2026-09-02T08:47:32Z https://nostr.ae Dave Johnson https://nostr.ae/npub1xglyyzfk9vz8dtg2e6n2ldyu0auzsvr8e2s72kj4vhp8pf4gsheqh98cqp https://media.mastodon.cloud/accounts/avatars/000/661/781/original/f15693f8473ad087.jpg https://media.mastodon.cloud/accounts/avatars/000/661/781/original/f15693f8473ad087.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0h9d3cw780ddnx5y8q7kev9vsz2atu2gk5vd8hu45zqs2auaxnxszyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyqa9dpg So ... who still thinks society should allow billionaires?<br/><br/>It&#39;s time to restore pre-Reagan/Thatcher top tax rates on the wealthy &amp; their corporations.<br/><br/>AND add a wealth tax to start clawing back the trillions that have been shifted upwards since those tax cuts.<br/><br/>#billionaires 2024-11-02T16:26:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspz6ra684whgfq7ldpurx7qcyzu3mxhef8l9mzxy6msad28m0xs7gzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlycf6w3f There&#39;s a word for people who vote for candidates who hold rallies where people are waving Nazi flags and calling for mass deportations.<br/><br/>What is that word?<br/><br/>#Nazis 2024-10-30T07:26:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsthf3u2rc4y2ua83agv533rptez50apd0k98mny9hc6dx5jtfvnvszyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyasl7dt Austerity logic:<br/><br/>Making people spend 20,30,40 a month more to use crumbling transportation infrastructure, instead of spending that at local businesses, will &#34;grow the economy.&#34;<br/><br/>#austerity 2024-10-29T10:03:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqnm8mv46sush54qegqdh82r0dm0qqh30vtlj3flcrzr66t8ytprqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyev8f2s Billionaires do not buy major information outlets to make money.<br/><br/>They buy them to use them.<br/><br/>#propaganda #billionaires 2024-10-28T08:41:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdg9nxn8a33tzxz3m99luk9nzz7f06xj8dtskxnzeu3y47czgk4vszyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzly9zwl2p The people saying it would &#34;cost too much&#34; to address the climate crisis are the people who will stop making huge money from oil and coal. It would cost THEM.<br/><br/>Unfortunately they control governments.<br/><br/>#climatecrisis #corruption 2024-10-25T06:15:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy620e4h0z59yrt6whnysq9h3jg6sgkxycdngk5d3wut4e4uzavnqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyx3ty82 What is austerity?<br/><br/>If you believe taxes fund government, and your government is controlled by the wealthiest and their corporations, then you will impose austerity in order to keep taxes low on the wealthiest and their corporations.<br/><br/>Simple explanations to simple questions.<br/><br/>#austerity 2024-10-24T08:42:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswsd7e2en02xkgz4q36lhl2y39y075ejk78anky5zq6n9l9gwdrxqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzly72fss6 Corporations are not sentient entities. They are contracts. They do not &#34;do&#34; things. They do not make decisions. Executives do.<br/><br/>When corporate activity breaks a law or harms people, it means the executives decided to do that.<br/><br/>When a corporation has been fined for something, what you are witnessing is the executives being let off the hook for what they did. Perhaps the prosecutor/regulator wants to keep get big money from corporations after leaving government.<br/><br/>#corruption #corporations 2024-10-20T17:05:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqck2lgq2snkwtl3khp03k83sugkewxnh8gzn7cmpgup6vms6t03szyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzly8f7ynt If you want to understand the UK and it&#39;s medieval attitude about money, read up on the Beeching Commission. In the early 60s the UK closed 55% of rail stations &amp; 1/3 of rail lines, laid off 67K jobs to &#34;save money.&#34;<br/><br/>This killed industries &amp; villages &amp; future growth of regions.<br/><br/>#UK #beeching 2024-10-14T10:48:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspgfxrsns66zfkd8m24epgg045msa472nkp2eng6swn99q4fr8lqczyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzly0rjxcu Part of the neoliberal takeover project was convincing people that government required &#34;taxpayer money&#34; to operate while cutting taxes. Then drive fear of deficits and &#34;debt.&#34;<br/><br/>This would &#34;starve&#34; government, cut regulatory enforcement and force privatization asset stripping.<br/><br/>#MMT #debt 2024-09-29T11:47:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxr3ylw5k5uutfcedlatnrareaaq8wm28uvtxn5a9trutrxw385yczyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyyg9m2a The &#34;national debt&#34; means money spent into the economy but not taxed back out.<br/><br/>That&#39;s it. That&#39;s all. It is not &#34;borrowed.&#34; It is not &#34;owed&#34; to anyone. It does not have to be &#34;repaid.&#34;<br/><br/>The use of the word &#34;debt&#34; is a legacy from days when kings had to round up gold.<br/><br/>#debt #money #MMT 2024-09-23T07:16:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8gtu70wffyz32gegct3yeqqrt9hdpr73pdtfa7tvsuzeqejaaxwqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyl7j0e5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnc8nwvzc888am55j0kvxvddzjh2d4ruft8mgf7llcttjya5qfeczqjpp4'>nevent1q…jpp4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And now, fighting the climate crisis is the primary job of governments everywhere. The oil &amp; coal companies MUST be stopped. A &#34;Green New Deal&#34; that transforms the economy to a green economy while providing prosperity for everybody can be achieved.<br/><br/>#Climate 2024-09-09T08:03:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspnc8nwvzc888am55j0kvxvddzjh2d4ruft8mgf7llcttjya5qfeczyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyyhuexv Government spending is what grows an economy. Every time, every place.<br/><br/>The JOB of government, in a democracy, is to spend to make people&#39;s lives better. Education, healthcare, infrastructure, the arts... Democracy brings mutual prosperity. Taxes are for redistribution to equalize society.<br/><br/>#government #deocracy 2024-09-09T08:01:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0ft5fnltclpvhwktxkfr9tnz5g4ch3xqxyx53hdj099kmc5ncf5czyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlymuu686 Tax cuts DO NOT &#34;grow the economy.&#34; They ONLY make inequality worse.<br/><br/>One example, 2012 US Congressional study found no correlation between tax cuts and growth. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/news/business/0915taxesandeconomy.pdf">https://www.nytimes.com/news/business/0915taxesandeconomy.pdf</a><br/><br/>Another<br/>London School of Economics<br/>Tax cuts for the wealthy only benefit the rich: debunking trickle-down economics<br/><a href="https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-only-benefit-the-rich-debunking-trickle-down-economics">https://www.lse.ac.uk/research/research-for-the-world/economics/tax-cuts-for-the-wealthy-only-benefit-the-rich-debunking-trickle-down-economics</a><br/><br/>#taxes #growth 2024-09-05T08:05:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrtemqlqe4jk3cwrv58d7xqcpgcvcu20wje3r9yc7kars2fa9l4nczyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlygkqx86 George McGovern was a white male centrist war hero who Republicans smeared as a communist. Jimmy Carter was a white male centrist military hero who Republicans smeared as weak. John Kerry was a white male centrist war hero who Republicans smeared as a coward.<br/><br/>So the US got Nixon, Reagan &amp; W Bush. How&#39;d that work out for the country?<br/><br/>#Republicans #smears 2024-09-04T11:05:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspryn3xmsk06q3c9q9ny4ftsy2phg29mgrpya97kxseljrtmfeaaczyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlywpzndd Tax cuts do not and never did &#34;boost growth.&#34; That&#39;s a lie told by people who wanted their taxes cut.<br/><br/>#taxes #ineuality 2024-09-04T08:50:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxzt0vpyfhm0crae7qe8c4ng3c5nx3v6l2wm8lhza7666tkxrr3vgzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyk6yrtd People repeat nonsense corporate anti-tax propaganda that companies will increase prices to cover taxes.<br/><br/>Preposterous.<br/><br/>Taxes are on profits. Companies don&#39;t know what their taxes will be till the end of the tax year.<br/><br/>If a company COULD raise its prices (taxes or not) it already would have.<br/><br/>If it really DID raise prices their profits would go up, so their taxes would too. So they&#39;d have to raise prices again! But then they&#39;d have more profits ...<br/><br/>#taxes #propaganda 2024-08-23T10:41:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszn9vfma77gpju2nak5ldkdu5gj6kt0hftzkp2m7vjz6c3lqnhscszyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyr74550 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsztxujdyfrzhgmjnawa2520qd5jxnwh80u6hm5ae7wjxdq4hltj2c8t6aav'>nevent1q…6aav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hold executives and Directors of corporations accountable. 2024-08-23T10:29:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxen8q50darlx248lzm8lh0e7rus6a0qgmcp7fkmr8aujjks0edpqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyyua4nx People don&#39;t understand what corporations are<br/><br/>A corp is a legal contract They are entirely creations of govt. Corps exist for the good of the public. WHY ELSE would a democracy allow them?<br/><br/>Corps are not sentient entities. They do not &#34;do&#34; anything. Executives do.<br/><br/>Shareholders do not &#34;own&#34; a corp, they have a claim on its assets in a bankruptcy. (Often after lenders.)<br/><br/>You can&#39;t punish a corp. A fine only takes shareholder money. PUNISH EXECUTIVES for corp harms!<br/><br/>#corporations #democracy 2024-08-22T16:00:11Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz28gzwuqvelvjugyev0rcn2lklfa8qs3mc2kfff36gpfr4cgfu8czyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlypqyy83 I try to follow people who boost my toots, because clearly they have good taste.<br/><br/>#mastodon 2024-08-21T11:58:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspm90z4eg5t7zvxctn2wvrwk25vcp8dkrxqpwcuf9slv4krvln6pszyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlydu3ypc In the 60s the top US income tax rate was 90%. Corporations paid 50% on profits. Similar for UK.<br/><br/>People don&#39;t know that.<br/><br/>Now the middle class &#34;shoulders the tax burden&#34; instead, and billionaires tell the government what to do.<br/><br/>#taxes 2024-08-19T06:49:03Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2mxcn0z99caeur5n4tvs70uj4vj7lrf0v2f6z7myf65ph95qnevqzyqerussfxc4sga4dpt82dta5n3lhs2psvl92re2624juyu9x4zzlyl0t5ax Migrants are good. Multiculturalism is good. Migrants should be encouraged.<br/><br/>Care for refugees. Love all people.<br/><br/>#asylum #migrants #bordercrisis 2024-08-16T07:24:07Z