it's like an emotional Heimlich

30s. all about big smiles, competent people, and fun stories. esp combined

[electromagnetic-moss]

beautiful stunning gorgeous ahhhhhhjjhh

[the-cimmerians]

Massachusetts's Millionaire Tax Still Going Very Well, Thank You!

And the millionaires aren't going anywhere, for the most part.

Excellent update on year 2 of this program:

Last May, we were very happy to report that the Millionaire Tax instituted in the state of Massachusetts was working out very well, not scaring off all of the rich people, and raising funds for necessary education and transportation initiatives. The state had raised $1.8 billion — $800 million more than they predicted — and none of the terrible things the naysayers had predicted happened at all. But how are things going a year later? Even better! The tax has now generated $3 billion more than expected, for a total of $5.7 billion that has been spent on projects that are positively benefiting Massachusetts residents and “being used to bridge repairs, bolster literacy programs and address the transportation system’s budget deficit.” In case you need a refresher, the tax is a 4 percent tax on anything people make over a million dollars.

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[thethingsnerd]

This article has a great way of framing tax alarmists for the hypocrites they are. It’s woven neatly through the whole article, but this quote really sums it up:

Sure, people complain. Rich people are always going to complain about taxes. But they never flee the way they threaten to, largely because whether or not they like to admit it, they prefer to live in the kinds of areas where things are made nicer by the taxes they don’t want to pay.

Tax the rich. Most of them won’t notice and even more of them won’t care

[altorinaart]

"Without me, all existence would be a curse. I am the necessary end."

[pol-ski]

Prima Ballerina Fountain in Poddębice, Poland by Małgorzata Chodakowska

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[watercolourcritters]

My ceramic lighthouse is FINISHED!!! This is my first big sculpture like this, and I'm so pleased with how she turned out, all drippy and weathered <3

She is 12" tall, and the lid comes off so she can act as a candle holder!!

[ID: four photos of a ceramic sculpture of a lighthouse with tentacles reaching up the sides. The lighthouse is glazed a light speckled brown with deep red middle and accents, and deep purple-blue tentacles. Photos include two shots of the full piece showing different sides, a detail shot of one suckered tentacle, and a detail shots of the top where a tea light sits. End ID.]

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[digitaldeathx-deactivated202605]

self-awareness check, list five things you like that aren't media pieces in the tags now ‼️

[radiofreederry]

Me trying to hit w a girl who believes in astrology

[slowlikehoney1996]

If your lover lives in Hong Kong and cannot get to Chicago, it will be necessary for you to go to Hong Kong. Perhaps you will spend your life there, and never see Chicago again. And you will, I assure you, as long as space and time divide you from anyone you love, discover a great deal about shipping routes, airlines, earthquake, famine, disease, and war. And you will always know what time it is in Hong Kong, for you love someone who lives there. And love will simply have no choice but to go into battle with space and time and, furthermore, to win.

James Baldwin, Nothing Personal

[mutant-distraction]

Mushroom shaped rock carved by waves in Atlantic ocean coast also known as Kannesteinen rock. It is located at Kvalheimsvika, a bay in Western Norway. Over thousands of years, ocean waves have ground the rock to the special shape it has today. Village of Oppedal, approx. 10 km west of the centre of Maloy. Island Vagsoy, Norway.

[tchaikovskaya]

sometimes its just like *street lights reflecting off the wet asphalt at night* maybe life isnt so ugly after all

[miss-chicken]

[cillianmurphy]

Anne Hathaway + The Thing OCEAN’S 8 (2018) dir. Gary Ross

[sixty-silver-wishes]

happy pride month to the fuck tree I guess

[nowscience-blog]

[Today I Learned] A lightning strike can strip the bark off a tree completely.

The reason for this is, when the lightning hits it super heats the water under the bark, creating nearly instantaneous steam pressure. Which blows all the bark off.

[real-aspen-hours]

nakey

[tkkatherineblog]

[fashion-runways]

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