Excellent update on year 2 of this program:
Last May, we were very happy to report that the Millionaire Tax instituted in the state of Massachusetts was working out very well, not scaring off all of the rich people, and raising funds for necessary education and transportation initiatives. The state had raised $1.8 billion — $800 million more than they predicted — and none of the terrible things the naysayers had predicted happened at all. But how are things going a year later? Even better! The tax has now generated $3 billion more than expected, for a total of $5.7 billion that has been spent on projects that are positively benefiting Massachusetts residents and “being used to bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.” In case you need a refresher, the tax is a 4 percent tax on anything people make over a million dollars.
Official Post of Massachusetts
This article has a great way of framing tax alarmists for the hypocrites they are. It’s woven neatly through the whole article, but this quote really sums it up:
Sure, people complain. Rich people are always going to complain about taxes. But they never flee the way they threaten to, largely because whether or not they like to admit it, they prefer to live in the kinds of areas where things are made nicer by the taxes they don’t want to pay.
Tax the rich. Most of them won’t notice and even more of them won’t care
everyone deserves a lifechanging lesbian experience. not a woman? simply have a lifechanging experience with a lesbian. im thinking a noble quest or hiding a body together or something.
I understand why they do it but it's so funny when adult cats hiss at kittens that have barely opened their eyes like bro that thing doesn't even know it's real yet why are you beefing with a grub
hey uh so I'm not very familiar with tumblr. at all. it's my first post here :3c Have this old fanart of my beautiful wife...
people on this site will make the biggest scene whenever any of the crystal gems has the tiniest flaw but i don’t see ANYBODY talking about all of the innocent people steven callously stabs per episode ..? :/
it seems like almost every time i watch the show i’m like, great, another steven’s knife episode. it’s like, enough? we get it??
what the fuck are you talking about?
stevens knife. why isnt anybody talking about this
situation dire. i've been saying 'huzzah', 'alas', and 'tis unironically for like a year now. harmless so far.
however. i hath noticed i now mark half of my goodbyes with 'i must away'. it's spreading
Dear Lord please not this post. I promise I'm cooler than this
The evil wizard found this post. Its so fucking over for me
you’re fucked. man
I'm having a rough week so I'm allowed to set up the Fishmas cod early
C R E A C H U R S
if I was a seal I'd be slapping the fuck outta my seal body
i swear to god if people don't start understanding that responding to doylist critique of a piece of media with watsonian exonerations is not an actual rebuttal
somebody saying "hey i don't like that the only gay man in this story is a weird pervert and it portrays gay sexual promiscuity as a moral failing and character flaw" cannot be rebuked by arguing about how the character's backstory or personality traits explain their behaviour. the choices made by a writer are all fundamentally mutable; somebody saying an author's choices should have been different is not going to be persuaded by an argument that takes those choices as immovable fact
Tumblr 2015: omsqueeeeee *ovaries exploding*
Tumblr 2025: OUGHHH MY PENITS EXPLODED
On account of the gender transition
On account of the gender transition