| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| "Opportunity zones" were in the 2017 GOP billionaire tax | 2021-12-23 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474079401360826369 | 1474079401360826369 |
| The wealthy have found ways to bypass income and estate | 2021-12-18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472079445611532295 | 1472079445611532295 |
| How billionaires avoid taxes. Disinformation is | 2021-12-13 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470265844659724291 | 1470265844659724291 |
| The best idea in the 2017 billionaire tax relief was a | 2021-12-08 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1468585215165562883 | 1468585215165562883 |
| GOP doesn't want IRS to go after its donors. But that's | 2021-11-18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461196179127951361 | 1461196179127951361 |
| SALT deductions and California | 2021-11-18 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1461139001713168387 | 1461139001713168387 |
| Democratic legislators also feel the heat from major donors | 2021-11-17 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460868333037776899 | 1460868333037776899 |
| Tubbs was the innovative mayor of Stockton and was one of | 2021-11-16 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460427824746037249 | 1460427824746037249 |
| “When you underfund the I.R.S., it’s just a tax cut | 2021-11-16 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460422768546041856 | 1460422768546041856 |
| More money for the IRS so they can audit more major | 2021-11-12 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1459031056565215234 | 1459031056565215234 |
| The real crisis facing America - savage criticism of the | 2021-11-11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458854706642505729 | 1458854706642505729 |
| Nobody needs billionaires who have more money than they | 2021-11-11 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458835591299141635 | 1458835591299141635 |
| Democratic senators also need millions of dollars to run | 2021-11-11 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458807868665184259 | 1458807868665184259 |
| How the hereditary nobility perpetuates itself by avoiding | 2021-11-06 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456979117417504777 | 1456979117417504777 |
| Henry Olsen doesn't get that the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat | 2021-11-05 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456434845324742656 | 1456434845324742656 |
| Stock buybacks in the oil patch - putting rising oil prices | 2021-11-01 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455005073587650564 | 1455005073587650564 |
| What's in BBB for taxation TODAY. It might be different | 2021-10-29 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453943118223462402 | 1453943118223462402 |
| Major donors invest in Democratic senators as well as | 2021-10-29 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453932706962706442 | 1453932706962706442 |
| Elon Musk and other billionaires sound off. | 2021-10-29 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453927969160720388 | 1453927969160720388 |
| Constitutionality of a wealth tax. | 2021-10-28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453790926858424338 | 1453790926858424338 |
| Wealth tax issues | 2021-10-28 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453712822303559684 | 1453712822303559684 |
| We knew the GOP was against taxing the rich. What was | 2021-10-28 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453583415261876224 | 1453583415261876224 |
| It's much easier to game a wealth tax than an income tax. | 2021-10-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453510486226395137 | 1453510486226395137 |
| How the billionaire wealth tax might work - | 2021-10-25 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452776844592181249 | 1452776844592181249 |
| How's your GRAT? | 2021-10-25 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452625144262762499 | 1452625144262762499 |
| The Dixiecrat GOP believes taxes are for poor people, | 2021-10-24 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1452323912826724360 | 1452323912826724360 |
| GOP defends minority rule best by defending its major | 2021-10-21 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451335418922745861 | 1451335418922745861 |
| Too much information would make life difficult for major | 2021-10-21 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451221548824600586 | 1451221548824600586 |
| The best way to protect a political career is to protect | 2021-10-21 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451219767340134404 | 1451219767340134404 |
| It's close enough - the overall impression is correct. | 2021-10-21 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451218773126443013 | 1451218773126443013 |
| Living trusts - stepped-up basis. | 2021-10-21 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450982188229357568 | 1450982188229357568 |
| New tax ideas for financing Build Back Better. Will | 2021-10-21 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1450978471505657861 | 1450978471505657861 |
| "the real tax scandal is what’s legal" | 2021-10-18 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1450219200060948481 | 1450219200060948481 |
| We should shut down domestic tax havens - | 2021-10-18 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1449896321830166533 | 1449896321830166533 |
| What happens when banks fear losing their largest | 2021-10-14 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1448461682729050117 | 1448461682729050117 |
| The Pandora Papers | 2021-10-12 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447787426714251265 | 1447787426714251265 |
| Trumpists don't REALLY want to reign in global elites. | 2021-10-11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447647950386053120 | 1447647950386053120 |
| "Competitiveness" - code for low taxes, weak regulation | 2021-10-11 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447620255308599297 | 1447620255308599297 |
| Unclear on the concept! | 2021-10-11 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447405243369590787 | 1447405243369590787 |
| How states with loose trust laws rip off other states. | 2021-10-10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447331042705096708 | 1447331042705096708 |
| Where would corrupt wealthy foreigners be without South | 2021-10-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447329591043842050 | 1447329591043842050 |
| Will secret offshore and onshore tax havens reduce | 2021-10-09 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446836868755062790 | 1446836868755062790 |
| Will reputational damage do what tax laws can't? | 2021-10-09 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446817090732630017 | 1446817090732630017 |
| Banks don't want any more reporting requirements. That | 2021-10-09 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446700622921666561 | 1446700622921666561 |
| Most voters and most Democratic legislators favor | 2021-10-07 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1446200874674503682 | 1446200874674503682 |
| The modern way to loot culture. | 2021-10-06 | 184 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445755333545136128 | 1445755333545136128 |
| The modern way to do bribes. | 2021-10-06 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445750904678801408 | 1445750904678801408 |
| Pandora Papers confirm worst suspicions. | 2021-10-06 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445745187154632711 | 1445745187154632711 |
| In London as in Pierre, money talks, and there are plenty | 2021-10-05 | 225 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445376694383116292 | 1445376694383116292 |
| We all knew that rich criminals don't pay taxes, and lots | 2021-10-05 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445179432801472513 | 1445179432801472513 |
| How South Dakota caters to rich foreign criminals - | 2021-10-04 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445103351880773638 | 1445103351880773638 |
| How Belize caters to rich American criminals - | 2021-10-04 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1445101319430176781 | 1445101319430176781 |
| Who knew that South Dakota was in the same league as | 2021-10-03 | 203 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1444765737201987590 | 1444765737201987590 |
| McCarthy's comments require translation. | 2021-10-01 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1443942020662247442 | 1443942020662247442 |
| Taxing the rich is popular with voters. Trump | 2021-09-26 | 417 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442180706231226371 | 1442180706231226371 |
| How America created a feudal hereditary nobility. | 2021-09-26 | 404 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442147195956785156 | 1442147195956785156 |
| The great tax cut myth. | 2021-09-26 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442121795130191879 | 1442121795130191879 |
| A moment of unease for the ruling class. | 2021-09-25 | 427 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441750904391094294 | 1441750904391094294 |
| What's really radical about Biden's programs? Taxing the | 2021-09-25 | 413 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441746227087904769 | 1441746227087904769 |
| A flat tax on income is the simplest route to tax equity - | 2021-09-23 | 104 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441152949732851726 | 1441152949732851726 |
| Trying to do something about foreign tax havens | 2021-09-20 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439743798494384128 | 1439743798494384128 |
| How to get to a million dollar salary as a corporate tax | 2021-09-19 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439739384589283329 | 1439739384589283329 |
| Don't you wish you could do this with YOUR IRA? | 2021-09-19 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1439593201879302144 | 1439593201879302144 |
| Tax the rich? | 2021-09-17 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438694053936173059 | 1438694053936173059 |
| Tax the rich??? | 2021-09-17 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438692147008446465 | 1438692147008446465 |
| Voters support increasing taxes on rich and corporations. | 2021-09-16 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1438346966832799749 | 1438346966832799749 |
| GOP favors a balanced budget - balanced on the backs of | 2021-09-10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1436335207498481666 | 1436335207498481666 |
| Warren proposes wealth tax, tax on real corporate earnings, | 2021-08-13 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1426029648115208196 | 1426029648115208196 |
| Trump is never giving in. | 2021-08-04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1423064357743648773 | 1423064357743648773 |
| "Undermining public trust is a feature" of the modern | 2021-07-31 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1421338515787313153 | 1421338515787313153 |
| The IRS already knows about W-2 and 1099 income. | 2021-07-20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1417357733792083969 | 1417357733792083969 |
| No teeth for the IRS. GOP donors said no, as expected. | 2021-07-19 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1416979131934203905 | 1416979131934203905 |
| Another reason regressive sales taxes should be replaced | 2021-07-16 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415883047690375174 | 1415883047690375174 |
| Cooperation with other democracies increases our | 2021-07-09 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413559013174759425 | 1413559013174759425 |
| It's not really about law and order. It's about | 2021-07-09 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413353817635102723 | 1413353817635102723 |
| Why there won't be a bipartisan infrastructure bill - GOP | 2021-07-08 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1413171797810237440 | 1413171797810237440 |
| Democrats should take on tax reform - indeed. | 2021-07-08 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412996915478732806 | 1412996915478732806 |
| Even the Cayman Islands! | 2021-07-02 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410760962777391106 | 1410760962777391106 |
| The rich pay for multi-million dollar Senate campaigns. | 2021-07-01 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410441571124715525 | 1410441571124715525 |
| The US is a tax haven! | 2021-06-14 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1404294695694393348 | 1404294695694393348 |
| Another argument for flat tax! | 2021-06-13 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403958855814451200 | 1403958855814451200 |
| Time for one flat tax? | 2021-06-13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403955877116223489 | 1403955877116223489 |
| Ideas for taxing wealthy - | 2021-06-11 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403204800003510275 | 1403204800003510275 |
| "Over the past 25 years, I.R.S. resources have been | 2021-06-10 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1403059554443616258 | 1403059554443616258 |
| Taxes remain optional for rich people. They all think | 2021-06-10 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402788908123885569 | 1402788908123885569 |
| Why the global minimum tax agreement is so important. | 2021-06-08 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1402260132197638144 | 1402260132197638144 |
| Why taxing global corporations is such a big deal! | 2021-06-07 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401995704222904320 | 1401995704222904320 |
| Finally an agreement to end tax havens among major | 2021-06-05 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1401171840005857283 | 1401171840005857283 |
| You can't get all the way to Nordic Nirvana just by taxing | 2021-06-04 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400670604118822912 | 1400670604118822912 |
| Probably going nowhere. | 2021-06-04 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1400612932489150469 | 1400612932489150469 |
| Can advanced economies agree on taxing global corporations? | 2021-06-01 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399589273918005248 | 1399589273918005248 |
| Everybody thinks their taxes are too high - because that's | 2021-05-26 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397414968711028738 | 1397414968711028738 |
| We knew the GOP would oppose tax increases on the rich. | 2021-05-25 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397048723067211780 | 1397048723067211780 |
| Projecting the stock market, stock sales, and subsequent | 2021-05-24 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396867590211792896 | 1396867590211792896 |
| "Treasury officials efforts are aimed at reversing the | 2021-05-20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1395466014360363011 | 1395466014360363011 |
| Why are endangered Democrats against taxing the rich? | 2021-05-12 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1392346178662981633 | 1392346178662981633 |
| Details of Biden tax proposals to pay for American | 2021-05-11 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1391923672307228672 | 1391923672307228672 |
| Biden's not shy about taxing the rich. But he'll have | 2021-05-06 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1390173127074664453 | 1390173127074664453 |
| Stock prices mostly reflect earnings growth, not tax | 2021-05-03 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389322213002674176 | 1389322213002674176 |
| Attacking sacred GOP religious beliefs! | 2021-05-03 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389310574828216321 | 1389310574828216321 |
| Democrats have it backwards. | 2021-05-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389052842313338882 | 1389052842313338882 |
| "it's difficult to get a man to understand something when | 2021-05-01 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388356748705034241 | 1388356748705034241 |
| "the end of the tax haven as we have come to know it" | 2021-04-30 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1388271043228233730 | 1388271043228233730 |
| Biden hopes to tax capital gains and carried interest and | 2021-04-29 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387587627025506306 | 1387587627025506306 |
| Biden's hoping to audit high-income taxpayers and | 2021-04-28 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1387491495557533698 | 1387491495557533698 |
| Ruling class tax jitters! | 2021-04-24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385994042584928259 | 1385994042584928259 |
| Corporations in a bind - they are for voting rights | 2021-04-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1381799200149544963 | 1381799200149544963 |
| Why Trump cutting corporate tax rates didn't help Trump | 2021-04-10 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380751895896023040 | 1380751895896023040 |
| Who thinks American corporations should be able to hide | 2021-04-09 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380354646053511168 | 1380354646053511168 |
| Property taxes are assessed more strictly for poor people | 2021-04-04 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378781474573361153 | 1378781474573361153 |
| Of course big companies pay taxes! They pay their taxes | 2021-04-04 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378720155627216896 | 1378720155627216896 |
| There aren't enough rich people to pay for ALL of Biden's | 2021-04-03 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1378166314456342534 | 1378166314456342534 |
| State income taxes on remote workers - full employment | 2021-03-29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376620379129585665 | 1376620379129585665 |
| Republicans like to SAY they oppose taxing the rich | 2021-03-29 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1376566499360395273 | 1376566499360395273 |
| "Republicans have shown great interest in rooting out | 2021-03-25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375230102749859840 | 1375230102749859840 |
| "we would have a fairer tax system and collect more | 2021-03-25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1374880797291778049 | 1374880797291778049 |
| Hardly any voters think about South Dakota's estate | 2021-03-21 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373754065654489088 | 1373754065654489088 |
| Universal Basic Income and Flat Tax | 2021-03-20 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1373069670400487425 | 1373069670400487425 |
| If they don't need the money they could just not take it! | 2021-03-19 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372767469048270854 | 1372767469048270854 |
| Republican plan for dealing with deficits - cut taxes on | 2021-03-19 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1372700096589041664 | 1372700096589041664 |
| Bad policy. Some states will make bad tax decisions. | 2021-03-18 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1372347121312034819 | 1372347121312034819 |
| Wear and tear on roads is proportional to weight x mileage. | 2021-03-14 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1371155635304157186 | 1371155635304157186 |
| For some reason major GOP donors and their senators have | 2021-03-10 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369727164321468418 | 1369727164321468418 |
| "when it was a vote on tax cuts for billionaires, | 2021-03-09 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369166607549829121 | 1369166607549829121 |
| What happens when you hurriedly "simplify" a tax bill | 2021-03-06 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368077511687499776 | 1368077511687499776 |
| What will they turn up? They hired a Mafia specialist | 2021-02-25 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1364986269088972802 | 1364986269088972802 |
| GOP donors oppose child tax credits. | 2021-02-16 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1361515592109289475 | 1361515592109289475 |
| Think your taxes are difficult? | 2021-02-11 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359931910063935490 | 1359931910063935490 |
| Special tax rules for 2020. | 2021-02-10 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1359601697350295552 | 1359601697350295552 |
| An argument against state and local tax deduction. | 2021-02-07 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1358291840278007808 | 1358291840278007808 |
| The good news is you won't have to pay taxes on it. | 2021-02-05 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357696414403362819 | 1357696414403362819 |
| How to get rich off rich people - rig their taxes for them | 2021-01-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1354292291645579270 | 1354292291645579270 |
| GOP determined to protect billionaire tax cuts. | 2021-01-22 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352766706020536321 | 1352766706020536321 |
| Corporate America is just on pause - not eject. They'll | 2021-01-15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1350173415559163907 | 1350173415559163907 |
| A reminder why we don't need any more tax breaks for real | 2021-01-15 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349950805596467200 | 1349950805596467200 |
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========== "Opportunity zones" were in the 2017 GOP billionaire tax relief bill. Was anybody unclear on the concept? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/12/23/amazon-opportunity-zone-tax-breaks/ GOP recognizes how much hard-pressed billionaires deserve tax relief! What if they couldn't donate dark money to senate campaigns? #PS1tax ===== impress 32 time 2021-12-23 18:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474079401360826369 ========== The wealthy have found ways to bypass income and estate taxes to create a hereditary nobility - https://www.propublica.org/article/the-great-inheritors-how-three-families-shielded-their-fortunes-from-taxes-for-generations They rewrite the tax code by providing the huge sums of money required to run for political office. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1562070974137416 #PS1tax ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-18 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472079445611532295 ========== How billionaires avoid taxes. Disinformation is important, to get people who would not be affected to fight for them for free. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/politics/taxing-the-rich.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1558591191152061 #PS1tax ===== impress 35 time 2021-12-13 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470265844659724291 ========== The best idea in the 2017 billionaire tax relief was a child credit. Marco Rubio, of all people, demanded that this Democratic idea be included. Biden wants to extend it, but is even Rubio still behind it? Not likely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/07/yes-2017-tax-cuts-helped-working-class-americans-conservatives-should-be-honest-about-how/ #PS1tax ===== impress 23 time 2021-12-08 14:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1468585215165562883 ========== GOP doesn't want IRS to go after its donors. But that's where the evaded tax revenue is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/17/cbo-build-back-better-irs-revenue-too-low/ #PS1tax ===== impress 23 time 2021-11-18 04:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461196179127951361 ========== SALT deductions and California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-15/skelton-salt-cap-congress-california Increasing the SALT deduction cap is the biggest giveaway in BBB. It may be necessary to get BBB passed, but adding complexity to tax law seldom makes it better. #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 48 time 2021-11-18 01:07 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461139001713168387 ========== Democratic legislators also feel the heat from major donors who don't like to pay taxes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/16/second-biggest-program-democrats-budget-gives-billions-rich/ These variable SALT caps are pure political sausage making. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1541364242874756 #PS1tax ===== impress 22 time 2021-11-17 07:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460868333037776899 ========== Tubbs was the innovative mayor of Stockton and was one of the first to experiment with universal income. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/stockton-ca-gave-residents-a-guaranteed-income-heres-what-happened Michael Tubbs and Oprah tomorrow - https://www.loyaltybookstores.com/roots #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 41 time 2021-11-16 02:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460427824746037249 ========== “When you underfund the I.R.S., it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats” But those tax cheats are major donors to all GOP senators and not a few Democrats! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/us/politics/biden-social-policy-bill-irs.html So something will have to be cut from BBB to subsidize those tax cheats. #PS1tax ===== impress 25 time 2021-11-16 01:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460422768546041856 ========== More money for the IRS so they can audit more major GOP donors? Forget it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/11/irs-commissioner-we-desperately-need-resources-so-agency-can-serve-you-our-country/ IRS should stick to harassing poor people. #PS1tax ===== impress 81 time 2021-11-12 05:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1459031056565215234 ========== The real crisis facing America - savage criticism of the job-creating billionaire class! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/elon-musk-once-again-proves-need-billionaire-tax/ Polls show almost all voters favor increasing taxes on the job-creating billionaire class! That would ruin America! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1537554293255751 #PS1tax ===== impress 71 time 2021-11-11 17:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458854706642505729 ========== Nobody needs billionaires who have more money than they can spend wisely. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-08/elon-musk-proves-why-a-billionaires-tax-is-needed #PS1tax ===== impress 71 time 2021-11-11 16:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458835591299141635 ========== Democratic senators also need millions of dollars to run for re-election! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/11/billionaire-tax-democrats-wyden/ And major donors don't like tax increases. Some things really are bipartisan. The tax code is where legislators give donors return on investment. #PS1tax ===== impress 69 time 2021-11-11 14:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458807868665184259 ========== How the hereditary nobility perpetuates itself by avoiding taxation. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion-repealing-death-tax-will-help-family-businesses-stay-afloat/ They talk about small businesses but the campaign money comes from higher up. You can tell when they say "death tax" to mean "estate tax". #PS1tax ===== impress 47 time 2021-11-06 13:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456979117417504777 ========== Henry Olsen doesn't get that the modern Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP exists to protect and extend minority rule. Donors will make sure that none of Olsen's ideas get any GOP support in Congress. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/here-are-some-proposals-that-republicans-can-embrace-tax-rich/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1533022437042270 #PS1tax ===== impress 117 time 2021-11-05 01:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456434845324742656 ========== Stock buybacks in the oil patch - putting rising oil prices to profitable use! https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/chevron-crushes-estimates-as-gas-refining-spur-cash-flow-record Taxes on stock buybacks might be part of BBB, or might not. #PS1tax ===== impress 39 time 2021-11-01 02:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455005073587650564 ========== What's in BBB for taxation TODAY. It might be different again tomorrow. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/us/politics/biden-tax-plan-increases.html #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-29 04:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453943118223462402 ========== Major donors invest in Democratic senators as well as Republican. Often, probably, in both, to make sure their calls get returned no matter who wins the election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/28/tax-hikes-build-back-better-plan-democrats/ #PS1tax ===== impress 35 time 2021-10-29 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453932706962706442 ========== Elon Musk and other billionaires sound off. https://apnews.com/article/spacex-business-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-health-care-reform-088929b9bc60f52d00627f2bc44a8ff1 They want to make sure that the senators they've invested in understand what's expected - to preserve the hereditary nobility. #PS1tax ===== impress 44 time 2021-10-29 03:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453927969160720388 ========== Constitutionality of a wealth tax. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/26/wealth-tax-constitution-supreme-court/ The GOP justices know they were put there precisely to protect the ruling class from attacks like this. So it would have been a long shot. So the BBB framework seems to have moved to an income surtax. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-10-28 18:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453790926858424338 ========== Wealth tax issues https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/briefing/wealth-tax-spending-bill-manchin.html It wouldn't be part of BBB except Manchin and Sinema vetoed everything else. #PS1tax ===== impress 31 time 2021-10-28 13:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453712822303559684 ========== We knew the GOP was against taxing the rich. What was more surprising was how many Democrats are also against the idea when push comes to shove. Though many are shy about it in public. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/taxes-democrats-plan-looks-lot-like-trump-plan/ #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2021-10-28 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453583415261876224 ========== It's much easier to game a wealth tax than an income tax. Is that why Sinema favors a wealth tax? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/26/tesla-elon-musk-billionaire-tax-complications/ #PS1tax ===== impress 38 time 2021-10-27 23:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453510486226395137 ========== How the billionaire wealth tax might work - https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-personal-taxes-bb51ab8b987c32e00c743a05d428079c It makes the tax code more complicated, always a bad sign. An increase in tax rates would have been simpler, but Sinema said no. #PS1tax ===== impress 58 time 2021-10-25 23:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452776844592181249 ========== How's your GRAT? https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/726717967672725 If you have billions of dollars that you don't want to pay tax on, here's how they work - https://www.bloomberg.com/features/how-billionaires-pass-wealth-to-heirs-tax-free-2021/ The GOP and a few Democrats stoutly defend these arrangements - that pleases their donors mightily. #PS1tax ===== impress 53 time 2021-10-25 13:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452625144262762499 ========== The Dixiecrat GOP believes taxes are for poor people, to finance legislative benefits for major donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/opinion/republicans-tax-evasion.html That's a fundamental tenet of minority rule. Who ever heard of a hereditary nobility that paid taxes? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1525158921161955 #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2021-10-24 17:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1452323912826724360 ========== GOP defends minority rule best by defending its major donors! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/gop-rebrands-itself-party-tax-cheats/ They don't believe that banks should report on the wealthy the same way they do W-2 earners. #PS1tax ===== impress 103 time 2021-10-21 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451335418922745861 ========== Too much information would make life difficult for major GOP donors who don't bother paying taxes. So GOP legislators are opposed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/20/democrats-want-crack-down-tax-cheats-republicans-balk/ #PS1tax ===== impress 82 time 2021-10-21 16:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451221548824600586 ========== The best way to protect a political career is to protect your major donors from tax increases. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/sinema-tax-hikes-reconciliation-1-percent/ GOP have practiced that religiously for years, but they have plenty of Democratic company. #PS1tax ===== impress 77 time 2021-10-21 16:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451219767340134404 ========== It's close enough - the overall impression is correct. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/21/bidens-favorite-stat-that-55-major-corporations-paid-no-federal-income-tax/ #PS1tax ===== impress 83 time 2021-10-21 16:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451218773126443013 ========== Living trusts - stepped-up basis. Learn about these before buying real estate with another person. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/20/dont-put-your-kids-title-your-home-theres-better-way-them-inherit-property/ #PS1tax ===== impress 96 time 2021-10-21 00:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450982188229357568 ========== New tax ideas for financing Build Back Better. Will Sinema and Manchin support any of them? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/10/20/white-house-tax-plan/ Making the tax code more complicated rather than less is usually the wrong answer, even though it has a bipartisan tradition. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 95 time 2021-10-21 00:13 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450978471505657861 ========== "the real tax scandal is what’s legal" Designed that way to protect the hereditary nobility that funds political campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/rich-winning-taxes/ "Money is the mother's milk of politics" - Jesse Unruh. #PS1tax ===== impress 116 time 2021-10-18 21:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1450219200060948481 ========== We should shut down domestic tax havens - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/17/states-must-stop-letting-ultrawealthy-dodge-taxes-law/ But the beneficiaries know where to send donations so nothing happens. GOP legislators are particularly receptive. The Trumpist rank and file will oppose regulation if the Democrats are for it. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 95 likes 1 time 2021-10-18 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449896321830166533 ========== What happens when banks fear losing their largest depositors and legislators fear losing their largest donors. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/business/irs-bank-accounts.html They PRETEND it's about little people and get the voters excited enough to complain. That's how minority rule works. #PS1tax ===== impress 95 time 2021-10-14 01:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448461682729050117 ========== The Pandora Papers https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/central-romana-tax-haven-south-dakota/ https://apnews.com/article/business-london-europe-media-f91432c785e4e06a8fb2c7370d4ca63d show how the west has enabled corruption and oppression in Russia - and many other places. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/why-west-has-itself-blame-russian-corruption/ #PS1tax ===== impress 64 time 2021-10-12 04:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447787426714251265 ========== Trumpists don't REALLY want to reign in global elites. Where would their campaign finance come from if they did? Tax havens = campaign contributions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/11/biden-global-minimum-tax-trumpism/ Saying one thing and doing the opposite is built in to minority rule. #PS1tax ===== impress 79 time 2021-10-11 19:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447647950386053120 ========== "Competitiveness" - code for low taxes, weak regulation and lax enforcement. Before Sioux Falls and the British Virgin Islands, there was London. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/opinion/pandora-papers-britain-london.html #PS1tax ===== impress 77 time 2021-10-11 17:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447620255308599297 ========== Unclear on the concept! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/10/opinion/opportunity-zones-tax-loopholes.html Opportunity zones were never intended to help the residents of opportunity zones. They were intended to help major GOP donors. How else could they have gotten in the GOP billionaire tax relief bill? #PS1tax ===== impress 97 time 2021-10-11 03:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447405243369590787 ========== How states with loose trust laws rip off other states. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/10/07/tax-shelters-states-pandora/ No taxes ever! They are certainly supporting minority rule by a hereditary nobility. #PS1tax ===== impress 16 time 2021-10-10 22:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447331042705096708 ========== Where would corrupt wealthy foreigners be without South Dakota trusts? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/central-romana-tax-haven-south-dakota/ It's a major growth industry in SD. #PS1tax ===== impress 17 time 2021-10-10 22:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447329591043842050 ========== Will secret offshore and onshore tax havens reduce charitable giving? https://apnews.com/article/business-philanthropy-b8acb10f529ac2dbaff7631021d823c9 Yes, to the extent that donors give to reduce taxes and tax havens allow them to avoid taxes entirely. #PS1tax ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-09 13:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446836868755062790 ========== Will reputational damage do what tax laws can't? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/pandora-papers-leak.html Some rich people care, but most don't seem to. #PS1tax ===== impress 25 time 2021-10-09 12:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446817090732630017 ========== Banks don't want any more reporting requirements. That might inconvenience their biggest tax-averse customers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/banking-industry-is-throwing-stones-key-biden-nominee-it-lives-glass-house/ #PS1tax ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-09 04:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446700622921666561 ========== Most voters and most Democratic legislators favor increased taxation on the rich, and increased enforcement of tax laws. But when Congress is almost evenly split, it only takes a few to say no. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/briefing/corporate-democrats-taxing-the-rich.html So nothing happens. #PS1tax ===== impress 79 time 2021-10-07 19:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1446200874674503682 ========== The modern way to loot culture. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2021/met-museum-cambodian-antiquities-latchford/ #PS1tax ===== engage 6 engage-rate 3% expands 6 impress 184 time 2021-10-06 14:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445755333545136128 ========== The modern way to do bribes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/billionaires-offshore-accounts/ #PS1tax ===== impress 189 time 2021-10-06 14:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445750904678801408 ========== Pandora Papers confirm worst suspicions. https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-lebanon-najib-mikati-europe-10d4cb891e514c538b67e3607c4feda7 #PS1tax ===== impress 197 time 2021-10-06 13:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445745187154632711 ========== In London as in Pierre, money talks, and there are plenty of legislators ready to listen. https://apnews.com/article/business-london-europe-media-f91432c785e4e06a8fb2c7370d4ca63d #PS1tax ===== impress 225 time 2021-10-05 13:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445376694383116292 ========== We all knew that rich criminals don't pay taxes, and lots of other rich people don't bother too. https://apnews.com/article/leaked-pandora-records-show-how-powerful-shield-assets-b31daac39800f6a6423e24465df45ffc Now it's much clearer how they do it. GOP donors are dead set against disclosure requirements in the Biden BBB bill. No surprise. #PS1tax ===== impress 209 time 2021-10-05 00:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445179432801472513 ========== How South Dakota caters to rich foreign criminals - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/booming-us-tax-haven-industry/ #PS1tax ===== impress 134 time 2021-10-04 19:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445103351880773638 ========== How Belize caters to rich American criminals - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2021/us-offshore-accounts-belize-enforcement/ #PS1tax ===== impress 140 time 2021-10-04 18:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1445101319430176781 ========== Who knew that South Dakota was in the same league as Florida or Belize? Or Tony Blair as King Abdullah? https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-religion-media-jordan-67b2674fc44fa543df49dfc8f52e29cd Now we see why the GOP major donors, and their senators, are so desperate to keep the IRS emasculated and focused on EITC small potatoes. #PS1tax ===== engage 5 engage-rate 2% expands 1 impress 203 likes 1 retweets 2 time 2021-10-03 20:46 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1444765737201987590 ========== McCarthy's comments require translation. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-ap-fact-check-personal-taxes-congress-ae7ad0e5a1cb575b73933674b5ae74d9 When he says taxes on middle class will go up, he means that GOP major corporate donors will attempt to offset tax increases with lower wages or increase prices. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1509249556086225 #PS1tax ===== impress 38 time 2021-10-01 14:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1443942020662247442 ========== Taxing the rich is popular with voters. Trump campaigned on it in 2015, but true to GOP form, he reduced taxes on the rich once elected. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ His GOP rivals are the same. And too many Democrats go along. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/26/taxing-rich-is-super-popular-democrats-should-talk-more-about-it/ #PS1tax ===== impress 417 time 2021-09-26 17:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442180706231226371 ========== How America created a feudal hereditary nobility. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/opinion/biden-tax-loophole.html GOP leads the way, but plenty of Democratic legislators follow. Rich people are the ones who can donate to campaigns! Unlimited dark campaign money talks. #PS1tax ===== impress 404 time 2021-09-26 15:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442147195956785156 ========== The great tax cut myth. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/09/28/i-helped-create-the-gop-tax-myth-trump-is-wrong-tax-cuts-dont-equal-growth/ GOP is right - tax cuts do produce economic growth - the rich grow richer and the poor grow poorer. So in the usual GOP style, they tell the voters the exact opposite in public - but the donors know better. #PS1tax ===== impress 409 time 2021-09-26 13:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442121795130191879 ========== A moment of unease for the ruling class. https://apnews.com/article/health-technology-financial-markets-business-asia-156d6987fe7508599c20abfeebb63802 Tax long-term capital gains like ordinary income? Horrors! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 427 time 2021-09-25 13:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441750904391094294 ========== What's really radical about Biden's programs? Taxing the rich! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-democrats-break-the-gops-deficit-doom-loop/2021/05/05/60e13e4a-add6-11eb-acd3-24b44a57093a_story.html Although no nearly as much as they were taxed in the period 1940-1970. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 0% expands 1 impress 413 time 2021-09-25 12:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441746227087904769 ========== A flat tax on income is the simplest route to tax equity - https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Biden proposes some steps https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/23/us/politics/biden-wealthy-tax-rates.html but even Democrats in Congress are reluctant to tackle capital gains tax rates or stepped-up basis. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1504018123276035 #PS1tax ===== impress 104 time 2021-09-23 21:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441152949732851726 ========== Trying to do something about foreign tax havens https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/us/house-bill-global-tax.html But what if the tax havens won't cooperate? No problem - just make American foreign corporate tax law more complicated so there are MORE opportunities rather than less. #PS1tax ===== impress 51 time 2021-09-20 00:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439743798494384128 ========== How to get to a million dollar salary as a corporate tax accountant - spend a couple of years at Treasury. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/business/accounting-firms-tax-loopholes-government.html Is such a revolving door open to you? It's consistent with letting polluters run the EPA. #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2021-09-19 23:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439739384589283329 ========== Don't you wish you could do this with YOUR IRA? https://www.propublica.org/article/lord-of-the-roths-how-tech-mogul-peter-thiel-turned-a-retirement-account-for-the-middle-class-into-a-5-billion-dollar-tax-free-piggy-bank #PS1tax ===== impress 24 time 2021-09-19 14:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1439593201879302144 ========== Tax the rich? Even the Democrats are having second thoughts. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/16/despite-aocs-infamous-dress-democrats-are-getting-cold-feet-actually-taxing-rich/ Wanna bet it's not about economic effects, but campaign contributions? Lots of Democratic legislators depend on wealthy donors. But even Democratic donors expect return on investment. #PS1tax ===== impress 83 time 2021-09-17 02:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438694053936173059 ========== Tax the rich??? Call out the militia! https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/09/16/trump-biden-budget-plan/ Billionaires need tax relief, not tax increases! #PS1tax ===== impress 70 time 2021-09-17 02:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438692147008446465 ========== Voters support increasing taxes on rich and corporations. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-tax-reform-economy-2b5295280d2ee72f6b3b722cebc41c84 But campaign donors do not. End of story. "a package of this size collapses under its own weight" meaning weight of lobbyists for donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2021-09-16 03:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1438346966832799749 ========== GOP favors a balanced budget - balanced on the backs of the poor, not on the backs of GOP major donors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html GOP senators know who paid for their campaigns and what they expect in return for the investment. No GOP votes for IRS enforcement. #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2021-09-10 14:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1436335207498481666 ========== Warren proposes wealth tax, tax on real corporate earnings, and increased IRS enforcement. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/12/elizabeth-warren-tax-system-infrastructure/ These ideas are popular with GOP voters, but anathema to GOP donors. So they go to the Senate to die of neglect. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 64 likes 1 time 2021-08-13 03:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1426029648115208196 ========== Trump is never giving in. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/trump-fights-release-tax-returns/2021/08/04/4541df74-f524-11eb-9068-bf463c8c74de_story.html Who can doubt that he has lots to hide? And almost every billionaire stands with him, for the same reason. #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2021-08-04 23:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1423064357743648773 ========== "Undermining public trust is a feature" of the modern Dixiecrat Republican Party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/republicans-refuse-go-after-rich-tax-cheats-democrats-should/ The last thing they want to do is tax the patience or the wallets of their major donors. If they've got the donors they can convince the voters. #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2021-07-31 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1421338515787313153 ========== The IRS already knows about W-2 and 1099 income. It could prepare pro-forma returns for everybody that gets those. If the taxpayers have no other tax items, they could just sign and return; otherwise they can use it as a starting point. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/opinion/intuit-turbotax-free-filing.html #PS1tax ===== impress 29 time 2021-07-20 05:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1417357733792083969 ========== No teeth for the IRS. GOP donors said no, as expected. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-government-and-politics-bills-4da016e1ab4d2331a0310391ecbc4d73 The inability to get the GOP to agree on funding killed "infrastructure week" four times during the Trump years. He liked to talk about it but had no idea how to get it passed. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 time 2021-07-19 04:32 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1416979131934203905 ========== Another reason regressive sales taxes should be replaced by a flat tax on income. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Who should get sales tax receipts? A lot of locales have secret deals with companies like Amazon to rebate part of their sales taxes. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/07/online-sales-taxes-amazon-local-government/ #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2021-07-16 03:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415883047690375174 ========== Cooperation with other democracies increases our sovereignty. Big multinationals might lose some of their sovereignty, so they'll fight it with dark campaign money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/09/biden-global-minimum-tax-combat-trump/ #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2021-07-09 18:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413559013174759425 ========== It's not really about law and order. It's about protecting minority rule. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/08/fund-tax-police/ #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2021-07-09 04:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413353817635102723 ========== Why there won't be a bipartisan infrastructure bill - GOP major donors are against increasing taxes or increasing IRS funding to collect more taxes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/07/irs-taxes-budget-conservatives/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1450999351911246 #PS1tax ===== impress 30 time 2021-07-08 16:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1413171797810237440 ========== Democrats should take on tax reform - indeed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/07/democrats-corporate-tax-hikes-letter/ But how are they possibly going to get it through the Senate? Reconciliation won't work. GOP senators have their orders from their donors - no tax hikes for them. #PS1tax ===== impress 30 time 2021-07-08 04:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412996915478732806 ========== Even the Cayman Islands! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-business-c9c7e0cd24f9f2fc226fc0038f2c7245 #PS1tax ===== impress 17 time 2021-07-02 00:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410760962777391106 ========== The rich pay for multi-million dollar Senate campaigns. So of course they get veto power over tax laws. https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/bezos-musk-buffett-dont-pay-any-taxes-20210627.html It's not cowardice, it's quid pro quo. #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2021-07-01 03:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410441571124715525 ========== The US is a tax haven! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/us-corporate-tax-rate-biden.html The GOP and quite a few Democratic legislators are funded by anonymous corporate donors. They're not going to tax these "job creators" - because the jobs the donors create are the legislator's own. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-06-14 04:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1404294695694393348 ========== Another argument for flat tax! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Know what carried interest is? You should! Every senator does. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/business/private-equity-taxes.html And nobody's going to do anything about it on McConnell's watch! #PS1tax ===== impress 41 time 2021-06-13 06:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403958855814451200 ========== Time for one flat tax? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ Taxes still optional for rich. "My intention as the author of the 2017 tax reform was not that multibillionaires ought to pay no taxes" But that WAS the intention of your campaign donors! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/billionaires-taxes.html #PS1tax ===== impress 45 time 2021-06-13 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403955877116223489 ========== Ideas for taxing wealthy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/10/mad-about-how-little-rich-people-pay-taxes-heres-how-get-them-pony-up/ But eliminating reduced rates on capital gains, eliminating depreciation on real estate, eliminating stepped-up basis of assets at death, and enacting the minimum tax on global corporations would go a long way. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 84 time 2021-06-11 04:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403204800003510275 ========== "Over the past 25 years, I.R.S. resources have been steadily cut" No accident! That must be what major GOP donors prefer. That's not changing in any kind of bipartisan way. So with filibuster intact, it's not changing at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opinion/politics/irs-tax-evasion-geithner-lew-paulson-summers-rubin.html #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 49 time 2021-06-10 18:40 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1403059554443616258 ========== Taxes remain optional for rich people. They all think it's justified. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/06/08/wealthy-irs-taxes/ #PS1tax ===== impress 48 time 2021-06-10 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402788908123885569 ========== Why the global minimum tax agreement is so important. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/07/opinion/yellens-new-alliance-against-leprechauns.html The real challenge is in getting legislation passed to implement it. It's dead on arrival in the US Senate now that GOP is free of fear of filibuster. #PS1tax ===== impress 52 time 2021-06-08 13:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1402260132197638144 ========== Why taxing global corporations is such a big deal! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/business/media/viacom-cbs-tax-scheme.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/02/business/dealbook/viacomcbs-tax-shelters.html Even if it's legal, it would require enormous resources at taxing authorities to verify that. The GOP's job is to make sure the IRS lacks those resources. #PS1tax ===== impress 43 time 2021-06-07 20:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401995704222904320 ========== Finally an agreement to end tax havens among major democracies. https://apnews.com/article/europe-tax-reform-technology-government-and-politics-business-12736e0426f0898a1a3bc187e3c4dfc1 But will the GOP in the Senate go along? Not likely - it affects their donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 47 time 2021-06-05 13:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1401171840005857283 ========== You can't get all the way to Nordic Nirvana just by taxing the rich. Income tax rates are very high in Europe on everybody, as are value-added taxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/opinion/biden-taxation-rich.html But a middle class tax increase is not in the cards with a shaky 51-50 majority. #PS1tax ===== impress 40 time 2021-06-04 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400670604118822912 ========== Probably going nowhere. https://apnews.com/article/politics-donald-trump-business-government-and-politics-767504f2366617e89a35375a0786e59a Taxes of "job creator" corporations and wealthy individuals are off the GOP table, even if Capito is willing. If they aren't for protecting billionaire tax relief, what is the GOP for? #PS1tax ===== impress 41 time 2021-06-04 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1400612932489150469 ========== Can advanced economies agree on taxing global corporations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/31/global-minimum-corporate-tax-biden-g7/ #PS1tax ===== impress 42 time 2021-06-01 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399589273918005248 ========== Everybody thinks their taxes are too high - because that's what politicians keep telling them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/10/americans-just-got-tax-cut-most-them-dont-realize-it/ #PS1tax ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-26 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397414968711028738 ========== We knew the GOP would oppose tax increases on the rich. Now it looks like some Democrats will too. They must be hearing from their donors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/11/biden-taxes-democrats/ And it only takes a few to kill legislation in the Senate. #PS1tax ===== impress 42 time 2021-05-25 04:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397048723067211780 ========== Projecting the stock market, stock sales, and subsequent capital gains tax revenues is pretty difficult. Politicians don't have an encouraging track record. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/05/california-budget-surplus-revenue-taxes-estimates/ #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-24 16:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396867590211792896 ========== "Treasury officials efforts are aimed at reversing the decline in scrutiny of particularly high-income taxpayers and businesses" https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/05/20/biden-tax-compliance-treasury/ Forget that! The LAST thing major GOP donors want is more scrutiny of their incomes and businesses. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-20 19:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1395466014360363011 ========== Why are endangered Democrats against taxing the rich? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/11/why-do-some-deluded-democrats-think-raising-taxes-rich-is-bad-idea/ They know it's popular with the voters. But it's death to the donors. They don't think they can win if their donors oppose them. You don't get into Congress or stay in without donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 51 time 2021-05-12 05:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1392346178662981633 ========== Details of Biden tax proposals to pay for American Families Plan. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/10/jill-on-money-unpacking-the-tax-nuances-of-president-joe-bidens-american-families-plan/ #PS1tax ===== impress 50 time 2021-05-11 01:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1391923672307228672 ========== Biden's not shy about taxing the rich. But he'll have to do it without GOP cooperation. Their voters love it but the donors say no. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/business/biden-tax-increases-wealthy.html #PS1tax ===== impress 48 time 2021-05-06 05:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1390173127074664453 ========== Stock prices mostly reflect earnings growth, not tax policy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/business/tax-increase-stock-market.html That doesn't keep GOP legislators from repeating their doleful mantra about taxing "job creators". They don't need to align with facts, just with their donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 41 time 2021-05-03 20:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389322213002674176 ========== Attacking sacred GOP religious beliefs! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/03/republicans-tax-convictions-are-not-rooted-fact/ GOP legislators don't need to check facts or history to determine the value of corporate tax cuts. Their donors tell them what to believe, and they obey. That's what the donors bought them for. #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2021-05-03 20:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389310574828216321 ========== Democrats have it backwards. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/business/salt-tax-cap-repeal.html Better to eliminate ALL state and local tax deductions in ALL states and let the GOP explain why they're against balancing the budget. But to GOP donors this is small potatoes compared to capital gains rates. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-03 03:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389052842313338882 ========== "it's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it" https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/opinion/tax-cuts-rich.html "The Democratic idea - legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class" above - WJ Bryan #PS1tax ===== impress 40 time 2021-05-01 04:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388356748705034241 ========== "the end of the tax haven as we have come to know it" https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-government-and-politics-business-dcd7a48bcf82a8d5a734d9ea7a7dc4c4 Not likely. No GOP senator will vote against his donors, Manchin will protect filibuster, and corporate lawyers and accountants will out-maneuver an underfunded IRS #PS1tax ===== impress 47 time 2021-04-30 23:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1388271043228233730 ========== Biden hopes to tax capital gains and carried interest and reduce high-income tax cheating. https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-business-51d52c89505becbd62c6a03469d5a9bc Expect no help from GOP who must protect their big dark money donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-29 02:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387587627025506306 ========== Biden's hoping to audit high-income taxpayers and corporations to pay for his proposals. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/business/economy/biden-american-families-plan.html Forget it! Unless Manchin gives up on the filibuster, GOP senators will defend their major donors with all they've got to make sure nothing changes. #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 6% impress 48 time 2021-04-28 19:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387491495557533698 ========== Ruling class tax jitters! https://www.reuters.com/business/bitcoin-sinks-below-50000-cryptos-stumble-over-biden-tax-plans-2021-04-23/ But capital gains tax rates really don't affect markets much - https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-stocks-taxes/investors-doubt-u-s-capital-gains-tax-plan-alone-can-derail-market-rally-idUSL1N2MG1QB And investors that market timed in 2013 probably lost money compared to buy and hold. But GOP senators have their orders. #PS1tax ===== impress 30 time 2021-04-24 16:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385994042584928259 ========== Corporations in a bind - they are for voting rights and infrastructure but against corporate tax increases. Who do they $upport? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/04/12/corporate-tax-voting-rights-business/ #PS1tax ===== impress 55 time 2021-04-13 02:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1381799200149544963 ========== Why Trump cutting corporate tax rates didn't help Trump voters. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/trump-corporate-tax-reform.html #PS1tax ===== impress 61 time 2021-04-10 05:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380751895896023040 ========== Who thinks American corporations should be able to hide their profits overseas? https://apnews.com/article/janet-yellen-minimum-global-corporate-income-tax-0a839a4705566a8b9f8bd5411bfe62d5 Aside from a few billionaires, of course. #PS1tax ===== impress 52 time 2021-04-09 02:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380354646053511168 ========== Property taxes are assessed more strictly for poor people than rich. Surprised? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/03/opinion/sunday/property-taxes-housing-assessment-inequality.html Perhaps equitable property tax valuation is possible, but why use property taxes to fund general government and public education? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax ===== impress 54 time 2021-04-04 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378781474573361153 ========== Of course big companies pay taxes! They pay their taxes directly to legislative campaigns via PACs in the form of dark money investment "donations". You can avoid taxes the same way - if you can afford it! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/business/economy/zero-corporate-tax.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1387825931561922 #PS1tax ===== impress 51 time 2021-04-04 14:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378720155627216896 ========== There aren't enough rich people to pay for ALL of Biden's plans. FDR provides a model. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/how-bidens-tax-pledge-undercuts-his-own-initiatives/ The middle class is willing to pay when the rich are paying their share. A combined UBI/flat tax structure would be fairer. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax ===== impress 64 time 2021-04-03 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1378166314456342534 ========== State income taxes on remote workers - full employment for accountants and attorneys! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/your-money/taxes/2020-taxes-work-from-home.html Much simpler to add a percentage to Federal tax and distribute it to states on the basis of population. https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax ===== impress 41 time 2021-03-29 19:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376620379129585665 ========== Republicans like to SAY they oppose taxing the rich because it "kills jobs". There isn't any evidence but it's what they have to say. What they MEAN is that their rich major donors are opposed to taxing the rich. But they can't say that. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/29/biden-second-economic-package-republicans-myths/ #PS1tax ===== impress 42 time 2021-03-29 16:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376566499360395273 ========== "Republicans have shown great interest in rooting out waste, fraud and abuse when it comes to food stamps and other programs used by the poor". https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/want-to-shrink-deficits-or-fund-bidens-spending-plans-give-the-irs-more-money/2021/03/25/2959bcd8-8d90-11eb-9423-04079921c915_story.html Of course! The poor don't vote for Republicans or donate to Republicans. #PS1tax ===== impress 35 time 2021-03-25 23:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375230102749859840 ========== "we would have a fairer tax system and collect more tax revenue without the need to raise (tax) rates if we resourced the IRS properly" https://equitablegrowth.org/tax-evasion-at-the-top-of-the-u-s-income-distribution-and-how-to-fight-it/ There isn't a single GOP major donor in favor of THAT idea! So no GOP senators. https://apnews.com/article/financial-markets-janet-yellen-us-news-economy-53545e9afe6a654b8199ead79adba1f1 #PS1tax ===== impress 46 time 2021-03-25 00:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1374880797291778049 ========== Hardly any voters think about South Dakota's estate tax laws. The 1% wants it that way! Most GOP voters think they vote against the 1% elite, but they've got it backwards. That's how minority rule works. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/19/we-need-rein-billionaires-start-with-south-dakota/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1378836679127514 #PS1tax ===== impress 39 time 2021-03-21 21:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373754065654489088 ========== Universal Basic Income and Flat Tax UBI Highlights - a fixed monthly income for all American voters Flat Tax Highlights - a flat tax on all income and elimination of most other taxes Please see how these ideas can be combined - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html #PS1tax ===== impress 56 time 2021-03-20 00:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1373069670400487425 ========== If they don't need the money they could just not take it! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/17/state-republicans-have-found-their-first-fight-pick-with-biden/ #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-19 04:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372767469048270854 ========== Republican plan for dealing with deficits - cut taxes on the wealthy! https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-laying-a-trojan-horse-trap-on-infrastructure/2021/03/18/6f56cb80-8814-11eb-82bc-e58213caa38e_story.html For Biden as with Trump, GOP senators won't vote for infrastructure if it increases the deficit OR if it increases taxes. That's why "infrastructuve week" was always a joke. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 time 2021-03-19 00:03 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372700096589041664 ========== Bad policy. Some states will make bad tax decisions. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-janet-yellen-missouri-tigers-mens-basketball-laws-726254db3ed675ee361e1a9d367b7e8b It's a moral rather than legal injunction. Suppose the stimulus checks were accompanied by a prohibition against using the money to buy a car? How would you tell which dollars were used? #PS1tax ===== impress 57 time 2021-03-18 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1372347121312034819 ========== Wear and tear on roads is proportional to weight x mileage. If all vehicles were electric then how would roads be maintained? https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/interactive/2021/electric-mileage-tax/ An EXTRA tax on gasoline and diesel fuel would be a reasonable but unpopular way to encourage electric. #PS1tax ===== impress 44 time 2021-03-14 17:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1371155635304157186 ========== For some reason major GOP donors and their senators have cut IRS enforcement capabilities for years. They want the IRS to enforce on little people - like GOP voters? But funding IRS to take on big cheats will more than pay for itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/10/opinion/deficits-taxes-biden-infrastructure.html #PS1tax ===== impress 56 time 2021-03-10 19:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369727164321468418 ========== "when it was a vote on tax cuts for billionaires, Republicans voted yes, and when it was a check for you, they voted no" https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-coronavirus-pandemic-midterm-elections-poverty-6c36dbd2937ba9402294407edd4575bd Republican legislators are proud of that! In private with their major donors, of course. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-minority.html #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2021-03-09 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369166607549829121 ========== What happens when you hurriedly "simplify" a tax bill in secret dark of night. Maybe this was intended, maybe not, but it's not important to major donors so they didn't care. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/03/05/home-office-tax-deduction/ #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2021-03-06 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368077511687499776 ========== What will they turn up? They hired a Mafia specialist prosecutor. https://apnews.com/article/manhattan-prosecutor-trump-tax-records-87f675d7ae8e24fbf2e8f33c480869d6 #PS1tax ===== impress 56 time 2021-02-25 17:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1364986269088972802 ========== GOP donors oppose child tax credits. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opinion/child-tax-credit.html Why pay for other people to get credits? What if it creates a disincentive to work for starvation wages? After covid, people are desperate to get back to work. A minimum wage of $15 removes disincentive. #PS1tax ===== impress 46 time 2021-02-16 03:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1361515592109289475 ========== Think your taxes are difficult? https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/11/trump-faces-tax-questions/ #PS1tax ===== impress 63 time 2021-02-11 18:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359931910063935490 ========== Special tax rules for 2020. https://apnews.com/article/how-pandemic-affects-filing-taxes-d162b07588a1a25eacb7125eea3c19ea #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2021-02-10 20:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1359601697350295552 ========== An argument against state and local tax deduction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/06/tax-break-paying-your-taxes-please/ It's one tax break among thousands of pages of tax breaks. Why not do something simple? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax ===== impress 35 time 2021-02-07 05:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1358291840278007808 ========== The good news is you won't have to pay taxes on it. https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-kansas-coronavirus-pandemic-lawrence-d79070609d6f7eedc8a03b5e37b17506 The bad news is the bad guys still have your identity. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-05 14:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357696414403362819 ========== How to get rich off rich people - rig their taxes for them and charge a percentage. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/jeffrey-epstein-leon-black-apollo.html After all, taxes are for little people - like Trump voters - not for important people - like Trump donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 38 time 2021-01-27 04:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1354292291645579270 ========== GOP determined to protect billionaire tax cuts. No compromise on that! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/biden-trump-tax-law.html Anything that passes will simplify the tax code by adding another 1000 pages! https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ #PS1tax ===== impress 35 time 2021-01-22 23:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1352766706020536321 ========== Corporate America is just on pause - not eject. They'll soon resume funding politicians for tax cuts, deregulation, neutering labor, and reactionary judiciary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/12/big-business-breaks-up-with-gop-now/ #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2021-01-15 20:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1350173415559163907 ========== A reminder why we don't need any more tax breaks for real estate investors. Trump feathered that nest enough for the next millenium. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/11/06/we-dont-know-whats-in-trumps-tax-returns-but-the-republican-tax-reform-plan-offers-clues/ #PS1tax ===== impress 44 time 2021-01-15 05:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349950805596467200