@Treppenwitz@sfba.social2026-02-28 01:34:12
This might be the first time I've been able to do my taxes without getting so confused I chicken out and hire a professional. I did ask a professional AI about a lot of stuff though. And it's free! #tax
@Treppenwitz@sfba.social2026-02-28 01:34:12
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-26 13:35:42
Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work. (Andrew Duehren/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/politics/trump-irs-taxes-bisignano.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260126/p21#a260126p21
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-24 11:50:59
Court docs: the IRS seeks $16B in back taxes and penalties from Meta, arguing it failed to report ~$54B in overseas profits; in December 2025, Meta sued the IRS (Jesse Drucker/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/business/irs-meta-corporate-taxes.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-25 02:53:30
Trump broke the promise that he made dozens of times while campaigning:
to stop the Ukraine-Russia war in 24 hours.
Trump has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
but has yet to establish a peace deal.
As the fourth anniversary of Russia’s attack approached, delegations from both sides met in Geneva for U.S. brokered-talks in mid-February
but did not reach a resolution.
About 31% of Trump's campaign promis…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-27 00:06:01
Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/885225/democrats-irs-direct-file-act-taxes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260226/p115#a260226p115
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-01-27 21:38:43
⚽ US sports say parity is essential for success. The Premier League proves that’s untrue
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/15/premier-league-parity-nfl-nba-mlb
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-26 12:25:16
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
https://lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/track/geese-lay-eggs-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG8lBJqVVa2zqROPI
@deabigt@universeodon.com2026-03-27 02:05:54
Just when you thought things could not get crazier.
Speaker Dustin Burrows Lists Data Centers, Property Taxes and Annexing Slice of New Mexico Among 2027 Priorities https://ground.news/article/house-interim-charges-include-studying-sharia-influence-eliminating-educator-misconduct-evaluating-data-centers
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza2026-02-26 12:50:23
How many times must I tell #microsoft no? I have said NO several times before and it is still NO!
After taxes are done I will upgrade this machine to #mxlinux
@grist@fosstodon.org2026-03-26 17:01:00
Are governments properly supporting the digital commons? Many adopt open source software but don't fund the upstream projects that maintain it. This amplifies a "tragedy of the commons" rather than being part of the solution. Governments have historically invented ways to shape the playing field - patents, public universities, copyright, taxes ... They can do it again!
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-01-25 00:23:51
I'm so tired of people blaming each other.
Look, if it wasn't Trump, it would've been someone else. Both Ds and Rs have been aggressively building towards a police state since 9/11. The Federalist Society has rigged our courts, and SCOTUS has done exactly what they intended. Government in the '70s under Reagan started reducing taxes on the obscenely wealthy, who turned around and gutted/purchased media, who convinced people to vote for lower taxes...
We were facin…
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-01-21 07:48:18
"Governments must implement taxes on the super-rich now and prioritise reducing inequality. The world cannot continue on this obscene trajectory.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/21/mi…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-25 06:15:52
Spanberger slams Trump on 'affordability' in SOTU response -- as Virginia Democrats push new taxes (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/spanberger-slams-trump-affordability-sotu-response-virginia-democrats-push-new-taxes
http://www.memeorandum.com/260225/p4#a260225p4
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-01-25 22:49:44
The endgame is simple: Satisfy #Trump's racist constituents.
They literally don't care about anything else. Not healthcare, not groceries, not even taxes.
☑️ Republican governor questions goal of Trump immigration crackdown: ‘What is the endgame?’
@kurt@nelson.fun2026-01-21 06:01:00
I just looked it up. The SF Westfield is somehow not in a named commercial district so the vacancy tax will not apply to it. Oops. https://www.sftreasurer.org/business/taxes-fees/commercial-vacancy-tax-cvt
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-01-26 15:27:34
🥕 Mixing incentives and penalties found key to cutting carbon emissions long term
#carbon
@servelan@newsie.social2026-03-22 15:10:28
Tariffs:
Trump owes Americans billions — and he might be forced to pay - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-taxes-2676570652/
@roland@devdilettante.com2026-02-16 05:29:44
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-10 12:05:40
Meta emails advertisers about "location fees" in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@scott@carfree.city2026-01-23 21:48:28
Shot/chaser
Billionaires like Lurie and his buddies prefer philanthropy to taxes because they decide how much to pay and how it's used. We should not believe for a second that it has anything to do with helping non-rich San Franciscans. #sfpol
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-03-24 02:03:56
As regular Australians struggle, gas companies are making massive profits and paying minimal tax. It is perverse https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/24/australian-gas-companies-massive-profits-paying-minimal-tax
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-23 09:01:54
This gets especially interesting when you realize how there are several whole societies that are largely invisible to mainstream society. There's a whole bunch of law around monasteries which allow them to essentially operate almost entirely outside of the state. Similarly, Amish/Mennonite communities basically don't interoperate with the outside world most of the time. I lived on a religious commune for a bit (it was an Isis cult, which I wasn't really part of but that's a whole other story. And I'm not going to get in to the abuse elements of a lot of these because that critique is separate.)
A lot of these places can only exist because they don't have to pay taxes or comply with a number of laws. They often also can get government grants. There's a whole world of things that are built specifically to benefit Christian churches that can be subverted towards actually radical ends.
@45names@mastodon.social2026-01-24 01:20:15
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-01-22 23:13:07
I am wondering why people still pay their Federal taxes?
(I sent my quarterly payment to the IRS about a week ago. And I cringed at the thought of what ill uses it might be used for.)
'How “Bitcoin Jesus” Avoided Prison, Thanks to One of the “Friends of Trump”'
https://www.
@primonatura@mstdn.social2026-01-27 17:00:48
"Private jets and first-class passengers could be charged extra to fly"
#Aviation #Aeroplanes #Emissions #Climate
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk2026-02-27 21:44:33
@HugeGameArtGD@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-01-24 01:09:47
@…
Of course no.
What I meant is that you could try to split a country/state multiple times. The risk should be lower for it to be hostile because it's easier to migrate (like a company evading taxes).
I am rather referring to how the EU is built but each state should be its own country.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-19 15:55:59
Ownwell, which uses AI to let homeowners appeal property taxes, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to $54M; it also raised $20M in debt (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ownwell-raise-lower-homeowner-propert…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-12-29 20:13:24
Content warning: CHpol
«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.
https://www.rts.ch/info/regions/vaud/2025/artic…
@steve@s.yelvington.com2026-02-21 00:29:15
Trump is rushing to conjure up some new tariffs to make sure American consumers continue to pay his national sales taxes.
@pre@boing.world2026-02-26 20:29:42
Content warning: re: AI Economics
The federal government’s revenue base is essentially a tax on human time. People work, firms pay them, the government takes a cut. Individual income and payroll taxes are the spine of receipts in normal years.
Indeed. Collapse in the labour economy causes a financial state collapse when the state is funded by a tax on labour.
Productivity is surging, but the gains are flowing to capital and compute, not labor.
Which would ideally mean you tax compute and capital but how's that work when compute and capital own the government already?
The output is still there. But it’s no longer routing through households on the way back to firms, which means it’s no longer routing through the IRS either.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-03-17 10:41:28
@… Hey folks, only just catching up in the flx1s and the convergence hub and it sounds amazing for some of the Small Web demos I want to do this year. Any chance you’ll be in Europe with one to buy anytime soon? (Happy to travel somewhere and meet you folks in the EU to buy them rather than pay that amount in customs/tariffs/taxes/etc.) :)
Sounds like you’v…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-23 12:56:41
Trump executed a bizarre
"reverse-reversal" on Friday, when he
🤣 re-endorsed
Rep. Jeff Hurd just four weeks after urging primary voters to deny the Colorado Republican a second term.
Hurd, Trump declared on Truth Social,
“will do a fantastic job as your Congressman, including Growing the Economy, Cutting Taxes and Regulations, Promoting MADE IN THE U.S.A.,”
and a long list of other things.
Trump’s litany could have been copied and pasted al…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-02-18 19:00:40
Content warning:
There's no way I'll ever want to do my taxes, mate.
#productivity #businessbro #lifehack
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-21 17:08:39
@fortune@social.linux.pizza2026-01-18 12:00:01
I owe the government $3400 in taxes. So I sent them two hammers and a
toilet seat.
-- Michael McShane
@migueldeicaza@mastodon.social2026-01-15 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:
https://www.promptarmor.com/resources/claude-cowork-exfiltrates-files
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-03-17 06:27:02
There's parties that always want to build or widen highways while not spending enough on maintenance of existing ones, blocking road pricing, and trying to keep taxes low.
In the Netherlands, they're finding out that this doesn't work. Tens of billions needed for maintenance now.
https://nos.nl/l/2606596…
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social2026-02-17 20:12:38
Every time I switch jobs, the inevitable "you messed up local taxes" happens. Fudge.
@UP8@mastodon.social2026-02-09 02:48:37
💢 Public backing for taxes falls when unfairness exposed
#taxes
@45names@mastodon.social2026-02-23 23:20:06
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-02-21 01:53:07
@scott@carfree.city2026-02-21 21:55:09
Interesting: Minneapolis is actually converting downtown offices to residential, not just using it as an excuse to cut taxes while not converting any, like San Francisco.
Sounds like a bad deal for the public, though. The new units are expensive, up to $4,695 for 1415ft², and to get them the city is waiving all affordability requirements, and MN is considering subsidizing through tax credits as well.
@pgcd@mastodon.online2026-03-17 12:56:11
Just thinking of the excellent timing demonstrated by all European car makers who declared they planned on abandoning development of EVs in favor of ICE vehicles.
No worries though, we're paying taxes to bail out these idiots.
@jamie@boothcomputing.social2026-03-07 18:00:17
Why the hell would you give me a W-2 where copying is disabled in the PDF? Do you like typos?
#Taxes
@crell@phpc.social2026-03-12 19:24:22
Ah, filing taxes. That uniquely American form of torture. Land of the Free (to pay extra time and money for no good reason).
@krispijn@social.sargasso.nl2026-03-16 08:26:00
Clémence Dubois, 350 dot org, said: “The right response is a strong windfall tax, which should be redirected to support households and accelerate the transition to clean energy.
(...)Cutting fossil fuel taxes during a crisis is not a relief for families, it’s a subsidy for companies that are already enjoying windfall profits.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/15/oil-company-shares-soar-to-all-time-highs-as-middle-east-war-turbocharges-price-per-barrel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
@roland@devdilettante.com2026-02-21 01:57:09
"yours is a gofundme waiting to happen" LOL OMG :-) so true
https://mastodon.online/@davidaugust/116106119593768664
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-03-13 18:23:13
Doin' US taxes again. Super blah without a donut!!
Last year my personal filing was about 200 pages long. (We also do a separate corporate filing.)
And once again my taxes will far, far, far exceed the actual disposable income I have received.
Yes, this is an upper-middle-class, first world problem.. But I do hate paying what amounts to big wads of $$ to pay for El Cheato's destruction of the US.
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-02-11 04:46:36
Eliminate billionaires (thru taxes, they don’t taste that good) https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116050051809082168
@45names@mastodon.social2026-02-24 02:20:05
@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizza2026-01-14 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.
https://www.ismypubfucked.com/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-01 18:25:34
India proposes zero taxes for foreign cloud providers through 2047 on services sold outside the country as long as they run workloads from Indian data centers (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/01/india-offers-zero-ta…
@benb@osintua.eu2026-02-09 10:49:14
Russia’s regions post record $19.9 billion deficit in 2025 as profit taxes fall and spending surges: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/08/russias-regions-post-record-billion.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-23 13:15:45
What if we just stopped paying taxes? (Lisa Needham/Public Notice)
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/minnesota-tax-strike-ice-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p16#a260123p16
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-12 15:42:10
Except, of course, Congress has forced them on DC...
States Say No Thanks to Trump Tax Cuts, Drawing Republican Fire - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/states-taxes.html?searchResultPosition=1
@dr2chase@ohai.social2026-03-10 02:33:45
I need to pick up a repaired snowblower tomorrow, and drop some stuff (gifts, taxes) off at the post office. By bike, as one does. Pick up the snowblower first, so I can park the bike loaded trailer outside the post office, people need to see that it's possible (easy, even). I seem to have sorted the electrical problem on the e-bike, which is nice.
#CarryShitOlympics
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-19 21:15:29
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…
@buercher@tooting.ch2026-01-19 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
https://www.letemps.ch/economie/mercuria-un-benefice-net-de-1-3-milliard-de-dollars-mais-seulement-un-million-de-taxes
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-01-07 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.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-19 11:59:34
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings:
🎵 What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes?
#SharonJonesandtheDapKings
https://open.spotify.com/track/54wELgFR64NFOdRHJXBnsd
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-19 18:24:34
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
https://lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/track/geese-lay-eggs-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG8lBJqVVa2zqROPI
@timbray@cosocial.ca2026-02-28 20:46:09
In which I compare the AI bubble to the Kansas Experiment: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/02/27/Kansas-and-GenAI
(Tl;dr: In 2011, Kansas slashed taxes based on Tea-Party theories that this would stimulate growth and make everyone better off. It di…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-03-05 13:00:38
Is it just me, or do others find it odd to hear journalists say that the UK 'must' take action to protect 'ex-pats' who have chosen to evade their fair share of taxation by moving to the Gulf?
I think an appropriate response would be to say to them, yes, of course you can return to blighty if you pay off all the taxes you've evaded while you've been away, but if you choose not to, you're on your own.
@newstik@social.heise.de2026-01-05 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…
@mikeymikey@hachyderm.io2026-02-04 01:14:47
Content warning: politics, taxes
Let's fuckin' go! Ship it!
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/democrats-unveil-wa-income-tax-on-people-earning-over-1-million/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-03-10 12:01:41
Meta emails advertisers about "location fees" in select European countries to cover digital services taxes, starting July 1; Google and Amazon have similar fees (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-05 19:45:00
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
https://alfiantono.bandcamp.com/track/taxes
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG8lBJqVVa2zqROPI
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-06 05:23:21
Democratic senator Chris Van Hollen, viewed as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, will unveil a plan that he says would ensure roughly half of all U.S. workers pay no federal income taxes.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland is expected to release the measure next week as Democratic lawmakers search for a sharp economic message to counter last year’s Republican tax law.
Under Van Hollen’s proposal, workers making at or below a “living wage”
— $46,000 for taxpayers filin…
@45names@mastodon.social2026-02-19 14:20:03
@scott@carfree.city2026-02-15 03:05:08
I'm shocked, shocked, that waiving the transfer tax on downtown office to residential conversions did not result in a single such conversion happening.
Well, not that shocked. (The real point of March 2024 Prop C was the sneaky provision letting the SFBOS reduce the transfer tax altogether without an election. Not to produce housing but to cut downtown landlords' taxes.)
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-01-31 09:15:07
Taxes are for things that we can best do together, organised via government. Given the large-scale challenges of climate change, security, and biodiversity, we'll have to do more together.
And yes, I'm aware that governments don't always spend the money wisely. Same for individuals, btw :)
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-03-13 16:54:04
Since the trumpies don't want to refund the illegal tariffs, perhaps we could pay our taxes with affidavits that say "pull the amount from my tariff refund"?
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-12-28 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:
@benb@osintua.eu2025-12-31 17:26:28
2026 will not be any better for Russia: high taxes, no money, and the war continues!: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/31/will-not-be-any-better.html
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-15 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)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-25 04:45:55
Live updates: Trump talks taxes, tariffs and immigration in State of the Union address (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-state-of-union-speech-2026-live-updates-rcna258811#rcrd101779
http://www.memeorandum.com/260224/p143#a260224p143
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-05 18:26:58
Some two dozen states challenged Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday,
filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
The Democratic attorneys general leading the suit argue that Trump is overstepping his power with planned 15% tariffs on much of the world.
Trump has said the tariffs are essential to reduce America’s longstanding trade deficits.
He imposed duties under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 after the S…
@45names@mastodon.social2026-03-17 04:20:05
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-13 14:01:59
“I’m not paying my federal income taxes this year,”
Rachel Cohen declared in a recent Instagram video that received more than 140,000 likes.
The 31-year-old lawyer in Chicago plans to put the $8,800 she owes the federal government in a high-yield savings account instead.
She doesn’t want to fund wars in Iran and Gaza or immigrationagents detaining her neighbors, she said.
Many commenters said they wanted to do the same.
Others worried about her. “I’ve gotten a l…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-31 17:57:36
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
https://www.
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-01-08 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…
@scott@carfree.city2026-02-07 00:11:34
"The governor’s proposed 2026–27 budget includes no funding for existing affordable housing. Federal housing programs face deep uncertainty. Locally, San Francisco is staring down a structural deficit... In this context, proposals to eliminate transfer taxes and weaken development impact fees...are deliberate choices that would lock in housing scarcity for years to come."
@45names@mastodon.social2026-03-14 11:20:06
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-01-10 13:45:07
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Geese:
🎵 Taxes
#NowPlaying #Geese
https://lelandstaxes.bandcamp.com/track/geese-lay-eggs-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/5cbDTZG8lBJqVVa2zqROPI
@cdarwin@c.im2026-02-28 19:57:12
Trump said tariffs (a regressive consumption tax primarily paid by American consumers)
may “substantially replace”
(progressive) income taxes.
Here is what policy experts say.
https://
@45names@mastodon.social2026-03-14 21:20:06
@karlauerbach@sfba.social2026-01-03 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?
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-02 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)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgl2je65klo
@cdarwin@c.im2026-03-13 14:11:07
Lawmakers in Washington state this week approved a ⭐️new income tax on residents making more than $1 million
-- and could spur other states considering similar bills to approve their proposals.
Legislators in the Democrat-led Senate on Wednesday night approved the tax,
-- which will impose a 9.9 percent tax on earners making over $1 million per year and will fund education, prisons, universal school lunches and replace or reduce other taxes, among other things, Democratic l…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-01-01 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)
https://philiptrammell.substack.com/p/capital-in-the-22nd-century
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-10 07:59:00
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…
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