rubyjean

@rubyjean.bsky.social

Live and let live, Blue Nana who wants a free USA for her grands. Proud member of Team Vermin who lives under the rule of Queen Sarah Sanders. Lover of all animals. #DemVoice1

@cwebbonline.comReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

SOMEBODY EXPLAIN HOW THIS MAN STILL HAS A JOB? Brenden Cuni, the same ICE agent seen on video brandishing a rifle at the scene of the shooting in NY, where officers shot an unarmed man in front of his 5-year-old child, was also filmed kneeling on a pregnant woman in Minneapolis last December.

@kenjennings.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

(waggling my eyebrows sexily at Washington State and California)

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from Norway, 2021-2025 Marius A. K. Ring WORKING PAPER 35854| DOl 10.3386/w35854 ISSUE DATE October 2026 Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times, 2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms. Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
@miaganga.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

Before he did Not put his butt fingers on the Bible to get sworn in & take THE OATH, he knew & protected his billionaires that he pimped, smiling and clapping for their Gold. Our Gold. Standing beside and behind him. He Never gave a wink about Maga Cult. They laughed at his ‘Big billionaire Bill🤣🤬

@patti3333.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES (sound up) DAY 10 OCTOBER 2026 MAKE IT MAKE SENSE 23 DAYS 6 HOURS TILL MIDTERMS I've been asking this for years... MARA-A-LARGO FACE Omg MAGA FACE NEEDS TO BE STUDIED BY SCIENTISTS

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Trump’s fixation on California isn’t just about mail-in voting, Marc Elias says.

“California represents perhaps the greatest existential threat to Donald Trump in the midterm elections.”

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@meidastouch.comReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

Ben Meiselas: And here's a compilation of Trump saying many times that if any country bought oil from Russia, he would go after them...

@chrismurphyct.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

Whenever I travel abroad to meet with foreign leaders, I write a behind the scenes account of the trip on my way home. Here are notes from my recent trip to the Middle East. It's not a comprehensive recitation of all the topics raised. Just a snapshot.

@jessehawken.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

Not hearing much from the Sound of Freedom crowd about this child trafficking operation, are we

JJ in DC@jjindc.bsky.social

🧊✈️ SEATTLE: A girl in chains boards an ICE-chartered GlobalX airplane (tail: N630VA) at Boeing Field, to be transported south to Arizona 👀

@victinibcn.bsky.socialReposted by @rubyjean.bsky.social

An ICE agent literally weaponized a vehicle to run down a 48-year-old passenger on foot, breaking his leg and keeping him under armed guard at the hospital! Federal agents using heavy trucks as weapons against human beings on public streets is barbaric.

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