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50+ Music<p>"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theKinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theKinks</span></a>, written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RayDavies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RayDavies</span></a> and released as a single in June 1966. The track was included on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FaceToFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceToFace</span></a> album released in late October, and served as the title track for a 1967 compilation album. Like its contemporary "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taxman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taxman</span></a>" by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theBeatles</span></a>, the song references the high levels of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/progressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveTax</span></a> taken by the British <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> government of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HaroldWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldWilson</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw555YwHE48" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=tw555YwHE48</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Aaron<p>Now that they have amassed sufficient wealth, they have started to use it for regulatory capture. Lobbying, an end to progressive taxation, trickle-down economics, Ciziens United, and now their own pet fascist president. They are reasserting their *political* dominance of old, using fascist methodology.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RegulatoryCapture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RegulatoryCapture</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/lobbying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lobbying</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CitizensUnited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizensUnited</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ProgressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveTax</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feudalism</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/neofeudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neofeudalism</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theKinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theKinks</span></a>, written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RayDavies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RayDavies</span></a> and released as a single in June 1966. The track was included on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FaceToFace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FaceToFace</span></a> album released in late October, and served as the title track for a 1967 compilation album. Like its contemporary "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taxman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taxman</span></a>" by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theBeatles</span></a>, the song references the high levels of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/progressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveTax</span></a> taken by the British <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> government of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HaroldWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldWilson</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw555YwHE48" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=tw555YwHE48</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dirty Hippie<p>Here’s what you get when you replace a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProgressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveTax</span></a> with a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FlatRate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlatRate</span></a> tax: <a href="https://apnews.com/article/arizona-legislature-hobbs-school-vouchers-tax-cut-0bbf267957942c887335ab63d9104a89" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/arizona-leg</span><span class="invisible">islature-hobbs-school-vouchers-tax-cut-0bbf267957942c887335ab63d9104a89</span></a></p>
The-14<p>The carbon tax needs fixing, not axing — Canada needs a progressive carbon&nbsp;tax<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CarbonTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ProgressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProgressiveTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreenPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/EmissionsReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmissionsReduction</span></a><br><a href="https://the-14.com/the-carbon-tax-needs-fixing-not-axing-canada-needs-a-progressive-carbon-tax/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-14.com/the-carbon-tax-need</span><span class="invisible">s-fixing-not-axing-canada-needs-a-progressive-carbon-tax/</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Taxman" is a song by English rock band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theBeatles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theBeatles</span></a>, from their 1966 album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Revolver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Revolver</span></a>. Written by the group's lead guitarist, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeorgeHarrison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeHarrison</span></a>, with some lyrical assistance from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnLennon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnLennon</span></a>, it protests against the higher level of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/progressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progressiveTax</span></a> imposed in the United Kingdom by the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> government of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HaroldWilson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaroldWilson</span></a>, which saw the Beatles paying a 95% <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/supertax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>supertax</span></a>. The song was selected as the album's opening track. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdcE8jdz70" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=gMdcE8jdz7</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p>
PJ "chinga la migra" Coffey<p>Bit of UBI goodness. The only reason it&#39;s not implemented is because if people weren&#39;t stuck in underpaid jobs where corporations don&#39;t pay a living wage and welfare is used then they might ask questions. </p><p>And last time _that_ happened was the summer of 2020 which is why they&#39;ve been desperate to &quot;return to normal&quot;.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UBI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CorporateGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateGreed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CorporateWelfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CorporateWelfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Welfare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ProgressiveTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ProgressiveTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BLM</span></a></p><p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@scottsantens" class="u-url mention">@<span>scottsantens</span></a></span> for the meme and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@KimSJ" class="u-url mention">@<span>KimSJ</span></a></span> for the alt text. Boost away!</p>
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