Kent Pitman<p>Continuing my own mini-filibuster inspired by Booker's unbelievable one, I want to add also my thoughts on the issue of deregulation of consumer protections.</p><p>In a 2009 essay, I made an argument that credit cards, especially the high rate ones, are a safety net of last resort, available to the poor who are ABANDONED by public safety nets, but who are forced to rent a second government that DOES offer a safety net. Those high interest rates are the TAX they pay to that privately rented government that offers them a lifeline. But the tax is not deductible. So they are double-taxed in a way rich people and businesses would never stand for. That's overly brief, but maybe you see where I was going. See the essay for more detail.</p><p>Credit Cards: A Tax on "Being Poor"<br><a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/01/credit-cards-a-tax-on-being-poor.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netsettlement.blogspot.com/200</span><span class="invisible">9/01/credit-cards-a-tax-on-being-poor.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerSolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerFilibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerFilibuster</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorCoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorCoryBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Booker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodTrouble</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CreditCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreditCards</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DoubleTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleTaxation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SafetyNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafetyNet</span></a></p>
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Kent Pitman<p>Continuing on a parallel commentary with Booker's AMAZING ongoing speech, I just want to inject by way of solidarity...</p><p>It's not just about stopping the bleeding, and there ARE surely people who are literally bleeding (or worse), it's about insisting on a better morality.</p><p>One of the issues is this whole issue of taxation, just as a general proposition.</p><p>I do not side with those who think that everyone should be taxed. I've heard some say "everyone needs skin in the game". To that I say, being poor IS having skin in the game, it doesn't need us to add insult to injury.</p><p>I think we should tax the rich, not as a punitive thing, but because we live in a society where our morality should be that no one succeeds without bringing others along. We should tax legit surplus, in other words. And we should have a society where people ASPIRE to be wealthy enough to pay tax.</p><p>That we have created a society in which the rich can claim injury due to taxation but the poor cannot claim injury for having safety nets removed is a SERIOUS breach of morality.</p><p>You can read more detail on that in my 2009 essay Tax Policy and the Dewey Decimal System.</p><p><a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/02/tax-policy-and-dewey-decimal-system.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netsettlement.blogspot.com/200</span><span class="invisible">9/02/tax-policy-and-dewey-decimal-system.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerSolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerFilibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerFilibuster</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorCoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorCoryBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Booker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodTrouble</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>I'm peeking in on Booker's filibuster, realizing I wish I'd listened all night. Quite inspiring.</p><p>He's speaking about who needs help in this nation. That seems to be a recurring theme.</p><p>One of the underlying themes of all these cuts is that people shouldn't be "charged" ("taxed") for services they don't use. It sounds good in isolation, but on closer inspection, it's utterly preposterous. What they're saying is...</p><p>... that the only people who pay for very expensive diseases are those who get them.</p><p>... that the only people who pay for disaster recovery are those hit by disasters.</p><p>... that the only people who pay for police protection are those who violated -- or perhaps the only people who can afford police patrols.</p><p>... that the only people who pay for fire departments are those whose houses burn down.</p><p>I could go on, but the point is that pay-per-service makes no sense for these. Instead...</p><p>... the only people who can afford to help people who are sick are those who can.</p><p>... the only people who can afford to help people who have lost everything in disasters are those who are not victims.</p><p>... the only time it makes sense to most of us to have the police patrol is BEFORE we are violated, robbed, or killed, and that we should not have to be rich to be protected.</p><p>... the only time it makes sense to have a fire department is BEFORE our homes burn, and our poor, who can barely afford to eat, should not have to shrug off protection of the fire department because they more needed food.</p><p>Most of us WANT COMMUNITY, where the strong help the weak so that we can all survive. It's easy for the mega-rich to pay focus groups to come up with tricky messaging, or to pay Facebook to use The Algorithm to evolve and promote messaging that seduces people into thinking community just sucks out of us, giving nothing back. You CAN spin it that way, but it won't make it true.</p><p>Even abroad, which is how this all started, where we were (and hopefully still are) helping others who could not help themselves, we are enriched by a world in which the overall standards of human existence are improved. </p><p>Even if we had no religious or moral reason to just be kind, and we were totally mercenary and sociopathic (as the co-presidents are), being kind to other people makes them less likely to attack us and more likely to trade fairly with us. Ending kindness, behaving belligerently, invites bullets instead. Where is the ECONOMY in that? The SAFETY? Kindness, even to a sociopath (if they had a brain in their head) should be seen as BUYING us something.</p><p>And our sociopathic oligarchic leaders, after gutting all of this stuff THEY feel the could buy off-the-shelf if they cared, will then turn to payment and suggest a flat tax because they hope poor people will demand a low tax hope that means they'll get one, too. There is NO justice in that, only regressive effect.</p><p>"But it's our money," the rich will say. "Taxes are a taking, a robbing. You're just robbing me," they'll say. Not so. These people did not make this money in a vacuum. They're in denial about how...</p><p>... they benefited from having a fire department and police department to have a customer base and even their own factories that were safe to visit or work at.</p><p>... they have benefited from working in a country where they, their employees, and their customers were not routinely seeing bombs flying overhead.</p><p>... they have benefited from having a country where customers were basically healthy.</p><p>... they have benefited from the availability of many well-educated candidates for employment.</p><p>... they have benefited from having a population of customers who were healthy and had enough surplus of cash to buy their products.</p><p>... they have benefited from people being able to count on a dignified retirement. SO MUCH could be said about that, and perhaps I will on another day, but let me here just say that the availability of a safety net lets employees and their families focus on work rather than their own and their family's retirement.</p><p>I could go on. but they have benefited from a society that was a COMMUNITY, where we pitched in together to make it a good place. And so to later say they did it on their own is, at minimum, the height of INGRATITUDE, and also really an outright, self-serving LIE.</p><p>Taxation is NOT robbery. It is INVESTMENT, and an acknowledgment of the obvious: That in order to have a society where all can aspire to a decent life, we need to acknowledge that some people will pay a little more because they can afford more AND because they have benefited more.</p><p>Here, if you're not already tired of reading my ramblings, I reference my 2011 essay "Enough", which I wrote in response to proposals at that time for a flat tax. It takes more about that.</p><p><a href="https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2011/08/enough.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netsettlement.blogspot.com/201</span><span class="invisible">1/08/enough.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerSolidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerSolidarity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/BookerFilibuster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookerFilibuster</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SenatorCoryBooker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SenatorCoryBooker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Booker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Booker</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SS</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GoodTrouble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodTrouble</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FlatTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlatTax</span></a></p>
Morpheus Being<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/Taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TaxCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCuts</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/InDaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InDaily</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in/2025/03/26/labor-tax-cuts-parliament" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in</span><span class="invisible">/2025/03/26/labor-tax-cuts-parliament</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> Predicts DOGE Lost Half a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trillion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trillion</span></a> Dollars for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> is mute as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bankrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankrupt</span></a> our democracy <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> IRS’ internal projections estimate that the DOGE-driven disruptions to the IRS since the inauguration are on track to have reduced <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> receipts by more than $500 billion by April 15th. This means we do not have enough money to power our economy so the goal is to send us into a giant crash? <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/demolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demolition</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a></p>
Claude Trudel<p>Environnement<br>🌐 Planète bleue, idées vertes <br>👍 Une taxe pour les citoyens qui n’ont pas d’arbre sur leur terrain<br><a href="https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/environnement/2025-03-24/planete-bleue-idees-vertes/une-taxe-pour-les-citoyens-qui-n-ont-pas-d-arbre-sur-leur-terrain.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lapresse.ca/actualites/environ</span><span class="invisible">nement/2025-03-24/planete-bleue-idees-vertes/une-taxe-pour-les-citoyens-qui-n-ont-pas-d-arbre-sur-leur-terrain.php</span></a><br><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/environnement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environnement</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ait</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/chaleur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaleur</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/sant%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>santé</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/ville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ville</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/arbres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arbres</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/urbanisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanisme</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Québec</span></a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>essenviews wrote: "When did firing park rangers, scientists, and air traffic controllers become a better idea than simply taxing billionaires?" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fairness</span></a></p>
Austrian<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@annaymone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>annaymone</span></a></span> Service can't be a beacon of freedom if it's funded by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coercion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coercion</span></a>, which is what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> is. Only a free market can prove that the service is useful to ordinary people, to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a>.</p>
not stinky!Like what the actual 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpiralGalaxy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpiralGalaxy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MilkyWay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MilkyWay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Andromeda?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Andromeda</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/YouAreHere?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouAreHere</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Taxation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Taxation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WealthInequality?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthInequality</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CosmicPerspective?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CosmicPerspective</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpaceArt?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceArt</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SocialCommentary?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialCommentary</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BillionaireTax?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BillionaireTax</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Memes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Funny?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funny</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Lol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lol</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Meme?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meme</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Haha?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Haha</a>
Miro Collas<p>Ireland could lose pharma tax to US after Trump accusations, experts warn | Pharmaceuticals industry | The Guardian <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/13/ireland-could-lose-pharma-tax-to-us-after-trump-accusations-experts-warn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">mar/13/ireland-could-lose-pharma-tax-to-us-after-trump-accusations-experts-warn</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxation</span></a></p>
⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯<p>No less than 76 <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> just voted with Republicans to overturn the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a>'s "defi broker rule" which would have required crypto firms like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MarcAndreessen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcAndreessen</span></a>'s <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Uniswap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uniswap</span></a> to collect information on their users and in so doing discourage the use of these platforms for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/moneylaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moneylaundering</span></a> by criminals and rogue nuclear states (<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a> *loves* Uniswap) and by the very wealthy to avoid paying <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>.</p><p>The new wave of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memecoin</span></a> scams like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TrumpCoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoin</span></a> are also all facilitated/perpetrated by these decentralized trading platforms.</p><p>If any of these people are your representative you should do what you can to make sure they are primaried because they are not representing your interests. At a minimum call them and yell at them (this works better than most people think!)</p><p>The corruption of the US government by <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> bros is extremely bipartisan.</p><p>* Full roll call of vote: <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/defi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defi</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dems</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://vis.social/@infobeautiful" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>infobeautiful</span></a></span> this should be illegal - just like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalGains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalGains</span></a> should be subject to the same level of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WageWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WageWork</span></a>; including <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> payments!</p>
Nonilex<p>As <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s policies begin to take effect, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerConfidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerConfidence</span></a> has fallen sharply & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> expectations rose while Americans fret about surging <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> & the potential impact of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>.</p><p>The recent jump is stoking yet more uncertainty about an economic outlook already clouded by Trump’s chaotic approach to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> areas.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conference-board.org/topics/co</span><span class="invisible">nsumer-confidence</span></a></p>
JuneSim63<p>This week's Guardian 'Down to Earth' newsletter focuses on the 16 proposals from the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLTF) to raise billions to tackle climate change. It's all feasible with the political will.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GSLTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSLTF</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxation</span></a></p><p>There’s a taskforce dreaming up radical climate solutions – and you can help | Environment | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/down-to-earth-global-solidarity-levies-task-force?CMP=GTUK_email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/feb/06/down-to-earth-global-solidarity-levies-task-force?CMP=GTUK_email</span></a></p>
matthew - retroedge.tech<p>For the sake of this discussion, let’s keep the scope of taxes specifically on the taxation of workers wages. </p><p>This excludes fuel tax, corporate tax, tariffs, et cetera. </p><p>I am arguing that the taxation of workers wages and taxation on the income of small business owners (especially service work small businesses) is theft. </p><p>When focusing on this specific taxation of workers, then the argument you provided does not apply: </p><blockquote><p>And taxation is moral imperative as well, because unless you tax wealth to prevent people from hoarding wealth for the purpose of eliminating market competition and corrupting the law, you end up in the same situation we are in right now, with a few people so rich they get to govern without any consent of the governed at all.</p></blockquote><p>I believe that argument is wrong, too… but it is helpful to keep the focus on the specific concept of taking the profits of regular people’s work (the non-rich) without their consent. </p><p>This is where we may have some common ground. </p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://social.retroedge.tech/tag/taxation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#taxation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.retroedge.tech/tag/liberty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberty</a></p>
Yle News<p>Tuesday's papers: MP party savings, optional taxation and a quiet transfer window</p><p>Parliament is not exempt from the state spending squeeze, and MPs' parties will be one part of the cuts.</p><p><a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20141314" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yle.fi/a/74-20141314</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Sports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sports</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Soccer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Soccer</span></a> <a href="https://social.ahlroos.me/tags/Taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxation</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>[thread 2/x] Social justice<br>parent: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113437775631475804" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@persagen/1134</span><span class="invisible">37775631475804</span></a><br><a href="https://persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_democracy.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">persagen.org/wpi/docs/social_d</span><span class="invisible">emocracy.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosocialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosocialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environmentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmentalism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equality</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackTransLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackTransLivesMatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advocacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advocacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump2</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianRight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whiteSupremacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/theocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transgenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgenocide</span></a></p>
earthbeingx<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ecotricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecotricity</span></a> founder, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DaleVince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DaleVince</span></a>, says: <br>"Here's a worthwhile list to be on. The top 100 <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> in Britain (I'm 81 apparently). <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a> built our <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, they pay for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> and so much more."</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/money/article/tax-list-uk-100-biggest-taxpayers-jx6ldh5hd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.com/business-money/mo</span><span class="invisible">ney/article/tax-list-uk-100-biggest-taxpayers-jx6ldh5hd</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/uks-top-10-taxpayers-revealed-30858262" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">business-live.co.uk/enterprise</span><span class="invisible">/uks-top-10-taxpayers-revealed-30858262</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uktax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uktax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealthtax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthtax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxtherich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxthewealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxthewealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxisgood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxisgood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxingtherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxingtherich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uktaxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uktaxpayers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/taxationuk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxationuk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ukeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/unitedkingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unitedkingdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ukgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/britishgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>britishgovernment</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Rachel Reeves has apparently reassured the rich & richer at Davos that she has been listening to their concerns & will be watering down the reform(s) to the non-domiciled tax regime (by which we must infer, she means making it less costly for nod-dome to continue living in the UK).</p><p>So either she is acting in bad faith in Davos, or has been acting in bad faith as a member of the Labour party... its one or the other.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxation</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> </p><p>h/t FT</p>
Wen<p>This type of idea has been discussed for a long time and variants frequently appear, although I have not seen it in the Gruaniad before. Good idea or the mutha of all trade wars?</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/20/trump-threatens-a-global-trade-war-europe-must-unleash-a-radical-alternative" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/20/trump-threatens-a-global-trade-war-europe-must-unleash-a-radical-alternative</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.taxobservatory.eu/www-site/uploads/2024/03/Gabriel-Zucman-Speech-at-the-G20-finance-ministers-meeting-in-Sao-Paulo.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">taxobservatory.eu/www-site/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2024/03/Gabriel-Zucman-Speech-at-the-G20-finance-ministers-meeting-in-Sao-Paulo.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Taxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LevellingUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LevellingUp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
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