#Taxes

Activist #MMT 🦉 (podcast)

ActivistMMT

1/ I DON’T WANT *MY* TAXES PAYING FOR *YOUR* HEALTHCARE.Yet our insurance premiums are pooled and actually do pay for the healthcare of others.Under #MedicareForAll, our taxes would (and could)

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seaqueen2001

I’m voting for America to end this ridiculous lockdown. Immediately. Don’t take away my ability to work then ask me to pay extra taxes for a society of universal healthcare

pjeffa

jeff82874662

Maybe the way out is a commitment to more localism / federalism?An acknowledgment that there is a bimodal distribution of culture and mores that will never ever get along Want

The Joyful Trader 🌞

TheJoyfulTrader

Two things in life are guaranteed..Death and taxesBut get thisDid you know you can grow your stock portfolio tax free? This is " Tax Free Growth in the Market" -

Stephanie Ruhle

SRuhle

THREAD ON #PaycheckProtectionProgram : Yes, Congress needs to get more money in.But, GET READY for it to be gone in a heartbeat.The loopholes are so big that accountants and tax

Only In Vegas ➐

OnlyInVegas702

Wait, so Trump passed a bill in 2017 where ppl who make under $75,000 will have their taxes raised in 2021 and every 2 years after that until 2027.... while

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MMTResources

1/ Federal taxes don't fund federal spending.Federal spending funds federal taxes.[#LearnMMT thread v.1.1] 2/ Federal taxes don't fund federal spending.Federal spending funds federal taxes.It's not a cute statement. It's precisely

Christopher Ingraham

_cingraham

Federal taxes paid, first year in officeRonald Reagan: $165,202George H.W. Bush: $101,382Bill Clinton: $62,670George W. Bush: $250,221Barack Obama: $1,792,414Donald Trump: $750 Sources:Reagan, HW Bush: https://www.efile.com/historic-1040-in

James A. Robichaux

JamesRobichaux

"Taxpayer dollars" is a bigoted trope designed precisely to get us thinking as individuals apart from society and not as members of a community.Read this @MotherJones piece from Camille Walsh,

My Dad Said No Brokies 🔑

o_keilani

I’ve seen a lot of salary talk on the tl so I wanted to do some break downs to encourage y’all to NOT SETTLE for these weak ass offers$30k -

The Joyful Trader 🌞

TheJoyfulTrader

Two things in life are guaranteed..Death and taxesBut get thisDid you know you can grow your stock portfolio tax free? This is "Tax Free Growth in the Market" - THREAD

Greg Olear

gregolear

Let's look at the #TrumpTaxReturns #TrumpIsBroke numbers in the style of Harper's Index.[THREAD] $0What “billionaire” Trump paid in federal income tax in 10 of last 15 years.$750What Trump paid in

Joy-Ann 😷Reid

JoyAnnReid

Whew... Turns out ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ earned more actual money pitching McDonald’s new $1 “Big N’ Tasty” burger than as a real estate developer.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/28/us/donald-trump-taxes-apprentice.html

alexandriabrown

alexthechick

So. I finally read the NYT Trump tax story because I wanted to see what line was being reported for taxes owed and I came across this about the $750

Lucy

L_u_cy

Trying to apply for unemployment payments for self-employment in TX is a bunch of paper work, proving one has been in biz for several years, sending in business license, tax

Chris Conlon

conlon_chris

So @nirupama_rao and I are finally in print. We look at why alcohol taxes are often "overshifted" so that $1 of tax leads to >$1 of price increase. Originally we