April 24, 2017 – Donald Trump ordered White House aides to draft a tax plan that slashed the corporate tax rate to 15 percent. Trump told his aides cutting taxes for businesses should take priority over decreasing the federal deficit.
New report: over 10,000 San Francisco households received rent relief totaling $61.2 million dollars through SF’s unprecedented local rent relief program. This shows what happens when we tax the ultra-rich to fund people’s basic needs. I’m incredibly proud of how our city came together to make this happen.
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Die wichtigste Ermittlerin im #cumex Skandal gibt auf
Die Politik, so Brorhilkers Fazit, habe elf Jahre nach Bekanntwerden der ersten Cum-Ex-Fälle noch immer nicht hinreichend reagiert. Der Steuerdiebstahl sei längst nicht gestoppt, es gebe Nachfolgemodelle, wie bei einem "Hase-und-Igel-Spiel". Grund seien fehlende Kontrollen, was bei Banken und auf den Aktienmärkten geschehe. "Wenn keine Kontrolle passiert durch staatliche Organe, dann greifen die Menschen in die Auslagen. Aber wenn da eine Videokamera über der Auslage installiert ist, dann denkt man dreimal darüber nach, ob man zugreift."
Wenn deine beste Leute aufgeben, hast du ein massives Korruptionsproblem.
“[The report shows that] tackling global #poverty will not overshoot global #carbon budgets, as is often claimed. Failure to address the power and privilege of the polluter elite will. These are related because reducing carbon consumption at the top can free up carbon space to lift people out of poverty.”
As with many things, distribution, not the average, is the important thing.
"The finance ministers of Brazil and France pushed this week for a tax on US-dollar billionaires of at least 2% of their wealth each year, with the $250 billion it could raise going to tackle poverty, hunger and #ClimateChange.
If some countries don’t tax billionaires, others can tax them more to make up for it, he said, adding that is how the global minimum corporation tax rate of 15% – which went into effect this year – works."