Dr. Jack Brown 
Hey New Jerseyans — if Menendez resigns, who should Governor Phil Murphy appoint to this U.S. Senate seat?
Beth
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https://youtu.be/hj6E2_3nraQ Happy Easter to my fellow heathens.
Trump Easter Cold Open - SNL
charvakaThe business model is quite simple. The product is the user’s engagement. The only thing the oligarch needs from all of us is our engagement on his platform. If you spend all day “fighting” on that platform, you are one of the most engaged users the oligarch has.
The right thing to do is leave the platform and put pressure on companies that advertise on it. Let it sink under the weight of the debt the oligarch put on it.
Tony StarkThis will take a few minutes to read, but really explains the problem with this plan that Kevin McCarthy had to agree to put up for a vote in order to get into his position.
VAT is normal in other western democracies but in those other countries, there are also high income tax rates for wealthier individuals. In those countries, regressive VAT taxes are paired with with progressive income taxes. The GOP suggestion is to replace our not-progressive-enough income tax with a very regressive sales tax. Definitely a boon for the very wealthy and a burden for everyone else.
Those other countries also provide their citizens with free national healthcare, family leave, free childcare and more. Americans go bankrupt and die young while every other nation continues to see their citizens make economic gains and live longer.
The FairTax Act, GOP plan for 30 percent national sales tax, explained-
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2023/1/26/23563563/fairtax-national-sales-tax-kevin-mccarthy
