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@jts1958.bsky.social

Human•Kind. Be both. Love Nature & Dogs & Democracy. The truth matters. 💙🟧 Colorful Colorado 🌲🦅🏔️

@momsdemandaction.org Oct 11, 2026, 4:12 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

⏰ Don’t wait until the last minute to vote! Our vote is our voice, so make a plan to vote early: Text PLAN to 644-33 or click here: gunsensevoter.org/make-a-plan

@biggienotsmalls.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:30 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Fun Fact: Harm is not just physical

@kaitlinkallee.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:21 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 4:54 PMReposted by @jts1958.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,…

@robertscotthorton.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:42 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Trump is simply mentally ill. And at this point, it's getting extremely dangerous for the entire world. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/d...

@rbreich.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:01 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Billionaire families have spent $1.7 BILLION on the 2026 midterms so far — a 5,200% increase since the 2010 midterms. Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day. Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.

@duckworth.senate.gov Oct 10, 2026, 12:40 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Putin told Iran the locations of our warships. Today, Trump rewarded him by lifting sanctions and allowing American dollars to fuel Russia’s war machine. Our troops are in harm’s way, and the President cut a deal with the adversary putting a target on their backs.

@aaronparnas.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:04 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

NEWS: Elon Musk begins election interference efforts in Colorado and Wisconsin. His PAC begins dumping money to trick voters nationwide. This is important. Trump and Putin have 'love' affair. Trump calls for regime change in Ukraine. Republicans rebuke him. Senate Republicans are in trouble.

@radiofreeflorida.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 2:42 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

This is a major escalation in a conflict Trump has announced achieving epic victory.

It (probably) won’t lead to more direct fighting with Iran, but we expect a sharp increase in Yemen operations.

#RadioFreeAmerica
#politics

www.nbcnewyork.com/news/nationa...

@propublica.org Oct 11, 2026, 3:00 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan.

with @texastribune.org

propublica.orgKen Paxton’s Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.Records show the Texas attorney general has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security. We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to sta...

@jts1958.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:36 AM

What a complete ass. C’mon Ohio. What will this guy POSSIBLY do for you?

@frankjones25.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 3:32 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Park the Jet, Vivek.

@paulmarvin.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:59 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

@jerradchristian.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 10:57 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

THANK YOU to everyone who came to the town hall in Lancaster today! I was thrilled to see a packed room and so many new faces. Let's do it again in Mount Vernon on Thursday.

Ad for a candidate forum in Mount Vernon

@realjakebroe.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:00 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Cartoon by Bill Bramhall

@indivisible-co.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:07 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Littleton No Kings 4

Saturday, October 17th from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM MDT
Santa Fe Drive & W Bowles Ave
Littleton, CO 80120

Bring a sign! ☮️
Come as your favorite superhero! 🦸🦸‍♀️
Black Panther! Captain America! Superman! Wonder Woman!

Let freedom ring! 🔔

#VoteEarly

@mfbrodie.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:26 AMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Fellow Texans - our property taxes increased 85% under Greg Abbott.

85%!

Sure, we don't have income tax, so you have to get money from somewhere.

But we have a $27B surplus. That's our money!

@ginafortexas.bsky.social wants to make Texas affordable again and stop increasing property tax.

@jts1958.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:22 AM

Missouri: Channel that anger into votes against those cheats.

@wolverinebear.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 9:17 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

‘Undistilled cheating’: Missouri voters furious in aftermath of Trump bid to rig electoral maps: State residents express anger at Republicans who allowed chaotic voting maps saga to unfold ahead of the midterms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#democracy #elections #VotingRights #CivilRIghts

@lwvlarimercounty.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:06 PMReposted by @jts1958.bsky.social

Join democracy lovers in Fort Collins on October 17, 1-3 pm to celebrate the power of the ballot and community action!
#Democracy #NKVoteEarly
@indivisiblenoco.com

March to the Ballot Box, Civic Center Park, Oct. 17, 1-3 pm, Live Music followed by a March at 3pm.

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