Netflix could get a whole new premium. Albany lawmakers in the Assembly have floated potentially hitting streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max with the state’s sales tax as one way to fund the cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The …
via aljazeera: United States President Joe Biden will call on Congress to impose a 25 percent minimum tax on billionaires as part of a series of proposed tax hikes on wealthy individuals and corporations, according to a US media report. Biden’s …
Regardless of the likelihood that something like this passes the legislature, you have to wonder why it keeps getting proposed. It conflicts with the concept of equal protection under the law, not to mention the whole “pursuit of happiness” thing. …
Here we go! Mr Burn’s and his sun blocker Not only will this freeze the poles, it will severely impact on crop farming. https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-propose-controversial-plan-to-refreeze-north-and-south-poles-by-spraying-sulphur-dioxide-into-atmosphere-12697769 If you want to be more entertained, look at the historical articles for this, the method …
by Chris Black So what else is new, you may say, and you’d be right. Republicans are just as bad as Democrats when it comes to essential issues. Keep voting Rep/Dem and watch the country going down the tubes. Neither …
Russian oligarchs must pay the price for the conflict in Ukraine, the co-sponsors of a Senate bill say (RT) A bill that would allow the use of Russian assets seized by Washington to fund aid to Ukrainian refugees and the …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Proposed Rule (95 pages) Source The Commission proposes to replace the credit-rating requirement included in Rule 101’s exception, which is available to distribution participants and their affiliated purchasers, with requirements that the nonconvertible debt securities and nonconvertible preferred …
LANSING – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will propose in her Tuesday budget a 45-cent-per-gallon increase in the fuel tax — phased in over a one-year period — to raise more than $2 billion to fix the state’s crumbling roads, a spokeswoman …
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will call for free preschool for all three- and four-year-old children, a $200 billion investment to be rolled out as part of his sweeping American Families Plan being unveiled Wednesday in an address to Congress. The …
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SOURCE: FEE.ORG By Carey Wedler, Jon Miltimore Legislators in Hawaii, which has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the United States, moved this week to bring their concerns about the Second Amendment to the national level. In Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) No. 42, introduced Tuesday, Democratic …
Who’s more radical? The Communist Chinese or the US Democrat Party? We all know the answer to that. The Democrat Party is the most radical political party in the world today. On Tuesday tax expert Grover Norquist told Stuart Varney …
Here is today’s articles mentioned in this news update: 1. Fed proposes easing capital rules, testing of some big banks http://www.startribune.com/fed-propos… 2. Too-big-to-fail banks keep getting bigger https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/21/inve…
by DCG Press release from representative Bobby Rush, dated June 6: “Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Blair Holt Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018. This legislation would prohibit unlicensed gun-ownership and transferring or …
CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Why It Matters How Ex-Presidents Make Their Money. If President Obama had collected a $400,000 fee from the founders of Solyndra, the failed energy company that left taxpayers liable for $535 million in federal guarantees, the corruption …