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Auf dem Papier sollen die Erbschaft- und Schenkungssteuer sowie die Vermögensteuer eigentlich die Ansammlung von großen Vermögen in den Händen weniger verhindern. In der Realität - durch zahlreiche Ausnahmen und Schlupflöcher in dieser Gesetzgebung - passiert aber das Gegenteil: Kleine Erbschaften und Schenkungen werden vergleichsweise mittelmäßig besteuert, aber große Erbschaften werden viel, viel niedriger besteuert.

Das heißt, Menschen, die wenig geerbt oder verschenkt bekommen, zahlen die normale Steuer. Menschen, die sehr, sehr viel bekommen, zahlen fast keine Steuer. Und damit beteiligen sie sich ungleich wenig an der Finanzierung unseres Gemeinwohls.

"Vieles wird teurer. Und anstatt dass man dann endlich die Vermögenden einmal in dem Umfang zur Kasse bittet, wie sie es gut tragen könnten, geht man lieber wieder an Sozialleistungen ran und versucht dort einzusparen. Und das merken die Menschen natürlich."

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Common myth: skin wrinkles in water because of osmosis/swelling.

Reality: it is an active, involuntary vasomotor response. The nervous system constricts blood vessels under the skin to form ridges—acting like tire treads to channel away water and improve grip on wet objects. Patients with severed median nerves don't wrinkle at all.

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The Justice Department on Friday ordered California election officials to identify suspected noncitizens on voter rolls and set aside their mail-in ballot – warning that officials who knowingly count ballots cast by noncitizens could face criminal liability.

The stipulation marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to scrutinize voter rolls as the government continues to double down on claims of voter fraud, fueled by Donald Trump’s baseless allegations of widespread election cheating.

The administration’s claims have faced scrutiny, and some initial findings have not held up under further review. In Nevada, for example, DHS told state officials that its initial finding of 15,900 potentially noncitizen registrants was preliminary and unvetted, and that it had confirmed only 185 through manual review.

Last month, Nevada officials told DHS their subsequent review found that all 185 were US citizens, a conclusion the federal agency disputes.

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Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses

The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday.

Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

Hegseth, ‌in a ‌video posted on social media, alleged that Confucius ‌Institutes were operating under disguise at US universities and that the Pentagon had added them to its list of institutions that threaten US national security.

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Addressing the UN General Assembly in September, Donald Trump gloated about his strategy toward “narcoterrorist” cartels, the menace du jour in the United States’ self-declared backyard. Pulling numbers out of his ass per usual, Trump claimed that the manic bombing campaign against alleged seafaring narcoterrorists (read: fishermen) in Central and South America has cut maritime […]

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