David Tehr
@davidtehr.bsky.social
Advocating for annual general elections is my mission on earth.
I live on Whadjuk Noongar boodjar in Perth, Western Australia 🇦🇺
(In 1899 we were the third place in the world to give the vote to women. After Aotearoa New Zealand, then South Australia)
I live on Whadjuk Noongar boodjar in Perth, Western Australia 🇦🇺
(In 1899 we were the third place in the world to give the vote to women. After Aotearoa New Zealand, then South Australia)
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
- William Blake
- William Blake
June 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom...You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.
- William Blake
- William Blake
Agree. As you’ve already stated, it’s all about legislation, which also requires defining what we’re taxing.
I’ve long been interested in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_tr... but have not put the time and effort into researching it more diligently
I’ve long been interested in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_tr... but have not put the time and effort into researching it more diligently
Bank transaction tax - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Agree. As you’ve already stated, it’s all about legislation, which also requires defining what we’re taxing.
I’ve long been interested in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_tr... but have not put the time and effort into researching it more diligently
I’ve long been interested in en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_tr... but have not put the time and effort into researching it more diligently
No surprise.
As I say, methinks flat rate makes it more a moral than an economic issue. With e.g. 20% you pay $20k on $100k but $200k on $1m
(tax free up to e.g. $50k would make it “progressive” enough).
We The People are all in this together.
John Lennon left UK because it was 99%!!!
As I say, methinks flat rate makes it more a moral than an economic issue. With e.g. 20% you pay $20k on $100k but $200k on $1m
(tax free up to e.g. $50k would make it “progressive” enough).
We The People are all in this together.
John Lennon left UK because it was 99%!!!
April 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
No surprise.
As I say, methinks flat rate makes it more a moral than an economic issue. With e.g. 20% you pay $20k on $100k but $200k on $1m
(tax free up to e.g. $50k would make it “progressive” enough).
We The People are all in this together.
John Lennon left UK because it was 99%!!!
As I say, methinks flat rate makes it more a moral than an economic issue. With e.g. 20% you pay $20k on $100k but $200k on $1m
(tax free up to e.g. $50k would make it “progressive” enough).
We The People are all in this together.
John Lennon left UK because it was 99%!!!
Agree it’s largely legislative. However it also needs to be policed. I sincerely believe the less convoluted the better. Which is another reason I’d advocate for flat rate.
I remember my first tax return in 1973 the top tax rate was 66.67 cents in the dollar (not that I earned anywhere near that)
I remember my first tax return in 1973 the top tax rate was 66.67 cents in the dollar (not that I earned anywhere near that)
April 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Agree it’s largely legislative. However it also needs to be policed. I sincerely believe the less convoluted the better. Which is another reason I’d advocate for flat rate.
I remember my first tax return in 1973 the top tax rate was 66.67 cents in the dollar (not that I earned anywhere near that)
I remember my first tax return in 1973 the top tax rate was 66.67 cents in the dollar (not that I earned anywhere near that)
The question is not how to make the rich pay more tax. The question is how to make the rich pay tax.
I’m all for flat rate taxation. Make it a moral issue, not an economic issue.
If you want it more “progressive” then have a high tax free threshold
I’m all for flat rate taxation. Make it a moral issue, not an economic issue.
If you want it more “progressive” then have a high tax free threshold
April 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The question is not how to make the rich pay more tax. The question is how to make the rich pay tax.
I’m all for flat rate taxation. Make it a moral issue, not an economic issue.
If you want it more “progressive” then have a high tax free threshold
I’m all for flat rate taxation. Make it a moral issue, not an economic issue.
If you want it more “progressive” then have a high tax free threshold
I hope you don’t think I’m trolling, but I sincerely look forward to a day when all countries have free, fair and annual general elections.
I’m convinced it’s not only possible, but will be the biggest cultural change since the suffragettes.
We need to enculturate modern representative democracy!
I’m convinced it’s not only possible, but will be the biggest cultural change since the suffragettes.
We need to enculturate modern representative democracy!
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I hope you don’t think I’m trolling, but I sincerely look forward to a day when all countries have free, fair and annual general elections.
I’m convinced it’s not only possible, but will be the biggest cultural change since the suffragettes.
We need to enculturate modern representative democracy!
I’m convinced it’s not only possible, but will be the biggest cultural change since the suffragettes.
We need to enculturate modern representative democracy!
I’ve always loved the fact she was sculpted as walking, not just standing still 🇦🇺
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I’ve always loved the fact she was sculpted as walking, not just standing still 🇦🇺
Lots of ways to stand out… not all of them so good!
March 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lots of ways to stand out… not all of them so good!
No. Please!
How do you scrutinise electronic voting?
How do you scrutinise electronic voting?
March 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
No. Please!
How do you scrutinise electronic voting?
How do you scrutinise electronic voting?
Please, please, please do not allow “online voting”.
1. There is no such thing as a system that cannot be hacked
2. It’s impossible to scrutinise the vote counting.
Pencil & paper forever!
1. There is no such thing as a system that cannot be hacked
2. It’s impossible to scrutinise the vote counting.
Pencil & paper forever!
March 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Please, please, please do not allow “online voting”.
1. There is no such thing as a system that cannot be hacked
2. It’s impossible to scrutinise the vote counting.
Pencil & paper forever!
1. There is no such thing as a system that cannot be hacked
2. It’s impossible to scrutinise the vote counting.
Pencil & paper forever!
I would have thought it’s more like over three quarters
March 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I would have thought it’s more like over three quarters
I know I’m a barbarian to say this…. but I actually prefer the studio version:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s51F...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s51F...
Resurrection Shuffle (Remastered)
YouTube video by Ashton, Gardner and Dyke - Topic
m.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I know I’m a barbarian to say this…. but I actually prefer the studio version:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s51F...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=s51F...
Put your hand on your hips
Now you let your backbone slip
Put out your tongue
Put your hand in the air
Make a V-sign
You just don't care
Now you feel free
You gotta lose control
All God's children
Got a little bit of soul
You don't have to think…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpH5...
Now you let your backbone slip
Put out your tongue
Put your hand in the air
Make a V-sign
You just don't care
Now you feel free
You gotta lose control
All God's children
Got a little bit of soul
You don't have to think…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpH5...
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke - Resurrection Shuffle (1971)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
m.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Put your hand on your hips
Now you let your backbone slip
Put out your tongue
Put your hand in the air
Make a V-sign
You just don't care
Now you feel free
You gotta lose control
All God's children
Got a little bit of soul
You don't have to think…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpH5...
Now you let your backbone slip
Put out your tongue
Put your hand in the air
Make a V-sign
You just don't care
Now you feel free
You gotta lose control
All God's children
Got a little bit of soul
You don't have to think…
m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpH5...
Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted?
March 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted?
I’m in Australia where we have compulsory voting, which also makes for a far better democracy. Happy to dialogue over the ideas of:
1. annual general elections
2. voting age to 14 (or at least 15)
3. public funding for electioneering
4. Upper House members to be selected via sortition
1. annual general elections
2. voting age to 14 (or at least 15)
3. public funding for electioneering
4. Upper House members to be selected via sortition
Four-fold campaign for better representative democracy
YouTube video by David Tehr
m.youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m in Australia where we have compulsory voting, which also makes for a far better democracy. Happy to dialogue over the ideas of:
1. annual general elections
2. voting age to 14 (or at least 15)
3. public funding for electioneering
4. Upper House members to be selected via sortition
1. annual general elections
2. voting age to 14 (or at least 15)
3. public funding for electioneering
4. Upper House members to be selected via sortition
I think you have a misconception that there’s a conception that so many people think there’s no Quakers.
That’s not to say there aren’t many people who don’t know who or what Quakers actually do, think or worship.
Including many Quakers!
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles….
That’s not to say there aren’t many people who don’t know who or what Quakers actually do, think or worship.
Including many Quakers!
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles….
March 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I think you have a misconception that there’s a conception that so many people think there’s no Quakers.
That’s not to say there aren’t many people who don’t know who or what Quakers actually do, think or worship.
Including many Quakers!
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles….
That’s not to say there aren’t many people who don’t know who or what Quakers actually do, think or worship.
Including many Quakers!
I pin my hopes to quiet processes and small circles….
And we’re more passive than pacifist? 🤓
March 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
And we’re more passive than pacifist? 🤓
Margaret Fell please. We would not submit to any silly poor gospel.
March 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Margaret Fell please. We would not submit to any silly poor gospel.
From Australia 🇦🇺 on an iPhone 11
February 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From Australia 🇦🇺 on an iPhone 11
Attached is my own "holy of holies". As a pacifist, I swoon at the symbolism. As opposed to the Ten Commandments, the laws discerned by democratic processes can be eternally updated. What’s good for our parent's generation may not be for this generation. This to me is the living spirit of love.
February 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Attached is my own "holy of holies". As a pacifist, I swoon at the symbolism. As opposed to the Ten Commandments, the laws discerned by democratic processes can be eternally updated. What’s good for our parent's generation may not be for this generation. This to me is the living spirit of love.
I’ve seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than go and Doug…. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nhV8...
The Piranha Brothers Part 2
YouTube video by jumperbean2
m.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I’ve seen grown men pull their own heads off rather than go and Doug…. m.youtube.com/watch?v=nhV8...
I’m still hoping we can evolve past Zoroastrian & Manichean duality of light & dark, or good & evil.
I continue to hold high hopes for the two-party democratic processes.
If we are to live in The Age of Reason ipso facto we MUST live in The Age of Dispute. We can have opposing yet valid answers.
I continue to hold high hopes for the two-party democratic processes.
If we are to live in The Age of Reason ipso facto we MUST live in The Age of Dispute. We can have opposing yet valid answers.
February 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I’m still hoping we can evolve past Zoroastrian & Manichean duality of light & dark, or good & evil.
I continue to hold high hopes for the two-party democratic processes.
If we are to live in The Age of Reason ipso facto we MUST live in The Age of Dispute. We can have opposing yet valid answers.
I continue to hold high hopes for the two-party democratic processes.
If we are to live in The Age of Reason ipso facto we MUST live in The Age of Dispute. We can have opposing yet valid answers.
ps - marriage is our most sacred communal rite, but secret ballot is our most sacred private rite. It’s between you & your God / Higher Self / social consciousness
February 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ps - marriage is our most sacred communal rite, but secret ballot is our most sacred private rite. It’s between you & your God / Higher Self / social consciousness