#Taxation

Naomi O'Leary

NaomiOhReally

Ireland typically runs a hospital bed occupancy level of 95%, and over 100% in the winter, with people lying in corridors. Our health system would be the quickest to be

Kiran Kumbhar

kikumbhar

'Free' vaccinationSome ppl, for good reasons, believe that vaccines should not be made available free for all but only for the 'poor'. It's very noble when ppl volunteer to pay

Sahil Bloom

SahilBloom

In 1893, a successful New York produce seller fought back against the unjust taxation of his goods.The legacy of his curious fight lives on, explaining why a fruit - the

Arwyn

Anianegwr

1. For those wondering about this whole "England subsidises Wales" rubbish doing the rounds recently ... a thread 2. There is a deficit attributed between government spending and revenues in

Past Glasgow

PastGlasgow

John Nisbet's beautiful & innovative Camphill Gate tenement has plenty of admirers. But just around the corner is its younger sibling, Springhill Gardens. Also by Nisbet, it's unusual in Glasgow:

PapaDonkee

ose_anenih

We start with a question lobbed at @GovernorObaseki about jobs. Obaseki responds sensibly by talking about the role of Govt as a business enabler. Talks about increasing flights into Benin

Rachel Kurzius

Curious_Kurz

The full House of Representatives is debating D.C. statehood right now -- with a vote scheduled around 11:15 am. You can watch here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?510997-1/house-session&live "Congress has both the moral obligation

Nick Brown

sTeamTraen

For what it's worth, I think that actually paying people to review would lead to all kind of foreseeable and unforeseeable problems, because adding money to a situation always does.

Binyamin Appelbaum

BCAppelbaum

From some of its darkest hours, the United States has emerged stronger and more resilient.We have that chance again. 1/xhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/opinion/coronavirus-inequality-america.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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1/ Taxing the rich is like audio compression.#LearnMMT [THREAD v.3]Here is about ten seconds of an interview where the interviewee is very soft and the interviewer is extremely loud in

MetaMick

metamick14

Just finished reading "When Money Dies" by Adam Ferguson, and thought I'd share a tweet summary of it.TL;DR: "Inflation is a form of expropriation of some classes of society during

Sanjay G Reddy

sanjaygreddy

Angus Deaton's article, just published in @TheIndiaForum on 'randomization in the tropics': https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/randomization-tropics-revisited @ramreddy As frequently, I disagree with Deaton on certain points, for instan

L. Rhodes

upstreamism

The insolvent incumbent: Trump's finances are beset by hundreds of millions of dollars in debt coming due, as well as an audit battle with the IRS over the legitimacy of

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Quick thread explaining the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). You've heard of it, but what is it? You'll be the expert, people will turn to you for answers, you'll make

John Ferry

JohnFerry18

I see some are seeing posts like this and deploying the straw man "too wee, too poor" argument & saying Scotland would just be borrowing and furloughing workers like any

Justin Wiebe

justinwiebe

Today is #NationalPhilanthropyDay, and I feel like it’s the perfect time for us as a sector to reflect, learn, & work differently ... a thread. Philanthropy, where does your money