Loukas (They/Them) ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธThe fact that 'fifteen-minute cities' is now a dirty word really puts into perspective all the time people spent agonising over whether 'defund the police' and similar slogans were too radical.
em | ืฉืืื@Loukas i think the response to 15 minute cities reaffirms my affinity to really brazen slogans like "literally eat the rich" and "fully automated luxury space communism".
@em the history of successful reforms suggests they are often granted because of fear of really radical demands, rather than because of recognising moderate demands as sensible.
Jeremy Kahn
siriusfox ๐กโ๐โ๐ฐ๏ธThe New Deal?
@trochee @Loukas @em Iโm lost? I didnโt think the new deal added anything in the way of income taxes? I ended up going back to double check my memory. My (incorrect) recollection was the first income tax came about as part of servicing war bonds from the revolutionary war. Turns out the first federal income tax was to after the fact fund the civil war.
@trochee @Loukas @em and that would be why. Apparently it wasnโt a driver of funds because it hit so few people, but there was indeed a new tax added. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1935