It was in the lead-up to WWII so it's not that crazy since we have a handful of WWII vets alive today. Technically, one of my remaining grandparents is old enough to remember hearing about it, at least.
If Zucman is a fan, this is great news indeed. A 25% minimum tax on billionaire wealth sounds great, and with broad support, as the article notes (even 51% of Republicans).
Much better news, too, for those of us who only saw this part reported on til now:
The campaign spokesperson called the move—which would still leave the corporate tax rate lower than it was when Trump first took office in 2017—a “fiscally responsible way to put money back in the pockets of working people and ensure billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share.” (emphasis mine)
IIRC, the corporate tax rate was slashed by Trump from 30-something percent, maybe 35%, to something like 18%, so to see that Harris was not interested in reversing this Trump tax cut fully (only to 25%) felt til now like yet another depressing instance of the ratchet effect, where the right does what they do, and neoliberals only undo part of it when they are in power.
I’m surprised by this because what rich guy wouldn’t want to shift his income from a state with one of the highest if not the highest tax rate at his level of income to a state with no income tax?
It doesn’t matter that the income will be sourced in Washington. He lives in California, and by that, the franchise tax board is hyper aggressive in getting their cut.
Note that the equity awards mentioned are taxable as well.
How did the world start? Well, that depends on how, exactly, you define “the world”, doesn’t it?
If you mean Earth as a planet, it started thanks to gravity pulling together a collection of dust and gas orbiting the early sun through a process called “accretion”.
Animals have no concept of “morality” so good and evil didn’t exist until humans invented them. Sumerian cuneiform records early religious rites from 4,000 BC, but the concepts of “good” and “evil” like fire and the wheel pre-date written language and cannot be precisely dated.
Human beings are born as blank slates with no prior knowledge of good, evil, or anything else. All that is learned behavior. They are inherently neither.
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Do you have to degrade trans people and people who dress outside the gender norm and imply that drag is or should be illegal? And imply what this asshole does (fucking trafficking minors) is as bad as drag?!
Your comment either targets the wrong people in an attempt to shot at Tate or your opinions about drag are lowest level.
This is one more article about a child molester who isn’t a drag queen—even though there has been a lot of attacking of drag shows as a danger to children.
And why are you bringing up trans people? Drag isn’t trans.
That’s not at all what they’re saying, you’re missing the joke. They’re making fun of how conservatives are convinced sex traffickers and minor-abusers are always drag queens. They’re on your side.
I think you’re entirely missing the point, which is that for all the notable arrests for sexual abuse of children (celebrities, politicians, priests, cops) it’s never someone in drag, even though that’s one of the GOP screaming points in trying to ban drag and trans people. They’re pointing out the ludicrousness of that message.
“I like Eastern Europe as a whole because corruption is far more accessible,” Tate said. “I find it offensive that a police officer in England will stop me and refuse to take a bribe.”
Bet you’re missing that guarantee of a speedy trial, huh?
Sounds like he’s still stuck in the 90s. The police used to be corrupt as all hell, but things have slowly improved. Most would probably take a kickback for something very minor, like drinking a beer in a park, but there’s too many eyes on them for anything more major.
Just 2 months ago a guy I know came in from Italy, but didn’t realize Romania has a zero tolerance policy on drunk driving. He had a single glass of wine and was driving. Police stopped him, asked if he’d been drinking, he said yes. Once he realized how much shit he was in, he tried to bribe them. They added that to the charges. He’s now banned from driving in Romania (he had to get a pair of friends from Italy to come pick up his car), but they were nice enough to not cancel his driving license completely.
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