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No, consumption taxes (such as VAT) are generally considered to be regressive, because the rich spend less on consumption relative to their income.
In almost all countries, the top income decile was estimated to have paid a share of their income that is only 60% of what the bottom half pays in consumption taxes.
The inequality impact of consumption taxes: An international comparison - ScienceDirect - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047272723000798
It's innovative because it applies evolutionary pressure by making sure that dumb people falling for such simple scams will be too poor to survive and reproduce /s
Yes. Also a US gallon is 3.79 litres but a UK gallon is 4.55 litres, so one US mpg is 1.201 UK mpg
On the Creation of N*ggers
When, long ago, the Gods created Earth, In Jove's fair image Man was shap'd at birth. The beasts for lesser parts were next design'd; Yet were they too remote from humankind. To fill this gap, and join the rest to man, Th'Olympian host conceiv'd a clever plan. A beast they wrought, in semi-human figure, Fill'd it with vice, and call'd the thing a N*GGER.
H.P.LOVECRAFT.
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Go nazi declare bankruptcy
Redpilled? Get killed
Go fash lose cash
Lick boot, lose loot
Go right eat shite
All incel, no braincells
Nazi salute, go destitute
ADL? Common L
Ku Klux? Lose bucks
Go apartheid, all downside
Would a chicken noodle soup candy be the ultimate cough drop?
This is eerily similar to the disinformation campaigns that ran during Australia's bushfires. So many people were parroting the lie that somehow the Greens with no majority in government sneakily introduced "green tape" that prevented the firefighters from their usual hazard reduction burns. In reality, firefighters were prevented from doing hazard reduction burns due to the increasingly small window to safely do so due to climate change. The situation was so frustrating that the Rural Fire Service had to specifically address all the "bUt whAt aBouT HaZarD REduCtiOn bUrNs" during a press conference
Disinformation and lies are spreading faster than Australia's bushfires | Bushfires | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/jan/12/disinformation-and-lies-are-spreading-faster-than-australias-bushfires
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No representation without taxation
Disenchantment's plot felt like a D&D campaign where the DM winged it every week.
There's a reason why most D&D campaigns aren't adapted into TV shows
Already happened. It died because it turns out the AI was funneling all of your browsing data to the servers running the AI instead
GPT-AdBlocker for Chrome promises to block all ads, including ads in videos - gHacks Tech News - https://www.ghacks.net/2023/07/19/gpt-adblocker-for-chrome-promises-to-block-all-ads-including-ads-in-videos/