Hochul Wants to Raise Taxes on NYC Second Homes Worth Over $5 Million
“If you can afford a $5 million second home that sits empty most of the year, you can afford to contribute like every other New Yorker.”...
“If you can afford a $5 million second home that sits empty most of the year, you can afford to contribute like every other New Yorker.”...
Seismic sticker shock slams California, where the consequences of "green theater" are playing out exactly as predicted....
The Jones Act shouldn't even exist....
Washington's House passed a bill imposing a 9.9% income tax on annual income over $1 million....
"Aligning our legal home with our operating home, in a state that understands our business and has a stake in the company’s success, is important.”...
"This is going to hurt Gov. Newsom who has had a lot of success chasing out hundreds to thousands of California businesses or subsidiaries"...
As Washington underwrites safe passage and “privateer” tankers steam through silently with transponders off, the ayatollahs are reduced to offering bribery coupons for “safe passage” to any government willing to dump U.S. and Israeli diplomats, advertising weakness to friend and foe alike....
The one plus? Federal employment continues to decline, losing 10,000 jobs in February....
“But here in Virginia, I am working with our state legislature to lower costs and make the Commonwealth more affordable."...
I don't believe in coincidences....
In December 2025, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce's Colorado Scorecard for 2025 received bad news when 45% of the business leaders who participated said they planned "to invest out of state."...
Gas has risen 40 cents in California over the last two weeks, averaging $4.58 a gallon....
The core CPI, which eliminates food and energy, hit 2.5%, the lowest since 2021....
However, the report shows the U.S. only added 181,000 jobs in 2025....
"We estimate there is enough dissolved lithium present in that region to replace US imports of lithium and more."...
The media says it's all the new multi-family housing. However, ICE efforts, self-deportations, and Californians fleeing the state are all likely to be contributing factors....
Trump administration announced a $1.6 billion deal with USA Rare Earth for development of mines, magnet production, and enhanced rare earths processing techniques....
"This Order is final and conclusive."...
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