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- Silicon Valley Seasteaders Go Looking for Low-Tax Sites on Land https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-20/silicon-valley-seasteaders-go-looking-for-low-tax-sites-on-land 8 comments
- Tobacco tax ‘forcing low-income people to go without food’ http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/oireachtas/tobacco-tax-forcing-low-income-people-to-go-without-food-1.1525108 7 comments nottheonion
- Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor: The expectation of connectivity now extends to low-wage workers—and the consequences go far beyond gig economy jobs. https://www.wired.com/story/phones-connectivity-tax-policy/ 97 comments technology
- In Tax Code Rewrite, Republicans Ask How Low Can They Go https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/us/politics/tax-plan-trump-republicans.html?partner=socialflow&smid=tw-nytnational&smtyp=cur&mtrref=t.co&gwh=70a769582edad67d1c34464cb778adf8&gwt=pay 3 comments politics
- Romney's Tax Plan: Millionaires get a $150K tax cut, low-income family taxes go up http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/05/398758/romneys-tax-plan-analysis/ 4 comments politics
- How Low Can Taxes Go? Outside Washington, Republicans Find Limits https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/02/us/politics/republican-tax-cuts.html?_r=0 13 comments politics
- Gas Prices Are Too Damn Low The gas tax has to go up, so we might as well do it while prices are falling. http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/pat-garofalo/2014/11/12/gas-prices-are-too-damn-low 11 comments economy
- 'Only big changes' will tackle climate change | The UK government must tell the public small, easy changes will not be enough to tackle climate change, warn experts. Report says subsidies for fossil fuels have to go and taxes on low-carbon technologies must be cut https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-49997755 40 comments worldnews
- The CRA have been "looking the other way" for KPMG offshore tax dodgers while going after the low income earners http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/public-hearings-cra-kpmg-offshore-tax-deal-1.3481677 28 comments worldnews
- Can we agree that the wealthiest people paying an 18% tax rate is absurdly low or is even that going to be argued as somehow fair? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-21/top-400-u-s-households-paid-average-of-18-tax-rate-in-2010.html 140 comments economy
- If Democrats Don’t Go Bold With Social Reform Right Now, Then When? - We can afford these things. With inequality reaching new extremes, and corporations and the wealthy rigging the tax code to their benefit, we can pay for them without raising taxes on middle- and low-income Americans. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/11/27/if-democrats-dont-go-bold-social-reform-right-now-then-when 247 comments politics
- If Democrats don’t go bold with social reform right now, then when? - We can afford these things. With inequality reaching new extremes, and corporations and the wealthy rigging the tax code to their benefit, we can pay for them without raising taxes on middle- and low-income Americans. https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/11/25/20982715/jesse-jackson-health-care-student-debt-loan-crisis-climate-change-green-new-deal-basic-reform 522 comments politics
- Corporate Taxes: How Low Can You Go? The U.S. corporate tax rate is the second-highest in the world — but only on paper. http://www.npr.org/2011/09/10/138867588/corporate-taxes-how-low-can-you-go 36 comments politics
- "if you’re holding cash, you’re going to feel pretty stupid" was in reference to inflation due to rising wages from the tax cut and low unemployment imo https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/7w0mvi/if_youre_holding_cash_youre_going_to_feel_pretty/ 11 comments wallstreetbets
- How to get proof of low income in a divorce? Divorcing cheating husband. I have $4000 cash and nothing else in my name. I want to apply for low income housing. Any advise on how to go about obtaining document as proof. The tax were filed jointly. I am in California. https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/a49ajt/how_to_get_proof_of_low_income_in_a_divorce/ 9 comments personalfinance
- Go Midwest, Young Man: Indiana's Plan to Steal California Jobs: Governor Mitch Daniels has a bold strategy to make his state the new destination for outbound sunbelt businesses. But making Indiana a tech magnet will take more than low taxes. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/05/go-midwest-young-man-indianas-plan-to-steal-california-jobs/257466/ 3 comments politics
- Obama: “Let’s begin our work by actually doing what we all agree on. Let’s keep taxes low for the middle class. And let’s get it done soon — so we can give families and businesses some good news going into the holiday season.” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83994.html 39 comments politics