@cdarwin@c.imThe ultrarich mostly aren’t escaping the tax system through exotic loopholes.
They mostly increase their fortunes with and spend regular taxable income
— salaries, dividends, interest, business profits, realized capital gains
— and they earn a lot of it.
This means the most powerful lever is also the simplest one.
Restore the top marginal ordinary income tax rate to its pre-2017 level of 39.6 percent
— which, but for Trump’s tax cuts, would have applied t…
@scott@carfree.cityMayoral appointee is only D4 candidate not to oppose mayor’s tax cut on rich real estate investors.
Great answers from the others. Greco and Gee are the ones I’m most aligned with overall, but on this question Lee and Chow are strong too—all 4 defending the will of the voters to put this money toward affordable housing. Love to see it
@memeorandum@universeodon.comKen Griffin Pushes Back After Mamdani Features His $238 Million Penthouse in Tax-the-Rich Video (John McCormick/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/ken-griffin-pushes-back-after-mamdani-features-his-238-million-penthouse-in-tax-the-rich-video-8a78afd3
http://www.memeorandum.com/260423/p142#a260423p142
@emy2k@social.linux.pizzaA toda la banda de Europa, es ahora o nunca: #taxtherich #eu
@Dragofix@veganism.socialTax the rich for a fairer Britain #Britain
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI couldn't care less about a bunch of rich people in Brooklyn, I just read the article for the delicious drama. However, about halfway through the article, I started to see so many #FreeSoftware parallels.
1) Volunteers spend countless unpaid hours creating/maintaining something to better their community.
2) For-profit business packages it up as part of their offering.
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@jeang3nie@social.linux.pizzaUS conservatives always talk about the good old days and seem to want to go back to society as it existed in the 1950s. To me there's some irony there, considering the fact that the top income tax bracket was over 90% for that entire decade. It's almost as if taxing the shit out of the rich makes for a growing middle class and overall prosperity.
"But that's not the part of 1950s society we want back! We want the part where women and minorities knew their place!" …
@cdarwin@c.imUS Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Saturday that he is set to headline two major rallies next weekend
“as part of a growing national movement challenging oligarchy and economic inequality,”
including the flagship “No Kings” rally at the Minnesota State Capitol.
The Vermont Independent plans to join other progressive elected officials, labor leaders, and organizers in Minneapolis on the afternoon of Saturday, March 28,
as Americans hold more than 3,000 related No Kings e…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.iomaybe eating the rich is better than taxing them idk https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/tax-the-rich-racial-slurs-new-york-real-estate
@stefan@gardenstate.socialHow To Actually Tax The Rich by Prof G Markets
#uspol
@Jyoti@mas.toIf this doesn't make you incandescently angry, you might want to remove that boot from your mouth.
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/untaxed-wealth-hidden-offshore-by-richest-01-…
@scott@carfree.cityAmazing turnout for the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act kickoff in Dolores Park! Together, we’re going to make sure the voters’ will to tax the rich to fund affordable housing gets respected!
I mostly left the taking of photos to others but here’s one of @… psyching us up
@cdarwin@c.im"The amount of untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the richest 0.1 percent exceeds the entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity (4.1 billion people), according to a new Oxfam analysis published on April 2, 2026, ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Panama Papers."
The consequences are as predictable as they are devastating:
we see our public hospitals and schools starved of funds,
our social fabric shredded by rising inequality,
and ordinary people for…
@Dragofix@veganism.socialUntaxed wealth hidden offshore by richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity: Oxfam https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/untaxed-wealth-hidden-offshore-by-richest-01-…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNever Mind Mamdani: Wall Street Doubles Down on NYC (Greg David/The City)
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/14/wall-street-tax-the-rich-employment-exodus-economy/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260414/p8#a260414p8
@scott@carfree.cityI'm very excited about the Affordable Housing Guarantee Act, filed this week for the November ballot in SF.
The AHGA will bring in an estimated $500m a year over the next five years for affordable housing and homelessness prevention, of which between 30% and 55% will go to social housing models.
And with no new tax! It only continues an existing tax on rich real estate investors that Mayor Lurie and Supervisors Dorsey, Mahmood, and Sauter are trying to repeal.
@LillyHerself@Mastodon.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/116550360652727098
It's incredible how much money is being spent for the purpose of keeping women down. How they fear us.
If all these rich people were made to pay tax, they wouldn't have so much to s…
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scotIt's sort of interesting how there are no women in this chart.
There are only two ways we ordinary folk can fight this; A) Boycott these platforms, and B) Vote for parties that will heavily tax the rich.
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@memeorandum@universeodon.comNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani points at Ken Griffin's $238 million penthouse on tax day: 'Today we're taxing the rich' (Catherina Gioino/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/04/16/nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-ken-griffins-penthouse-pied-a-terre-tax/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260417/p90#a260417p90
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it<wayne's world voice> EXTREME CLOSE - UP </wayne's world voice>
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nx7znvoex7ev3wcxn3tipovm/post/3mjkppomewk2r
@scott@carfree.cityIt's fun to be actively fighting Bilal Mahmood's legislation that would strip $500 million in voter-approved funds for affordable housing over the next five years, all to give a tax cut to the rich, and see that Garry Tan called Mahmood "too progressive."
The billionaire/VC class in SF are not reasonable people we can work with. They must be defeated.
#sfpol
@memeorandum@universeodon.comReal estate titan compares 'tax the rich' slogan to racial slurs (Janaki Chadha/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/05/real-estate-titan-compares-tax-the-rich-slogan-to-racial-slurs-00907424
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p123#a260505p123
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116528432005768133
Just so we're clear:
"Tax the rich" is not a slur
"Clanker" is not a slur either ftm
@cdarwin@c.imBig Sky, big savings as rich motor through a loophole
Luxury car buyers in California and other states wanting their fancy ride but not wanting to pay sales taxes turn to Montana, -- which has no sales or personal property tax.
They register the car there, which they can do from anywhere with paperwork, and bring it back to their home state.
The Montana detour has become a well-known path for the rich to save some money on their Maybach and Maserati.
But California i…
@askans@bonn.social#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
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Trump IRS Lawsuit Settlement Will Use Your Tax Dollars to Make January 6ers Rich (Jay Willis/Balls and Strikes)
https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/trump-irs-settlement-enrich-january-6-rioters/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260519/p35#a260519p35
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDems eyeing 2028 want huge tax cuts -- but big hikes for the rich (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/04/05/2028-democrats-tax-cuts
http://www.memeorandum.com/260405/p47#a260405p47
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIn Attack on Mamdani, Vornado Chief Likens 'Tax the Rich' to Hate Speech (Dana Rubinstein/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/nyregion/roth-mamdani-griffin-rich.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.jz4A.ApYPb7Qd6vSR
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p112#a260505p112
@UP8@mastodon.socialUAW Union Activist turns up for No Kings last Saturday
#photo #photography #nokings #protest
