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Tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality. But they do not have any significant effect on economic growth or unemployment. Evidence for 18 OECD countries over 1965-2015 in this new paper published in Socio-Economic Review:
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I interviewed Chris Smalls (@Shut_downAmazon) for the show
youtube.com/watch?v=NhEfdqE3…
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Why is Mexico not siding with the West against Russia?
Context: Currently, the US & EU are attacking Mexico's policy of pursuing energy self-sufficiency (western corporations will lose out). 🇲🇽 isn't too keen on blindly following 🇺🇲🇪🇺 on other issues now – at Bolivia
Dawn chorus: Panic testing queues in Northland by @bernardchickey thekaka.substack.com/p/dawn-…
“They need to give IRD the resources to investigate properly, to identify people who have failed to pay tax on property when they should have and to make examples of them. That could be an effective deterrent.”
New Zealand is a scam. stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed…
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Reading a lot of grim renting tales, Wellingtonians. Gonna keep fighting on Council, but next year I also want to do more with @rentersunited and @CityforPeopleNZ Follow them if you don't already, and let's make 2021 the year renters unite for our right to HOUSING
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Quinovicism
noun
The school of property management that requires maximum profit per renter, while delivering sub standard accommodation and humiliating tenants at every possible opportunity and denying them all their rights under law.
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The next National leader is just doing to be three roads stacked on top of each other wearing a coat.
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National MPs freaking out about a tax on wealth that would target the wealthiest 6% so we can all have dignified incomes when they supported taxes on:
- Consumer goods (fruits & veges)
- Petrol
- Tobacco
It’s like they’re looking after the interests of the wealthy elite... 🤔
On second thoughts green's guaranteed min income isn't that decent, still way lower than super, which goes to the richest people in the country...
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As someone who's long argued for a wealth tax, pleased to see @NZGreens campaign on an annual levy of 1% on wealth (after debts) over $1m, and 2% over $2m. Would generate c.$8bn pa and bring us into line with global practice of taxing wealth owners as well as salary earners.
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This does a better job at communicating our feudal levels of inequality to the average American than the vast majority of the subculture-obsessed, jargon-laden left-wing activists out there xitter.gq/CBSThisMorning/status/…
WEALTH INEQUALITY: The richest 1% controls more wealth now than at any time in more than 50 years. But what does wealth inequality really look like?
@TonyDokoupil turned America’s economic pie into a real one and asked people a simple question: Who gets what?
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- Keep knocking on doors
- Keep texting
- Keep making phone calls
- We can win this thing
- We can change the course of history
We can create an economy and a government that works for all of us
Believe it
#Bernie2020
#NotMeUs
Iowa Emerson College/@7News Poll:
Democratic Caucus:
30% @BernieSanders
21% @JoeBiden
13% @amyklobuchar
11% @ewarren
10% @PeteButtigieg
5% @TomSteyer
5% @AndrewYang
5% @TulsiGabbard
emersonpolling.reportablenew…
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For some reason, I haven't been invited to Davos this year. Was it something I said? 🤔
