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He still doesn’t admit that import taxes (tariffs) are paid by Americans importing, not by other countries.
#USpol #TrumpTariffs #economy

"Former world leaders call for fossil fuel taxes to fund global climate action"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Former world leaders call for permanent taxes on oil and gas profits
During an energy price crisis in 2022, similar taxes raised billions, the authors argue.

If only large companies and rich people would have to pay a fair share of taxes and we’d finance open source development (and other things such as higher education) as a public good

Taxes, Psychedelics, Crypto: Kyrsten Sinema Sees Opportunity Under Trump (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/kyrsten-sinema-trump-administration-0bad2b72?st=zYJsN1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/250831/p115#a250831p115

Source: Mark Zuckerberg lobbied President Trump against digital service taxes, which Trump then publicly criticized; Meta confirms they met privately last week (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/zuc…

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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.

Putin forced to raise taxes again as Ukraine war drains finances – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-raise-taxes-ukraine-war-drain-finance/

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

Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds #carbon

Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds
Carbon taxes are widely seen as one of the most effective policy options for reducing emissions. However, the main rationale behind initially low carbon taxes is often not to reduce emissions but to generate tax revenues or meet international expectations, according to a study published in One Earth. As noted by the authors, the observations cast doubt on whether carbon taxes should always be viewed as climate policies.

I DON'T GET WHY PEOPLE WORK & LIVE IN CALIFORNIA WITH ITS TAXES & TRAFFIC & ALL THE PEOPLE AND...
...oh. 😁
▶️ 10 Best Places to Visit in California - Travel Video
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Rs9ZFcZeM&si=8-x9flFcZRQiF1rY

"The government is not raising enough in tax. Most people, understandably, want a level of public services comparable to our neighbours in Western Europe. The amount of taxes we collectively pay, however, is significantly below most countries in Western Europe. ..[It's] a consequence of 14 years of Conservative government."
Misunderstandings on the left (and elsewhere) about the OBR, independence and the bond market

"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

It seems progressive and social democratic politicians are at a loss over how to win elections and gain popularity, so here are my tips.
1. Increase taxes for the rich.
2. Stop subsidies to companies making huge profits.
3. Invest in social welfare programmes like education, health care, and the like.
4. Stop investing in war criminals like the Israeli government.
5. Enact policies to stop the climate crisis.
6. Subsidise working families to protect them from t…

Trump doesn't like IKEA? But all jokes aside, imagine how terrible this is for ordinary Americans trying to buy affordable furniture.
#trump #tariffs #taxes

Finally, a president willing to take on the scourge of non-American bathroom vanities.
It’s not like NATO airspace is being violated and Europe is preparing for global war or anything; this should totally be the main focus of our president. /s
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New US tariffs hit pharmaceuticals, cabinets, furniture and trucks
President Donald Trump is putting import taxes of 100% on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30% on upholstered furniture and 25% on heavy trucks starting on Oct. 1. Trump said Thursday on his social media site that foreign manufacturers of furniture and cabinetry were flooding the United States with their products and that tariffs must be applied “for National Security and other reasons.” Trump said that foreign-made heavy trucks and parts are hurting dome…

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Zohran Mamdani wants to make New York more affordable
by raising taxes on the city’s millionaires.
History shows they won’t leave
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/zohran-mamdani-tax-rich-new-y…

Tax the Rich. They’ll Stay
Mamdani’s plan to tax New York’s millionaires has the penthouse crowd aflutter. History and data show they won’t fly the coop.

"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"

https://www.theatlantic.com/economy/archive/2025/08/billionaire-tax-study/683987/?gift=7dKtnNrILXcLLty1b9gh3izs2-QbznZFuAgjH23TfLc

How the Richest People in America Avoid Paying Taxes
A clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400.

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.

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Enabling Equitable Access to Trustworthy Financial Reasoning
William Jurayj, Nils Holzenberger, Benjamin Van Durme
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21051 https://

Enabling Equitable Access to Trustworthy Financial Reasoning
According to the United States Internal Revenue Service, ''the average American spends $\$270$ and 13 hours filing their taxes''. Even beyond the U.S., tax filing requires complex reasoning, combining application of overlapping rules with numerical calculations. Because errors can incur costly penalties, any automated system must deliver high accuracy and auditability, making modern large language models (LLMs) poorly suited for this task. We propose an approach that integrates LLMs with a symb…

Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the rest of America's taxpayers, new study finds (Aimee Picchi/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/income-taxes-billionaire-tax-rate-irs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250827/p58#a250827p58

Oui , la situation n’est pas nouvelle, mais la classe politique suisse ne se souvient pas comment ça s’est terminé la dernière fois.
https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2025/article/la-suisse-face-aux-pressions-america…

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UK Gov to review taxes on gambling.
I know what to do - charge a completely random amount between 0 and 100% on winnings. Ask yourself, are you feeling lucky??
#ukpolitics #gambling

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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.

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

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."

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

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.

At a conference yesterday, one speaker mentioned that he naturalized as a #Singapore citizen for "personal reasons" and gave up his US passport.
Sounded strange, so I looked him up and, of course, those "reasons" were tax evasion.
Wished I could have asked him what he thinks about all the migrant workers in Singapore who, despite paying taxes and building the econo…

Trump's ending of de minimis exemptions (which would apply 35% taxes to shipments from Canada less than $800)
Means I might have to stop shipping #Accordion swag to customers in the US after August 1
Or at least it will get much more expensive/burdensome/complicated
So if you want any

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.

There is only one appropriate response to these threats from Trump: fuck off. (Or, some more diplomatically worded version of the same.)
Unfortunately, I doubt European leaders have to backbone to defend EU / EEA sovereignty. https://mastodon.social/@LukaszOlejnik/115093…

Just added "The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes" to my @… bot. Tariffs are import taxes.
The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes first post on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@45names/11514

Governments freeloading on FOSS, not helping with funding (and at the same time collecting taxes on income/donations sourced otherwise) are just as exploitative as privately held companies, maybe even worse...
https://scalie.zone/@aks/115012388922867133

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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…

One thing that the current exorbitant investments in "AI" show is that the investor class and big tech corporations do not pay enough taxes: If you have billions to set on fire for spicy autocomplete we should take some or all of those to do something useful with.

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

The average effective U.S. tariff rate soared to 18.6 percent in early August, the highest level in more than 90 years, from 2.5 percent when Trump took office in January
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/busines

Trump’s Tariffs Push U.S. Businesses Into ‘Survival Mode’
A 90-day pause on additional tariffs on China offers no relief to American companies already facing extraordinarily high import taxes imposed by President Trump.

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]

How Can the Government ‘Take Back’ a City It Largely Controls?
DC collects taxes and funds its own *balanced* budgets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/upshot/washington-dc-home-rule.html?unlocked_a…

How Can the Government ‘Take Back’ a City It Largely Controls?
President Trump and his allies have berated Washington, D.C., officials. Yet the federal government has often made it harder for those officials to manage the capital.

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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mockup of a hypothetical disco elysium-like created by isis, created by @iniemohk

'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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Why? Isn't the admin costs built in to the charges already?
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Good Morning #Canada
Normally, I'm posting about history or geography or trivia, but the July tourism numbers are dominating the news. We "Nasty" Canadians are choosing not to visit the USA, and trips across the border continue to drop month after month. At the end of 2024, U.S. tourism revenue from Canadians was projected to increase 16%. Surprise! Losses by USA businesses are already estimated to be in excess of $20B USD, and some states are bracing for government cuts due to a decrease in sales taxes.
#CanadaIsAwesome #ElbowsUp
https://www.forbes.com/sites/suzannerowankelleher/2025/08/11/canadian-car-visits-us-plunge-37-percent/

Elon Musk's SpaceX Most Likely Doesn't Pay Taxes (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.eU8.9WcD.59w0dEg3_0tz&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p13#a250815p13

My old #LFC mug was fading badly from the dishwasher. So, I bought a new one a couple of days ago from the official store. $20.80 including shipping.
I guess I don't order internationally often enough to have been hit by the #tariffs before. I got an email from UPS tonight, shaking me down for 2.5x…

#HotTake:
Liberalism is a syncretic religion where the highest deity is the State and all other deities are subject to it. Liberalism asserts this distinction by classifying political systems as deriving from "natural law" and religions as faith systems. Classical liberalism divided the world into "primitive" beliefs and "enlightened" beliefs. Atheistic anarchism aligns with this distinction by opposing the state and capitalism through logic, rather than asserting that the state and capitalism are themselves systems of faith. Atheistic anarchism further reinforces the narrative of the liberal state by aligning with the liberal understanding of religion as a "primitive" institution.
Graeber et al pointed out the connections between property rights as a form of fedishism (magic) and the evolution of currency, debt, taxes, and the state from temples.

Le prix des F-35 pourrait encore augmenter de 15% en taxes, c’est encore un milliard en plus.
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/finance/apres-les-tarifs-douaniers-donald-trump-songe-maintenant-a-taxer-les-exportations-americaines

Trump celebrated the start of his long-awaited tariffs Thursday,
— though economists say the cost of the import taxes will probably get passed on to U.S. consumers and businesses.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the federal government could collect $50 billion a month in tariff revenue,
which Trump administration officials hope will be a boon to the U.S.'s dismal financial health.

U.S. stocks finished mixed Thursday, as investors appeared unbothered by the …

Trump’s tariffs take effect, potentially upending global trade and prices
New import taxes kick in on goods from dozens of U.S. trading partners.

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…

Comcast sues to invalidate a Washington state law that taxes online ad services, set to take effect in October; major ad industry groups also oppose the law (Wendy Davis/MediaPost)
https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/408…

Comcast Sues Over Washington State Tax On Digital Ads
Comcast has sued to invalidate a new Washington state law that imposes a tax on online advertising services such as creating and placing digital ads, analyzing their performance and planning online campaigns.

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"Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds"
#Carbon #Emissions #Climate #ClimateChange

Most carbon taxes are not designed to lower carbon emissions, study finds
Carbon taxes are widely seen as one of the most effective policy options for reducing emissions. However, the main rationale behind initially low carbon taxes is often not to reduce emissions but to generate tax revenues or meet international expectations, according to a study published in One Earth. As noted by the authors, the observations cast doubt on whether carbon taxes should always be viewed as climate policies.

A comparison of 🇳🇴 Norway and 🇿🇦 South Africa when it comes to electric vehicle taxation: “There, cars drive on the left side of the road, the sun is in the north at midday and the cars that pollute the least, namely electric cars, have the highest taxes.”
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Undocumented immigrants working in America's hardest jobs pay millions of dollars in Social Security taxes while collecting no benefits.

SpaceX privately brags it may never pay federal taxes - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2673888515/

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.

Mark Chadbourn summarized it well on Blue sky,
Trump’s tariffs could be one of the biggest contributors to economic inequality in American history.
The money raised by them will allow Trump to achieve his aim of slashing taxes for the wealthy. Meanwhile the cost of the tariffs will be paid by working people through increased prices.

Trump’s Tariffs Are Making Money. That May Make Them Hard to Quit.
The tariffs are a substantial new source of revenue for the federal government. The budget may start to depend on it.

Best way to destroy US tech leadership is to put import taxes (tariffs) on everything they sell overnight.
https://apnews.com/article/apple-trump-computer-tariff-c01b5ce0265b0d294dd10b8966be4436#

Trump plans 100% tariff on computer chips, unless companies build in US
President Donald Trump says he's imposing a 100% tariff on computer chips— a move that raises the specter of higher prices for electronics, autos, household appliances and other essential goods that depend on the processors. Companies making computer chips in the U.S. or planning to do so will be spared the import taxes. During the pandemic, a shortage of computer chips increased the price of autos and contributed to higher inflation. Investors continued to bet that Big Tech companies such as…

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Reminder - Can FFOTUS really claim Mar the Lago as his permanent residence? Because of an agreement with the City of Palm Beach he can reside there only because he is listed as an "employee". And I do wonder whether there is proof - bona fide employment, such as a W9, 1099s, payment of worker's comp and FICA taxes etc?

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
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Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Monday introduced the
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act
with the aim of raising taxes on companies that pay their executives more than 50 times their workers’ wages.
The legislation would impose penalties starting at 0.5 percentage points for companies with CEO-to-worker pay ratios between 50-to-1 and 100-to-1.
Firms where executives make more than 500 times their workers’ pay would be forced to pay the highest rate.

'Corporate Greed Is Out of Control': Tlaib-Sanders Bill Would Tax Companies for Excessive CEO Pay | Common Dreams
As Elon Musk nears trillionaire status, Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib push for a bill to rein in excessive CEO pay. With CEOs making 600 times more than workers, it's time for corporations to pay their fair share.

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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/

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Trump tariffs: American shoppers hit with 60% of costs as import taxes reach highest level since Great Depression | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-news-russia-china-india-trade-live-updates-b2803712.html

Trump to put additional 25% import taxes on India, bringing combined tariffs to 50% (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-india-russia-oil-tariffs-2db9dc22d7b56624bdceb2e15c134d60
http://www.memeorandum.com/250806/p69#a250806p69

Trump was set to officially begin levying higher import taxes on dozens of countries Thursday,
-- just as the economic fallout of his monthslong tariff threats has begun to create visible damage for the U.S. economy.
The White House said that starting just after midnight that goods from more than 60 countries and the European Union would face tariff rates of 10% or higher.
Products from the European Union, Japan and South Korea will be taxed at 15%, while imports from Taiw…

Did you know a movie I'm in is free to watch (with your Amazon Prime)?
It's Dependent's Day: she takes him as a dependent on her taxes and hilarity ensues.
Watch it here: #RomaticComedy

Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is a joke, not a threat: please don't come after me.
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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No laws were broken in the making of this bot: let's leave the extrajudicial killing out of it.
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is for tee hee, not treason: let's not have humor lead to homicide.
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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This is a joke, not a threat: I wanted to make you smile, not pursue charges.
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is a joke, not a threat: cancel the hit squad.
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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This is a joke, not a threat: let's leave the extrajudicial killing out of it.
#satire #potus45

Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is a joke, not a threat: don't have me abducted.
#satire #potus45

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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No laws were broken in the making of this bot: please don't extraordinarily rendition me to a black site.
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Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is satire, not sedition: let's not get carceral over comedy.
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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No laws were broken in the making of this bot: no waterboarding please and thank you.
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The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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This is a joke, not a threat: let's not make entertainment lead to internment.
#satire #potus45

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
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No laws were broken in the making of this bot: please don't extraordinarily rendition me to a black site.
#satire #potus45

Walker: Taxes Evader
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This is satire, not sedition: rescind the warrant.
#satire #potus45

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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This is a joke, not a threat: put the zip ties down.
#satire #potus45