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RaymondPierreL3<p>Just so we are on the same page here. Jericho goes on to say:</p><p>“This year the government will spend around $4.8bn giving a fuel tax credit to the mining industry (which is not exactly struggling). The government will forgo $18.6bn in revenue due to giving the richest 10% a 50% discount on capital gains tax, and $20.3bn by giving tax breaks to the richest 10% so they can put money into superannuation.”</p><p>I think that sums up a lot of what is wrong with every govt budgets so far.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Did you know two tax breaks are disproportionately helping Australia's wealthiest while worsening the housing affordability crisis? </p><p>The report highlights:<br>🔹 Capital Gains Tax Deduction: Only 50% of profits from selling property are taxed.<br>🔹 Negative Gearing: Investment expenses can be deducted from income.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/HousingCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HousingCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/housing-crisis-capital-gains-tax-deduction-negative-gearing-blamed-in-australian-council-of-social-service-report/b717564c-426b-4ba6-8961-2d6174ef3feb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">9news.com.au/national/housing-</span><span class="invisible">crisis-capital-gains-tax-deduction-negative-gearing-blamed-in-australian-council-of-social-service-report/b717564c-426b-4ba6-8961-2d6174ef3feb</span></a></p>
Frantic 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇺<p>Our social security system is not broken, well not completely. Like the NHS and Social Care it's been used, abused, battered and bruised deliberately and carelessly by successive Governments including the incumbent Starmer Labour one.</p><p>To save a few pence it looks almost certain that the old trope of the undeserving poor will be served up again to justify making sickness benefits harder to qualify for and possibly less focused on the financial burden that comes from being long term sick.</p><p>There's better ways of raising money to pay for the current welfare system or dare I say an improved more generous one.<br>Have a look at The Taxing Wealth Report 2024 by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RichardJMurphy</span></a></span> which has a number of ways to raise money by tweaking tax reliefs or taxes that unduly benefit the better off.<br><a href="https://taxingwealth.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">taxingwealth.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WelfareCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/07/dont-punish-the-vulnerable-labour-mp-uneasy-over-planned-welfare-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/07/dont-punish-the-vulnerable-labour-mp-uneasy-over-planned-welfare-cuts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>A plea for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> long overdue, if I’ve ever read one. Rod Campbell writes in The Conversation:</p><p>“Scrapping the capital gains tax discount, getting rid of discretionary trusts, placing more limits on the types of assets that can be held in self-managed super funds, and increasing tax rates on people with big super balances would reduce the ability of the wealthy to avoid paying tax.</p><p>It is hard to reform tax loopholes because most people don’t understand them and the people who do understand them reap the biggest benefits from them.”</p><p>In other words, it’s about time we got the pig’s snouts out of the public trough. These tax <a href="https://aus.social/tags/loopholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loopholes</span></a> are a form of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateTheft</span></a> and a mechanism for distributing wealth to the wealthiest, thereby increasing <a href="https://aus.social/tags/inequity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequity</span></a> in our society. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grifters</span></a> are everywhere you look, some blatantly so, many others look like mum &amp; pop, but these people enjoy profits at the cost of those who struggle to make ends meet. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>Happy to see a modern article on my favorite historical <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> reform: the great 1920 <a href="https://cville.online/tags/AlSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlSmith</span></a> law of <a href="https://cville.online/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> , which supported the creation of the many 1920s homes that are still popular there, though terribly pricey today <a href="https://thedailyrenter.com/2025/01/24/how-a-small-georgist-reform-saved-newyork-city-al-smiths-1920-property-tax-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailyrenter.com/2025/01/24/</span><span class="invisible">how-a-small-georgist-reform-saved-newyork-city-al-smiths-1920-property-tax-reform/</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/Georgism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgism</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>Greg Jericho (in The Guardian) concludes with:</p><p>“Right now, the government is choosing to deliver $50bn a year to the richest 10% of Australians for no real, discernible public good that benefits the nation. Maybe that deserves a bit more attention than we give predictions of budget estimates which will soon be forgotten and likely be wrong.” </p><p>Come on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlboPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlboPM</span></a> what are you waiting for? Christmas? </p><p>I guess I have now confessed my deep regards for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GregJericho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GregJericho</span></a>’s economic nous. Ah well, he deserves it. He is in the same basket as <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AlanKohler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanKohler</span></a> in good company. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labor</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxReturns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReturns</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/StateTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateTheft</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>The government is pushing to pass housing supply legislation, but avoiding changes to negative gearing, a tax break for property investors. Critics say it raises housing prices, while Greens-backed analysis shows it will cost $165bn over 10 years. Despite pressure from the Greens, Labor is hesitant to reform it after backlash in 2019.<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/negativegearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negativegearing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australianpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australianpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/propertymarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propertymarket</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/affordablehousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affordablehousing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greens</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/25/negative-gearing-house-tax-reform-treasury-modelling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2024/sep/25/negative-gearing-house-tax-reform-treasury-modelling</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>The wealthiest Australians hold 90 times the wealth of those with the least, according to Anglicare. The group also found that those on low to modest incomes receive little benefit from tax breaks. We urgently need an overhaul of capital gains tax, negative gearing, and franking credits. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/wealthinequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthinequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/economicjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economicjustice</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/frankingcredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frankingcredits</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/negativegearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>negativegearing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/these-perks-are-among-the-reasons-why-the-rich-are-getting-richer-in-australia/mnmbsbj35" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sbs.com.au/news/article/these-</span><span class="invisible">perks-are-among-the-reasons-why-the-rich-are-getting-richer-in-australia/mnmbsbj35</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SmartmanApps</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@Jason844" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jason844</span></a></span> </p><p>Multiple U.S. Presidents have tried to change the IRS to allow for free online filing for everyone, but failed. American politicians are owned by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Intuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intuit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TurboTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurboTax</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HandRBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandRBlock</span></a>. Both companies produce software that walks consumers through paying their <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> and filling out the forms.</p><p>Both companies have lobbied for decades to fend off govt changes which would have allowed for FREE online filing, directly through the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TaxTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTime</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SenElizabethWarren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenElizabethWarren</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/T1uKcrjt1fg?si=kjDVYRCk-0eL5Ehc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/T1uKcrjt1fg?si=kjDVYR</span><span class="invisible">Ck-0eL5Ehc</span></a></p>
Deborah Rose<p>Trump tax reforms sharply increased the standard deduction for charitable donations, which led to millions of middle class taxpayers to stop itemizing their tax returns. That means far fewer Americans are giving and deducting charitable donations from their taxable income and non-profits and educational institutions rely more on large donations from the wealthy. Cher is estimated to be worth almost $400,000,000, but she's doing this fundraiser?? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharitableGiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharitableGiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/senate-passes-bill-to-strip-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-other-confederate-organizations-of-tax-breaks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wric.com/news/virginia-news/se</span><span class="invisible">nate-passes-bill-to-strip-united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-other-confederate-organizations-of-tax-breaks/</span></a> “Our code should reflect our values and what we want the Commonwealth to be now” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virginia</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a></p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://youtu.be/RBCuPGWKXTM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/RBCuPGWKXTM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Let's talk about tax reform and GOP opposition....<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@beautfc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>beautfc</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a></p>
Tony<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Neil1808" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Neil1808</span></a></span> do you feel that the description “pitting the majority against the minority” is a little harsh when said minority (higher taxable income bracket) gets a significantly greater dollar benefit than said majority (all those below top marginal rate). I understand there are some arguments against this but in the current circumstances this seems like good reform IMO. Remembering none of this is serious tax reform; we haven’t seen that for decades 🙁 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Sanders Unveils Bill to Tax Corporations Paying CEOs 50 Times More Than Workers</p><p><a href="https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-unveils-bill-to-tax-corporations-paying-ceos-50-times-more-than-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/sanders-</span><span class="invisible">unveils-bill-to-tax-corporations-paying-ceos-50-times-more-than-workers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SandersCEOTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandersCEOTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CorporateInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WorkerPayGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerPayGap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IncomeEquality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeEquality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WealthDistribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthDistribution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Tilda Moose, citizen<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>today</span></a> I am pleading with the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> office to let me spread out a recent surprise bill over the next couple of years. Friends, may you have all the financial wisdom and support you can get your hands on! </p><p>And here's to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> - my taxes are certainly not spent with good ecology and sociology in mind. Until then, grrr.</p><p>Once that's out of the way, my blog's gonna get a hammering, oh yes.</p><p>Keep well y'all</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Sanders warns Biden: address working-class fears or risk losing to demagogue </p><p>Bernie Sanders, America’s leading progressive politician, has issued a stark warning to Joe Biden at the start of presidential election year: <br>be more aggressive in addressing the anxieties of millions of struggling voters or risk handing back the White House to the anti-democratic demagogue Donald Trump.</p><p>In an interview with the Guardian from his home base in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders urged the Democratic president to inject more urgency into his bid for re-election. </p><p>He said that unless the president was more direct in recognising the many crises faced by working-class families his Republican rival would win.</p><p>“We’ve got to see the White House move more aggressively on <a href="https://c.im/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, on <a href="https://c.im/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a>, on <a href="https://c.im/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a>, on the high cost of <a href="https://c.im/tags/prescription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescription</span></a> drugs,” Sanders said. </p><p>“If we can get the president to move in that direction, he will win; if not, he’s going to lose.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/13/sanders-warns-biden-working-class-voters-presidential-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j</span><span class="invisible">an/13/sanders-warns-biden-working-class-voters-presidential-election?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p>
Drop Bear<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>uspolitics</span></a></span> <br>People rarely get rich by paying their way.<br>People rarely stay rich by paying their way.<br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TaxInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxInequality</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WealthDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/IncomeInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeInequality</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USStates</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicJustice</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>In 41 US States, Richest 1% Pay Lower Tax Rates Than Everyone Else</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/in-41-us-states-richest-1-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-everyone-else" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/in-41-us</span><span class="invisible">-states-richest-1-pay-lower-tax-rates-than-everyone-else</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/WealthDisparity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthDisparity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IncomeInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeInequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/USStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p><a href="https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2023/11/10/edmonton-passes-zoning-reform-to-revive-traditional-housing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">strongtowns.org/journal/2023/1</span><span class="invisible">1/10/edmonton-passes-zoning-reform-to-revive-traditional-housing</span></a> “Good land-use policy is good fiscal policy, and if these changes are executed as projected, the reduced burdens on maintenance could enable Edmonton to offer homeowners a 5% residential tax reduction” <a href="https://cville.online/tags/zoningreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zoningreform</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>edmonton</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/taxreform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxreform</span></a></p>
Jason Madrid<p>2/</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/inside-</span><span class="invisible">turbotax-20-year-fight-to-stop-americans-from-filing-their-taxes-for-free</span></a></p><p>Also a related link (also from ProPublica) revealing how much time and energy TurboTax has devoted to keep me and my fellow Americans from being able to file our taxes in a quick, convenient, and "Free-Free-Free, Free Free-Free-Free" manner.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>