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Nothing brings tech titans together like taxes.
This week, as the specter of a California “#billionaire #tax” ballot initiative gained momentum,
the moguls grew furious.
The outrage reached a fever pitch on X,
where the following scenarios were predicted, should the initiative be approved in Nov…

@joe@toot.works
2025-12-20 16:15:38

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

@scott@carfree.city
2025-12-20 03:09:29

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

Bus shelter showing 12 bus in 29 and 60 minutes
@45names@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 14:20:20

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: let's leave the extrajudicial killing out of it.
#satire #potus45

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-11-17 20:43:04

"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 - on.ft.com/4o2NNbV

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-12-20 20:52:10

RE: mastodon.social/@Snoro/1157538
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…

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-12-20 20:52:10

RE: mastodon.social/@Snoro/1157538
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…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-19 11:59:34

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings:
🎵 What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?
#SharonJonesandtheDapKings
open.spotify.com/track/54wELgF

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-19 18:24:34

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@fortune@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-18 12:00:01

I owe the government $3400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a
toilet seat.
-- Michael McShane

@lmc@mastodon.social
2025-11-14 01:39:03

Of course.
In texts, D4 supe Alcaraz wrote of paying workers 'under the table' missionlocal.org/2025/11/alcar

@StephenRees@mas.to
2025-12-12 23:38:41

It's time for Cascadia to impound federal taxes
cascadia-journal.com/its-time-
Where Cascadia is Washington and Oregon only.…

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-12-19 19:20:17

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is for tee hee, not treason: I hope you'll lol, not take legal action.
#satire #potus45

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 23:07:30

↖️ Why Are Seattle Drivers Paying So Much More for Gas?
oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-Gen

@buercher@tooting.ch
2026-01-19 21:26:25

Mercuria, un bénéfice net de 1,3 milliard de dollars mais seulement un million de taxes. L’an dernier, le négociant genevois a payé en impôts 0,08% de son bénéfice, selon un rapport financier transmis par une source Š la presse
letemps.ch/economie/mercuria-u

@rafa_font@mastodon.online
2025-12-16 07:28:04

"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

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-12-20 06:20:17

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is for tee hee, not treason: please don't ruin my life.
#satire #potus45

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-15 13:05:40

India's Supreme Court rules Tiger Global's $1.6B Flipkart stake sale to Walmart in 2018 is subject to taxes, a ruling that may shape future cross-border deals (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

@scott@carfree.city
2025-11-19 04:01:15

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

@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
2026-01-15 03:15:07

In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death, taxes and LLM will dutifuly exfiltrate your data via a hidden prompt:
promptarmor.com/resources/clau

@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-12-16 17:09:35

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."

@catsalad@infosec.exchange
2025-12-14 00:53:46

GAYINT helped me file my taxes :3

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-11-20 02:20:17

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
No laws were broken in the making of this bot: let's not make entertainment lead to internment.
#satire #potus45

@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de
2025-12-12 15:19:30

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…

This is a large political poster on a street. On it, three well-known people are photoshopped: on the left Ursula von der Leyen, in the middle Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and on the right Péter Magyar. All three are tipping bags of money into an open golden toilet bowl, which already contains many banknotes.
The Hungarian text reads approximately:
"Ők adókat emelnek, és ukrán aranybudira költik a pénzed."
Literally translated: "They raise taxes and spend your money on a Ukrainian gold toilet."
The mes…
@gray17@mastodon.social
2025-12-16 20:51:39

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…

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2025-12-16 05:12:56

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 …

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-11-05 16:30:50

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

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org
2025-12-29 20:13:24
@Jaffa@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-16 10:15:54

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

@vosje62@mastodon.nl
2025-11-09 13:13:31

RE: #tariffs

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
truthout.org/articles/wealth-t

@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-14 18:47:09

FIND A PUB
THAT NEEDS YOU
The government's signalled a potential u-turn on pub rates — but nothing's confirmed yet. Pubs still need your support. Find your local. See what they're up against. Buy a pint.
ismypubfucked.com/

@timbray@cosocial.ca
2025-12-11 20:56:25

World Cup ticket prices.
#worldcup

CANADA
  vs  
EUROPEAN PLAY-OFF A
The total price below is stated in Canadian Dollars (CAD) and is inclusive of all and any applicable taxes. (You can click on the name of the stadium to view the map.)
Supporter Premier Tier
 3’035.00
Supporter Standard Tier
 2’205.00
Supporter Value Tier
 1’300.00
Easy Access Standard - Category 1
 3’035.00
Easy Access Standard - Category 2
 2’205.00
Easy Access Standard - Category 3
 1’300.00
Wheelchair & Easy Access Amenity - Category 1
 3’0…
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it
2026-01-07 02:01:23

I really need Hochul to figure out how tf we can pay our federal taxes to NY state, because I'm going to have serious qualms about paying federal income taxes this April.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-13 23:11:01

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)
channelnews.com.au/australia-m

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-10-29 12:00:56

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

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-17 14:46:52

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@j_honegger@swiss.social
2025-12-08 19:54:50

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

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-25 03:50:43

GOP Sen. Jim Justice sued by federal government over $5 million in back taxes (Raquel Coronell Uribe/NBC News)
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/
memeorandum.com/251124/p125#a2

@elduvelle@neuromatch.social
2025-10-29 09:21:51

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

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-11-18 22:20:15

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: don't make me go to gulag.
#satire #potus45

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-11-05 04:21:58

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)_/¯

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-01-08 18:28:45

Here's a piece about $billionaires threatening to leave California because of a proposed 5% wealth tax.
Hey guys (and as far as I can tell they are all guys): Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
They say "oh, California you will lose taxes because we are gone." Boo hoo - don't these guys know the concept of a non-performing asset, you know, a thing that produces no revenue? Well, from the point of view of Calif. these guys already pay no…

@nelson@tech.lgbt
2025-12-05 15:26:59

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

@newstik@social.heise.de
2026-01-05 19:02:14

The electric vehicle boom in Norway is, in part, a result of high taxes. New vehicles are taxed at 25%, but new #EV at 0%. Registration fees are waved, as are (were?) city tolls, and often there is free EV parking. Plus there are income tax deductions for EV.
Businesses, on the other hand, profit from vastly cheaper electricity prices (compared to households) - or they can use the free (!) ele…

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-05 19:45:00

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
alfiantono.bandcamp.com/track/
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@seav@en.osm.town
2025-11-08 08:33:08
Content warning: uspol, NYC

#TheDailyShow has done a brilliant piece showing that conservatives have been saying that millionaires will move out of #NewYorkCity because of the high taxes for every year since at least 2009. 😂

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-12-28 21:43:19

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:

@ripienaar@devco.social
2025-11-06 09:17:52

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.

@benb@osintua.eu
2025-12-31 17:26:28

2026 will not be any better for Russia: high taxes, no money, and the war continues!: benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/will-

@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
2026-01-05 13:30:18

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals | Green politics | The Guardian
theguardian.com/environment/20

@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social
2025-11-30 19:33:14

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…

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2025-12-03 19:11:54

Just woke up from a nap after lunch. I dreamt our heroine was on the run from the galactic police for a discrepancy surrounding dubious business expense claims in her tax return and finds herself running a popular bar in a humanoid community amongst the gut flora and fauna of a giant space faring lizard fish thing amongst a school or flock of these things. I don't remember much else other than its title had to be `June Callwood Cheats On Her Taxes` for some reason.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-12-22 16:15:35

By All Means Raise Mitt Romney's Taxes (Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/opinion/by-all-means-r
memeorandum.com/251222/p50#a25

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 …

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-01-06 10:46:04

"Government cyber unit" sounds like a class of robot enemies in a futuristic video game.
gov.uk/government/news/new-cyb

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-10-29 15:12:34

"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"

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-15 01:02:47

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-11-26 14:31:09

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

‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-12-29 20:13:24
Content warning:  

«La droite s'inquiète de l'impact de cette mesure sur le porte-monnaie des familles, des agriculteurs ou encore des entreprises.» Mais bien sûr.
rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/2025/

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-12-29 20:13:24
Content warning:  

«La droite s'inquiète de l'impact de cette mesure sur le porte-monnaie des familles, des agriculteurs ou encore des entreprises.» Mais bien sûr.
rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/2025/

@davidaugust@mastodon.online
2025-10-23 18:14:02

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.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-02 10:51:10

UK crypto buyers are required to share their account details with tax officials starting January 1 or face penalties, as the UK seeks to collect unpaid taxes (Rachel Clun/BBC)
bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl2je6

@mr_grey@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-09 00:12:57
Content warning: Uspol

Ya know maybe if Americans didn't have to pay taxes during a gov shutdown maybe they'd figure out how to agree on something quicker.

@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-10-30 10:05:59

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

@karlauerbach@sfba.social
2026-01-03 23:11:14

Our taxes are paying for the invasion of Venezuela.
Congress has abandoned the power to control expenditures.
So, how long are we going to keep paying for El Cheato to ravish our nation and other nations?

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…

@StephenRees@mas.to
2025-11-07 23:02:14

From BC Humanists
Last fall, we pushed the government to finally fulfill a longstanding promise to regulate dangerous and deceptive unregulated (crisis) pregnancy centres.
These fake clinics cloak their religious agenda to deny people their reproductive autonomy and freedom. Many of these groups are registered charities, meaning your taxes subsidize their donations.
Now, the government has let religious anti-choice groups off the hook with its lack of action in Budget 2025.…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-13 14:27:46

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-10-24 13:01:49

Ballot proposal taxes 5% of California billionaires' net worth to fund health care (Cole Lauterbach/Straight Arrow News)
san.com/cc/ballot-proposal-tax
memeorandum.com/251024/p39#a25

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-01-10 13:45:07

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-01 20:01:10

How AI automation can fulfill Thomas Piketty's predictions on rising economic inequality, and why highly progressive taxes on capital can help slow the spiral (Philosopher Count)
philiptrammell.substack.com/p/

To ensure you get a postmark that reflects the day you mail something, you’ll have to go to a post office counter and ask for a manual postmark.
This may affect the eligibility of your mail-in ballot, or tax payment

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-11-25 02:20:43

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)
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-12 20:39:54

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOS

Did California lose Larry Page?
The Google and Alphabet cofounder, who left day-to-day operations in 2019,
has seen his net worth soar in the years since
—from around $50 billion at the time of his departure to somewhere approximating $260 billion today.
(Leaving his job clearly didn’t hurt his wallet.)
Last year, a proposed ballot initiative in California threatened billionaires like Page with a one-time 5 percent wealth tax
—prompting some of them to con…

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-11-28 17:37:30

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."

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-11-28 17:37:30

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."

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-10-21 15:07:36

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

@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-09 18:56:32

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-05 05:30:57

Trump's IRS kills program that let Americans file taxes for free (Robert Davis/Raw Story)
rawstory.com/trump-irs-2674265
memeorandum.com/251105/p3#a251

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…

@45names@mastodon.social
2026-01-09 04:20:14

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: rescind the warrant.
#satire #potus45

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-08 14:21:12

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOS

@45names@mastodon.social
2026-01-07 09:20:19

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: I wanted to make you smile, not pursue charges.
#satire #potus45

“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.”

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2025-11-25 14:46:02

Sen. Jim Justice, wife to pay $5 million in back taxes to settle IRS suit (Leo Sands/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/politics/20
memeorandum.com/251125/p28#a25

@45names@mastodon.social
2026-01-05 15:20:14

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: let's not get carceral over comedy.
#satire #potus45

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-04 14:17:14

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOS

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-11-05 20:20:16

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: tell the black helicopters to return to base.
#satire #potus45

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-12-05 02:38:11

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-12-04 07:20:19

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
No laws were broken in the making of this bot: I wanted to make you smile, not pursue charges.
#satire #potus45

@45names@mastodon.social
2026-01-03 14:20:15

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is for tee hee, not treason: let's not have humor lead to homicide.
#satire #potus45

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 …

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-11-29 02:37:44

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#Geese
lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/trac
open.spotify.com/track/7r9BUOS

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-11-30 17:20:15

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is satire, not sedition: cancel the hit squad.
#satire #potus45

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-12-30 19:20:20

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: I wanted to make you smile, not pursue charges.
#satire #potus45

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-11-29 22:20:17

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is for tee hee, not treason: tell the black helicopters to return to base.
#satire #potus45

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-10-30 03:20:18

Walker: Taxes Evader
bot by @…
This is for tee hee, not treason: don't have me abducted.
#satire #potus45

@45names@mastodon.social
2025-10-29 17:20:24

The Emperor of 10,000 Taxes
bot by @…
This is a joke, not a threat: no investigating me please.
#satire #potus45