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Lena Schilling setzt beim Wiener #Opernball ein sichtbares Zeichen für #Klimaschutz und mehr #Gerechtigkeit.
Ihr Kleid mit der Aufschrift tax the rich save the climate lenkt den Blick…

Grüne EU-Abgeordnete mit 'Tax the rich'-Kleid beim Opernball
Beim Wiener Opernball rechnete Lena Schilling mit Österreichs Superreichen ab und forderte die Rückkehr zu einem aus ihrer Sicht fairen Erbschaftssteuermodell.

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…

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…

Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.

"The second excuse is that the uber-rich will flee the country. There are three possible responses to this claim. The first is that there’s no evidence to support it. The second is, if true, good riddance: they do us more harm than good. The third is to say: then the obvious solution is a global tax-avoidance measure."
#Kleptocracy
Money Talks – George Monbiot

Money Talks
The grim truth is that almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest.

Apropos of Denim Dan Lurie's tax break for rich real estate investors... The mayor's brother is a luxury real estate agent, and he told the Chronicle in October that the problem with SF housing was a "mansion shortage."
https://www.sfchronicle.com/reale…

The Jackson Hole region has long been a refuge for the rich,
but an explosion of new affluence has allowed a growing cadre of extraordinarily wealthy people to ⛔️dominate both the local economy and Wyoming state politics.
Teton County is not merely the richest county in the country, per capita -- by far;
⭐️it is a window into America’s near future, as the country enters a new #gilded

America’s Billionaires Continue to Flock to Wyoming
Jackson, Wyo., has long been a refuge for the rich. But the last five years saw a boom in wealth of a kind never before seen. Across the country, the 2017 tax cuts minted hundreds of new billionaires.

💢 Public backing for taxes falls when unfairness exposed
#taxes

Public backing for taxes falls when unfairness exposed
Public support for broad-based taxation risks eroding when voters learn that the super-rich pay lower tax rates than ordinary citizens, according to new research co-authored by King's academics.

Tax the Rich, Like Me -- In 2012, political ads suggested that some of my policy proposals ... (Mitt Romney/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/opinion/romney-tax-the-rich.html?unlocked_article_code=1.908.f_5u.fC6SFVYICmCg&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p31#a251219p31

"Polling across 36 nations by the Pew Research Center found that 84% see economic inequality as a big problem, and 86% see the political influence of the rich as a major cause of it. In 33 of these nations, a majority believe their country’s economic system needs either “major changes” or “complete reform”. In the UK, a YouGov poll revealed, 75% support a wealth tax on fortunes above £10m, while only 13% oppose it."

Money Talks
The grim truth is that almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest.

It always starts with talk about millionaires and billionaires and ends with a 36% unrealized gains tax on the handful of assets you bought to try and get a stake in the economy and claw your way out of financial insecurity and maybe be able to retire some day. Meanwhile, the unfathomably rich remain forever unfathomably rich. These people are the allies of capital, and creators of a permanently dependent underclass. They do this to ensure there is always a job for them. If they really cared…

Billionaires with $1 salaries
– and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting
Mark Zuckerberg was the lowest-paid employee at Meta in 2024,
and he made US$1.
But he is not the only very rich person who has collected $1 for a year’s work.
Why would incredibly rich CEOs make only $1 a year when they could pay themselves millions?
The reason is taxes…

Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches
Billionaires can enjoy growing wealth entirely free of income tax and reporting.

#linktipp Taxing the billionaires will not help, it is the way they can extract value from companies which needs to change.
#economy #tax_the_rich
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/why-chase-taylor-swift-stop-the-corporate-looting-that-makes-billionaires

"Use of private jets to Davos has soared in the past three years. Is it time for a super-rich tax?"
#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateSummit

‘Pure hypocrisy’: WEF slammed for soaring use of private jets to Davos
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has gotten off to a bumpy start as participants are criticised for their soaring use of private jets.

If I were voting today in D4 I'd rank Jeremy Greco first because he's the only pro–Sunset Dunes candidate and seems cool generally; he's a longtime co-op worker at Other Avenues and wants to make it easier to start co-ops.
I'd rank Natalie Gee second. It sucks she wants to turn the park back into a highway, but so do all the non-Jeremy candidates, and she's the only one I trust to tax the rich to build affordable housing.

Meet the District 4 Candidates: What is your No. 1 issue?
Some say the Sunset needs to be more affordable. Some say it needs more police. They all want to be District 4’s next supervisor.

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

At city hall to protest Denim Dan Lurie’s SF Environment budget cuts. But the mayor isn’t here because he’s announcing a tax cut for rich real estate investors. Cutting revenue that could restore his SF Environment cuts over 10x over. #sfpol