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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Effect of fracking on Navajo land

dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 02:00

*Fracking brings pollution, not wealth, to Navajo land.*

I am not surprised. Businesses employ negotiators whose job is to make bad deals sound good.

Proposed ways of taxing the rich

dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 02:00

*These 7 ways of taxing the rich would generate more than $6 trillion over 10 years.* In other words, 600 billion or so per year. (Reporting costs and benefits on an annual basis keeps them all comparable.)

Eliminating the "stepped-up cost basis" rule would be entirely justified for billionaires, but if it applies to your parents' apartment you would probably be unable to inherit it. I suggest maintaining that rule only for the deceased's primary residence. Rich people generally have a smaller fraction of their assets in their primary residence than non-rich.

Desperate refugees a result of war on drugs

dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 02:00

*Why are desperate refugees turning up on the U.S. border? Because we have offloaded the costs of the drug war on Latin America.*

Tax avoidance by giant US corporations

dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 02:00

*55 US Corporate Giants Paid $0 in Federal Taxes in 2020 Thanks to 'Gaping' Loopholes.*

We should fix these loopholes — but also refuse to be manipulated by fandom in businesses such as Nike.

The Republican Party

dimanche 4 avril 2021 à 02:00

*The Republican Party has no interest in actual governing.* It has no serious proposals, only tactics for fighting the culture war and making elections unfair.

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