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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…

Rarely does the mere filing of a #ballot #initiative scramble politics in California.
But the "#Billionaires #Tax" proposal is s…

@ckent@urbanists.social
2026-02-16 21:55:58

Remind Angus, it's the Pokémon landlords
Not the mums and dads, not the owner occupiers
#CGT #WellDoneAngus #housing

A modified poster of the Pokémon advertisement with the cartoon character throwing a ball saying "Gotta catch ’em all", except it says "CORPORATE INVESTORS", "Gotta buy ’em all".  Instead of pocket monsters, there are houses and apartments.  The cartoon character is a suited real estate agent, throwing wads of cash.
@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-09 02:48:37

💢 Public backing for taxes falls when unfairness exposed
#taxes

@a_j_millar@fediscience.org
2025-11-21 09:34:58

RE: #Climate change mitigation is cheaper than #adaptation, but we need both 👇. It's rarely 'either/or' in this space, almost always 'both/and'. Which begs the question of how to pay.
After ending #fossilfuel subsidies (innovations like any UK #tax on airline fuel🤯) I come back to #CarbonCurrency as an idea that could work at the required, gigantic scale. HT Delton Chen, Kim Stanley Robinson etc.
#solarpunk #CarbonCoin