Bill Bernstein
@billbbillb.bsky.social
Ohhh, nothing much.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
“Now THAT’s a biocrust” - my wife
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Now THAT’s a biocrust” - my wife
Why… why would one follow from the other
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Why… why would one follow from the other
Oh, no harm meant — it’s interesting to learn there’s a dust-up and I think your comments about hurling those labels around will stick in the back of my mind as I continue to internet
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Oh, no harm meant — it’s interesting to learn there’s a dust-up and I think your comments about hurling those labels around will stick in the back of my mind as I continue to internet
(Worked for me, at least.)
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
(Worked for me, at least.)
I simply unfollowed & muted him here when I felt I was just seeing the same recycled messaging, and then was comfortably free of seeing much of anything about him (until your thread here popped up) in spite of still following several others who write on ‘AI’. So that’s an option for folks too. 🤷🏻♂️
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I simply unfollowed & muted him here when I felt I was just seeing the same recycled messaging, and then was comfortably free of seeing much of anything about him (until your thread here popped up) in spite of still following several others who write on ‘AI’. So that’s an option for folks too. 🤷🏻♂️
Seriously, this sounds like a living f’ing nightmare. Please share.
October 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Seriously, this sounds like a living f’ing nightmare. Please share.
His petition + the three dissenting justices pointed out the long, slow terror of waiting to fall unconscious
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
His petition + the three dissenting justices pointed out the long, slow terror of waiting to fall unconscious
That’s the mystery of Violets… the more notes of perfume and soap you pick up on, the more you’re repulsed, the more you can’t stop eating another one
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
That’s the mystery of Violets… the more notes of perfume and soap you pick up on, the more you’re repulsed, the more you can’t stop eating another one
Hey… I posted it, right? 🤷🏻♂️ 🥴
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hey… I posted it, right? 🤷🏻♂️ 🥴
Clorgan Fleachchild
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Clorgan Fleachchild
She didn’t get the message that you were a Crush-er
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
She didn’t get the message that you were a Crush-er
“It has to be damp”
October 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“It has to be damp”
(Ok, this was a year ago and I missed it, but the gist seems to be: they’re clout-at-all-costs grifters)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
‘A deranged fringe movement’: what is Maga communism, the online ideology platformed by Tucker Carlson?
Two young men are promoting a grab-bag ideology celebrating ‘honor’ and condemning ‘global elites’ – and winning powerful friends on the right
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
(Ok, this was a year ago and I missed it, but the gist seems to be: they’re clout-at-all-costs grifters)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Wait… “maga communists”?
I need to log off for a day/eternity
I need to log off for a day/eternity
October 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wait… “maga communists”?
I need to log off for a day/eternity
I need to log off for a day/eternity