p28#a251125p28

Why? Isn't the admin costs built in to the charges already?
https://flip.it/4XvxPn

Mayor Lurie's litmus tests for D4 appointees:
1. Family Zoning Plan
2. Great Highway/Prop K
3. Police drones
https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-district-4-supervisor-vetting/

Want to be District 4 supervisor? Get ready to answer these questions.
The applicants for District 4 supervisor have been quizzed about everything from taxes to social media, according to a five-page survey.

I didn’t think she could go this far.
Anna Paulina Luna is
DEFENDING the almost TOTALLY REDACTED Epstein files.
I'm telling you, this is what the government does. Defend the Billionaire class at all costs.
It's Earle Ford, and I've spent my career as an attorney going after them when they try to cheat on their taxes.
I quit that job because I know just how vulnerable Luna is.
FL-13 deserves someone who will do something to level the playing …

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I hear parts of America are having winter now. Come to California: our high taxes guarantee mild Decembers.

Cats know how to file and pay taxes, but choose not to. :neocat_evil:

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
Anyone in B.C. who pays provincial income tax or sales taxes — including lower-income renters — helps cover the costs of this subsidy, which benefits some high-income homeowners in mansions
But many of those with the greatest need for the program do not even know about it, ...only an estimated 16 per cent of seniors defer their taxes.

How B.C.'s property tax system delivers big benefits to multimillionaires, and why some say it needs to change
B.C.'s property tax system is uniquely generous for wealthy homeowners. Some people think that should change. Find out more.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/115753827172958693
How many opportunities like this exist in other states?
How many hidden "taxes" - mandated fees - that benefit the fossil fools are out there? Things we pay for without realizing it? Where…

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/115753827172958693
How many opportunities like this exist in other states?
How many hidden "taxes" - mandated fees - that benefit the fossil fools are out there? Things we pay for without realizing it? Where…

Rachel Reeves ‘planning pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles in budget’
Dear god how fucking dumb is the UK. Once again embarrassed to be British and glad to have gtfo.
Every year new and ever growing invasive taxes while simultaneously being even more useless at using the tax income to better society.

LAT Media Group reports a net loss before taxes of $48.1M in 2024, up from $30M in 2023, with a $21.5M loss in H1 2025; 50% of revenue still came from print (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/los…

Los Angeles Times reveals $50m loss as it seeks $500m investment
The Los Angeles Times Media Group made a loss of almost $50m (£37m) in 2024, according to newly-published unaudited accounts.

Trump shares Milei’s love of chaos and showbiz but his approach does not fit straightforwardly into his Argentinian ally’s laissez-faire playbook. While Trump has cut taxes for the wealthy and slashed regulation in some sectors, his administration has also taken stakes in strategic firms and used trade policy as a political weapon – a muscular interventionism more familiar in Beijing than Washington.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/26/do-populists-always-crash-the-economy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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One of the things that made organizing a lot easier with the GDC was a thing called "GDC in a box." It was a zip file with all kinds of resources. There was a directory structure, templates for all kinds of things like meetings and paperwork you had to file (for legal reasons) and "read me" files.
We had all kinds of support. There were people you could talk to who had been there. There were people you could call to walk through legal paperwork (taxes). Centralized orgs are vulnerable and easy to infiltrate. They're easy for states to shut down. But there are benefits to org structures.
I think it's possible to have the type of support we had with the GDC, but without the politics of an org (even the IWW). I hope this most recent essay has some of the same properties. I hope that it makes building something new, something no one has really imagined before, easier.
This whole project is something a bit different. It's a collective vision and collective project, from the ground up. Some of it has felt like a brain dump, just getting things that have been swimming around in my head down somewhere. But I hope this feels more like an invitation.
Everything thus far written is all useless unless people do things with it. Only from that point does it become a thing that lives, a thing with its own consciousness that can't be controlled by any individual human.
Tech billionaire cultists want to bring a new era of humanity with AGI. That is definitely not possible with LLMs, and may not be possible at all. But there is a super intelligence that is possible, though it's been constrained by capitalism: collective human intelligence.
The grand vision of the tech dystopians is that of the ultimate slave that can then enslave all humans on their behalf. I think we can build a humanity that can liberate itself from their grasp, crush their vision, and build for itself a world in which people will never be enslaved again. Not only do I think it's possible, I think it's necessary. I think there are only two choices: collective liberation or death.
And that's what I plan to write about next time to wrap this whole project up. Today things often feel impossible. But people talked about the Middle Ages as though they were the end of the world, and then everything changed in unimaginable ways. Everything can, and will, change again.
"The profit motive often is in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings."

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson boldly called for Americans to stage a general strike
during his speech at his city’s
‘No Kings’ rally on Saturday.
Summoning people of all backgrounds to unite and take a stand against
Donald Trump’s “tyranny,”
the “ultra-wealthy”
and corporate greed,
Johnson said,
“We are going to make them pay their fair share in taxes to fund our school, to fund jobs, to fund healthcare, to fund transportation"

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Ups The Ante As He Calls For A General Strike
It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

Undocumented immigrants working in America's hardest jobs pay millions of dollars in Social Security taxes while collecting no benefits.

Australia begins consultations with publishers and platforms on its News Bargaining Incentive, requiring Big Tech to pay local publishers or face new taxes (April Ossington/Channel News)
https://www.channelnews.com.au/australia-m

channelnews : Australia Moves to Make Tech Giants Pay for News As Google Faces New Scrutiny In Europe
Global technology companies are facing mounting regulatory pressure, with the Albanese government moving ahead on new laws that would force platforms like Facebook, Google and TikTok to pay for Australian news content, just as Google faces a fresh competition probe in Europe. Under the federal government’s proposed News Bargaining Incentive, social media and search companies... Read More

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Colorado voters overwhelmingly supported a pair of ballot measures that aim to ensure every public school child in the state is able to access free meals at their schools.
Proposition MM increases taxes on wealthy households earning more than $300,000 annually.
The measure supplements a previously passed referendum from 2022 that also called for increases in taxes in order to help fund schools, but which fell short of its funding goals.
The tax increases will affect around …

Colorado Passes Measures to Feed All Public School Kids by Taxing the Wealthy
Excess funds from the school meals program would be redirected toward the state-managed SNAP program.

Um...*didn't I already pay taxes to support that*?
White House to use tariff revenue for WIC program
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5543943-government-shutdown-wic-funding-tariffs/

This would make it dramatically more difficult to fund both affordable housing and transit in California. The Howard Jarvis people want to pull up the drawbridge and make us an even more exclusionary, car-dependent and on-fire state. https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/10

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This fall, Americans got to see what it’s like to go without a safety net for the hungry.
With the U.S. government shut down for multiple weeks
and Donald Trump refusing to fund SNAP, the federal food stamp program,
a panic set inamong the more than 40 million people who rely on it.
Families skipped meals,
and babies went unfed.
Food banks ran out of food, and some people turned to dumpster diving.
It was just a glimpse of what’s to come.
Start…

Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.

Trump's IRS kills program that let Americans file taxes for free (Robert Davis/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-irs-2674265147/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p3#a251105p3

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Walker: Taxes Evader
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“Tariffs are an import tax, plain and simple. I would assume the administration understands that.
“I actually am surprised that it was so lacking,” Senator Maria Cantwell added, of the administration’s case.
The court did not appear persuaded, either.
“You want to say tariffs are not taxes,” said the liberal justice Sonia Sotomayor. “But that’s exactly what they are.”

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Geese:
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https://open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOSnekEjrkMhmxD6Ae

Walker: Taxes Evader
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
https://lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/track/geese-lay-eggs-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOSnekEjrkMhmxD6Ae

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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#satire #potus45

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is for tee hee, not treason: let's leave the extrajudicial killing out of it.
#satire #potus45

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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