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ryper @lemmy.ca
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Make it stop.
  • This is also why “we need to increase the tax rate due to inflation” is also bullshit and any politician who says it is trying to pull one over on the public, by the way.

    Incomes haven't been increasing anywhere near inflation, so increasing income tax rates to cover increased government spending caused by inflation wouldn't be "bullshit". Increasing sales tax rates would be, though.

  • Epic Games Calls Out Apple Over 'Roadblocks' in Launching Game Store in Europe [UPDATE] - IGN
  • The update is pretty important:

    Update, July 5, 1:50 p.m. PT: Apple has told IGN that it has now approved the Epic Sweden AB Marketplace app, and that it's asked Epic to fix the appearance similarity issue in a future submission. Epic Games confirmed this with an update on its X/Twitter account, which you can see below.

  • Experts doubt Trump will get conviction tossed in "hush money" case despite Supreme Court ruling
  • He doesn't have immunity for the crimes but there is testimony about things he said to staff while in office and the Supreme Court has declared such conversations off-limits. They really went out of their way to cover for Trump, except for the part where Biden would probably have immunity for having him killed.

  • Could a policy Justin Trudeau rejected give the Liberals the bump they need?
  • I meant kill it by stalling it in Parliament long enough to make sure implementation couldn't happen in time for the election. If the Conservatives won the election they wouldn't follow through with implementing the bill.

  • Could a policy Justin Trudeau rejected give the Liberals the bump they need?
  • But what if Trudeau tried to recapture that significant slice of the electorate whose hearts he broke, by bringing back his pledge to reform our election system? Except this time, don’t just talk about it: do it.

    If his confidence-and-supply agreement with the New Democrats endures until Fall 2025 as scheduled, Trudeau would have ample time to dust off all the work his previous ministers and committees undertook and get a bill before Parliament for debate.

    The author seems to think that passing a bill is all it would take to implement electoral reform, but I suspect it would just be the beginning of a process that almost certainly could not be completed before next year's election. The Conservatives might even try to stall the bill long enough to kill the whole thing.

  • Who’s telling the truth about the capital gains tax? | About That
  • Don't forget that the $25k wouldn't all be gains in the first place. If the investment had increased in value by 25%, it would be 20k base and only 5k gains; if it had increased by 100% it would be an even split. We're talking about taxing a part of a part of the sale value.

  • Tesla chair says Elon Musk needs $46 billion pay plan to stay motivated
  • Here's the article; the link in the OP points to a discussion thread.

    The chair ought to be questioning whether the company should continue to employ someone who needs that much "motivation", not urging shareholders to give it to him.

  • 46 members of Congress have violated a conflicts-of-interest law
  • The standard fine for violating the STOCK Act is $200, but frequently the House Committee on Ethics and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics waive the fee.

    Craig Holman, a Capitol Hill lobbyist on ethics and campaign finance rules for nonprofit Public Citizen, said the fee is one of two reasons why the STOCK Act is frequently violated.

    “The penalty is so minimal that these millionaire members of Congress really don't care about it," Holman told Raw Story. “The second provision is the ethics committees are not really enforcing it or taking it seriously.”

    So basically this "law" is just a suggestion.