Let’s not forget about the crusades and the conquistadores.
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nanometer1625@thelemmy.clubto
politics @lemmy.world•Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. This is a gift to Mexican cartels and Russian oligarchs.
3·14 hours agoThey’re not sensible. They’re Republicans.
nanometer1625@thelemmy.clubto
politics @lemmy.world•Congress is getting ready to remove the requirement that shell companies register their real owners. This is a gift to Mexican cartels and Russian oligarchs.
28·14 hours ago[Donald Trump] announced that his administration would no longer be enforcing the law for U.S. shell companies—and that no one would need to worry about prosecution for breaking the law. A few months later, Trump’s Treasury Department announced that it was destroying all of the filings the registry had compiled thus far, torching the database entirely.
This sounds like a cover-up to me.
nanometer1625@thelemmy.clubto
politics @lemmy.world•Raising taxes on the superrich is popular with voters. So why is it so hard to get done?
3·1 day agoSome things that would help:
- A wealth tax. Their wealth will continue to grow exponentially, but at least a portion of it could be harvested to reduce the deficit.
- Taxing capital gains the same as ordinary income. Making money from investments requires no effort, and it blows my mind that wage income is taxed more heavily.
Clearly Idi Amin read Animal Farm.
Exactly. Only a sith deals in absolutes.
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politics @lemmy.world•Senate passes bill to lower housing costs and restrict Wall Street from buying homes
61·2 days agoWhat if I told you that the news exists so that not everyone on the planet has to research everything?
nanometer1625@thelemmy.clubto
politics @lemmy.world•Senate passes bill to lower housing costs and restrict Wall Street from buying homes
6·2 days agoThis will not increase the housing supply. In fact, it should theoretically decrease construction of housing, by reducing the demand for it. But it would be much harder for Congress to address the root of the problem, and big companies make an effective scapegoat.
I dislike this cartoon because of the way that the server is pointing angrily at the tip box. In reality, the servers are also victims of tipping culture. They deserve consistent and fair wages.


Ah yes, George W Bush’s fan base: Karl Rove.