Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 21, 2023

@endfuelpoverty

"Revealed: Closing windfall tax loophole could cut energy bills by £336 a year

Exclusive: Scrapping tax relief from government levy would raise £22bn [in the #GreatBritain], new analysis shows"

#WindfallProfitTax
#ExcessProfitTax
#WindfallTax

Larry NeufeldJan 18, 2023
Scrounging for deals on groceries isn't a sustainable solution to the cost of living. An excess profits tax on grocers & a national basic income are desperately needed #Basicincome #costofliving #groceries #excessprofittax @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/stretched
How high grocery prices are forcing Canadians to adapt and get creative

Canadians have seen their finances stretched as the price of groceries continues to rise. It's forcing many to adapt, while also making difficult decisions around their nutrition. CBC News spoke with several British Columbians about potential solutions — both on a personal level and at the community level — to see the real-time impact of the rising cost of food.

Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jan 16, 2023

@badtux @JessTheUnstill @[email protected]

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A #WindfallProfitTax / #ExcessProfitTax / #WindfallTax has been introduced in several countries, including #Britain.

Cheap #PublicTransport would have a asymmetrically benefitial impact on low-income households. They would lower inner-city rents, as much more workers would be able to live in more distant suburbs (like in #SanFrancisco and #NYC).
The wealth of big home real-estate owners would be adversely affected, as prices would drop there...

jackSep 17, 2022

"You know what? Send those bills to Moscow!"

#Zensursula #VonDerLeyen shows once again - but more extreme than ever - how detached from citizens' lifes both she and the whole #EuropeanCommission are when attacked by Manon #Aubry on what exploding energy prices do to people - and what the #EU needs to do about it.

#energycrisis
#costoflivingcrisis
#energymarketreform #energypricecap #excessprofittax
#sendthosebillstomoscow

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=sIz_KAU-sHQ

"Send your bills to Moscow"! - Manon Aubry grills EU Commission Pres for schocking answer #shorts

#shorts Worried about your energy bills? During her speech for the State of the European Union, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen proposed a weird solution for the energy crisis and the sckyrocketing bills... "send your bills to Moscow" she said! Our Member of the European Parliament Manon Aubry grilled her for the disrerspect she showed to all of the people struggling.

Invidious