The right conflated socialism with Soviet/Chinese style "communism" in order to justify tax cuts, and tax credits to the wealthy. And the left (read establishment Dems.) don't push back too hard because they're all wealthy, so it benefits almost all of the governmental leadership class.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The right conflated socialism with Soviet/Chinese style "communism" in order to justify tax cuts, and tax credits to the wealthy. And the left (read establishment Dems.) don't push back too hard because they're all wealthy, so it benefits almost all of the governmental leadership class.
Seems to me, from what basic research I did, for all the people owing 40,000 or less on Federal income tax, the state can have a state income tax that equals their Federal rate, and then the state tax can be deducted from that owed to the Feds, making it basically zero, with no actual tax increase.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Seems to me, from what basic research I did, for all the people owing 40,000 or less on Federal income tax, the state can have a state income tax that equals their Federal rate, and then the state tax can be deducted from that owed to the Feds, making it basically zero, with no actual tax increase.
I have multiple pieces of software that I use for art and animation where subscription is the only option. AND, they're all like 14.99 A MONTH! And, it's not Adobe. It's a terrible model.
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I have multiple pieces of software that I use for art and animation where subscription is the only option. AND, they're all like 14.99 A MONTH! And, it's not Adobe. It's a terrible model.