Every corporation, every billionaire, that threatens to leave if their taxes creep anywhere close to equitable?
Immediately wave them goodbye, call their bluff. We don't need them at all.
Oblige them to leave the business assets behind when they leave. The gap they leave can be rapidly filled with *smaller business* that has less outsized political access and is properly disciplined to operate in the local community.
Of course, most of them won't leave despite their squealing threats.
All Australian dollars are issued by Australian #GovernmentSpending, or agents they deputise. It's impossible for them to run out of their own currency, and so they can always fund anything that's available for purchase. If they then don't fund that thing, it's *only* because they choose not to.
Any politician who acts like they don't understand that plain fact of our money system, needs to be booted out for incompetence.
Bundeskanzler #merz sagt, dass es nicht seine Böswilligkeit sei sondern Demografie und Mathematik.
Glaub ich ihm.
Das ist seine Dummheit und Borniertheit. Und natürlich Mathematik.
Mathematik deshalb, weil wenn eine insgesamt begrenzte Menge Geld maßgeblich bei 1% der Bevölkerung landet, die 99% nach Adam Riese nicht genug haben, um ihre Vor- und Nachsorge zu finanzieren, auch wenn sie Tag und Nacht arbeiten.
#taxthewealthy #taxtherich
> Rede des Kanzlers beim #dgb
https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/aktuelles/kanzler-merz-rede-dgb-2430032
“I came [to Mamdani’s inauguration] expecting a political coronation. But as I worked my way through the crowd, it felt closer to a collective recalibration—a moment to take stock of how ideas once dismissed as fringe, like openly taxing wealthy citizens, were now being voiced from the steps of City Hall without apology, and to wonder how much further the shift could go.”
#Politics #USPolitics #ProgressivePolitics #MamdaniForMayor #TaxTheWealthy #ProgressiveGovernance
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/zohran-mamdani-new-york-mayor-first-big-speech.html
There is no scenario in which the US pays down its debt without significantly increasing taxes on the wealthy.
#USPol #Politics #USPolitics #NationalDebt #TaxOligarchs #TaxTheRich #TaxTheWealthy #Taxes
If a new government were to raise the top rate of income tax, it is unlikely that the UK's highest earners will work less hard but it is likely they will try harder to avoid paying tax. That means tougher enforcement will be needed if taxes rise, says Alan Manning. For the latest research articles
#TaxtheWealthy. Especially if a bunch of them are not only OK with it but are actively ASKING for it to be done!
“”Are we going to recognize that massive growing runaway wealth inequality is a danger to democracy?" Trottier said.”
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Tax #wealthgap #affordability
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/patriotic-millionaires-canada-taxes-1.7530936
A group of wealthy Canadians calling themselves 'Patriotic Millionaires' is banding together to lobby governments to increase the amount of taxes they must pay — but opponents say it will be bad for entrepreneurship in Canada.
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Julian D 🏳️🌈 #FBPE #RejoinEU
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