#Income

Simon fae Standingstone ::🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍::

simon_brooke

@BBCWeekendGMS was talking this morning about how we pay for social care, and saying that, basically, income tax is the only way @scotgov can raise more money (before independence). I

Alex Patelis

PatelisAlex

1. Last week Microsoft announced it has selected Greece to build a new data centre region as part of #GRforGrowth, in an investment that is expected to leave an economic

the UBI guy

theUBIguy

Ok, long thread. I've spent a lot of time looking for the answer to this, and I honestly can't find a strong "downside". The main answer is, "if it's done

Maggie Burton

mmburton

Even as a regressive form of taxation, property taxes are still redistributive. What we discussed yesterday would have represented 0.25% of a mill on the overall rate. Looking at total

Korerima

sakenachewata

Thread: #TB Vaccine and #COVID-19 For many of us who were born in low-and-middle income countries, the #Tuberculosis vaccine was most likely part of your vaccine schedule. TB Vaccine, also

Market Urbanism

MarketUrbanism

It is peak American transit to assume that planning decisions that raise ticket prices and repel low-income riders are inherent to train tracks, and that equity requires an entirely new

Joe Stanley 🇬🇧

JoeWStanley

61% of the average English Farm Business Income derives from the CAP’s direct support - with huge variation across sectors.From 8% in intensive poultry to a whopping 114% for mixed

Larry Lage

LarryLage

Who wants good news? Spent the last day of my vacation sending money to 97 people from coast to coast, totaling about $26,000 from this fundraiser https://www.facebook.com/donate/811078739391239/ for freelance sports

Alistair Sisson

AlistairSisson

There's so many flaws in the measures for NSW renters announced yesterday. A non-exhaustive list that will probably get longer as more detail comes through (1/6): - Allows tenants to

Philippa Smallwood

Pippa35

Everton get an awful lot right. However, the way they are handling the fans not being able to go to Goodison has been horrendous. Taking fans money and not refunding

Anthony Sciglitano

asciglitano1

Have been reading/re-reading MLK speeches and essays recently. He seems both more Christian and more radical than often presented. The "content of my character" passage should not be used to

sarah says acab

sararararah___

stop faking the broke college student experience when it isn’t actually you. this thread perfectly explains the class difference between MANY college students and their peers. my mother had to

Historic.ly

historic_ly

No. No. No.Renaissance history was written by the rich. For the majority, it was just still feudalism and slavery. For 85% of the Europeans, renaissance meant absolutely no improvement for

Kristopher

kristoph_errr

Said to me this morning by someone who is debt-free, childless, and still gainfully employed:"I better get some of this free money the government is handing out right now. It's

Shannon Salisbury, ABD (for now)

Miz_Salisbury

So, the comments on this (correct) tweet make it clear that people don't really understand what 21st-century poverty looks like. This is going to be a thread of indeterminate length.https://twitter.com/raynefq/status/1283132759024603136

Diane E Thompson

DianeEThompson1

Today, @cfpb settled with Harbour Portfolio for $25K, after finding that Harbour misrepresented as a matter of law to homeowners what was required to correct false credit reporting.Today's settlement provides