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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
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[โ€“] masinko@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Massachusetts implemented a 4% millionaire tax in 2022 and a small capital gains tax. The results?

  • extra $3b in tax revenue, extra $1.3b with the capital gains changed.
  • passed a $2.5 billion infrastructure & education bill
  • millionaires in Massachusetts actually grew because of the economic expansion
  • collective wealth of the people in the state went up by 40% two years after it passed

It's proven that it works. We just need policies that benefit people and not just the rich.

Some of the sources:

https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/04/29/millionaires-massachusetts-income-surtax-increase

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/politics/data-shows-mass-is-home-to-more-millionaires-despite-new-surtax-according-to-advocates/3698430/

But then how will Musk et al ever become trillionaires if they are taxed accordingly? /s