Ilmari Lahti
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Ilmari Lahti
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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:
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 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by Ilmari Lahti
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.

Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Reposted by Ilmari Lahti
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study
Amplifying misinformation is now part of radical right strategy, says Dutch study of tweets by MPs in 26 countries Far-right populists are significantly more likely to spread fake news on social media than politicians from mainstream or far-left parties,…
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Extremely fishy (but unfortunately typical of Certain Kind of Leaders) for a random country to demand blanket access to any user's data, citizen or not, technically destroying everyone's ability to stay credibly safe and secure. And the audacity to not even give a reason for it.
UK demands ability to access Apple users’ encrypted data
Expert says government has ‘lit the blue touch paper on a truly enormous fight’ as it challenges firm’s privacy stance
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Reposted by Ilmari Lahti
"”Alueiden pitää leikata sellaisia menoja, jotka eivät ole välttämättömiä. Jos on varaa suuriin aluevaltuustorahoihin, kokouspalkkioihin, päällekkäisiin rakenteisiin, leikattavaa vielä löytyy”, Purra jatka"

Se päällekkäinen rakenne nielemässä henkilötä ja rahaa on varmaan yksityistetty terv.-huolto
January 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM