It’s amazing that some American cities are still toying with the idea of defunding their police. It’s even crazier that some cities are actually doing it.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a suggestion about this. How about frozen property taxes?
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Minneapolis Requiring Businesses Destroyed by Riots to Pay Property Taxes Before They Can Rebuild
The city of Minneapolis is requiring businesses destroyed by the recent riots to pre-pay their 2020 property taxes before they can even officially demolish and rebuild their businesses.
The city allowed these businesses to be destroyed, and now wants a ransom from the very people they victimized. When do the business owners...
Bernie Sanders Now Pushing ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ Act to Fund Healthcare for One Year
Bernie Sanders is using the Coronavirus crisis to push a massive one-time tax on billionaires, dubbed the ‘Make Billionaires Pay’ act.
His socialist instincts never fail him.
Andrew Cuomo Now Basically Begging Wealthy New Yorkers to Return to the City
When the lockdowns hit as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, lots of people who had the means to do so, fled New York City.
Then the riots came, and another wave of people left. Governor Andrew Cuomo is now begging them to return.
Trump Directs Treasury to Review Tax-Exempt Status of Colleges and Universities
President Trump revealed Friday in a pair of tweets that he has directed the Treasury Department to review the tax-exempt status of colleges and universities, saying many of them are “about Radical Left Indoctrination, not Education.”
He is correct, they are.
Bernie Wants to Tax More Than Just ‘The Rich’ to Pay for Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders likes to talk about making billionaires pay their fair share. But he recently admitted that as far as taxes are concerned, he is coming after pretty much everyone.
FedEx CEO Challenges NYT Editor ‘to a Public Debate’ Over $0 Tax Article
On Sunday, The New York Times had an article about how FedEx managed to cut its tax bill to only $0.
FedEx CEO Frederick Smith released a statement, claiming the paper “published a distorted and factually incorrect piece” on his company.
Smith also challenged the NYT editor to a public debate on federal...
California’s Massive Public Pension Liabilities Offer a Warning to Other States
Unfunded liabilities such as pensions for public retirees can become a strain on any city or state. In California, we are seeing a situation which should serve as a warning. Taxpayers are on the hook for massive amounts.
Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Must Hand Tax Returns to Manhattan DA
Monday, a federal appeals court ruled President Trump must hand over his tax returns to Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, “who had subpoenaed the documents from Trump’s accounting firm as part of an investigation into the pre-election payoffs to two women who alleged affairs with Trump.”
Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare-for-all tax plan may be her biggest fraud of all
Elizabeth Warren released her much-anticipated Medicare For All plan Friday. It’s as awful and ridiculous as you might expect. Clocking in at around $52 trillion (yes that’s ‘trillion’ with a T), Warren promises her plan is the salve that will cure all the nation’s woes while simultaneously providing a tax...
New Jersey Taxing Decorative Pumpkins
Fall is upon us and to celebrate New Jersey is taxing decorative pumpkins.
Bernie Sanders Unveils ‘Tax on Extreme Wealth’ Plan Which Includes National Wealth Registry
Self-proclaimed socialist millionaire 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is going all in.
Sanders announced today that billionaires should not exist. He developed a tax plan specifically to target the few billionaires who exist in America.
China Complains to WTO Over Trump Administration’s Tariffs
China filed a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the tariffs set in place by President Donald Trump’s administration.
The 15% tariffs went into effect on Sunday. It covers items like tools, apparel, some shoes, and a few electronics. The overall value of the goods adds up to...
China Retaliates With Tariffs on $75 Billions of More U.S. Goods
China has decided to implement tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods as the U.S. plans to impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese products.
These additional tariffs will cover almost all of the remaining U.S. products imported to China.
Trump Delays Chinese Tariffs on Laptops, Smartphones, and Toys
President Donald Trump’s administration decided to delay tariffs on big items such as laptops, smartphones, and toys made in China until December 15. From The Wall Street Journal:
Trade talks appeared in jeopardy after the Trump administration threatened on Aug. 1 to extend tariffs of 10% to $300 billion in Chinese imports...
Portland Oregon Using Boulders to Deter Homeless Camps
Like many other cities, Portland, Oregon is dealing with a growing homeless problem. In some parts of the city, they are preventing the creation of tent encampments by installing lots of large rocks.
Trump Drops Tariff Threat as Mexico Agrees to ‘Take Strong Measures to Stem the Tide of Migration’
At the end of May, President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on Mexican imports if our southern neighbor did not do more to stop the surge of migrants headed towards our border.
It looks like it worked because Trump announced on Friday that he has dropped the tariffs as America and...
