#Politics Listening to a livestream feed from an Alabama radio station. They claim that African-Americans will vote en masse for #Trump in November because "Democrats are about to ban menthol cigarettes."
(Which would be a pretty neat trick with Republicans in the House majority.)
Turns out the truth is that nation's oldest group representing Black physicians just sued the FDA because the agency had *not* banned menthol cigarettes.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/02/health/menthol-tobacco-fda-lawsuit/index.html
#Politics Just came back from ten days in California, meaning I was exposed to #Trump conspiracy theories while I travelled.
I overheard a Trumper claim that #California had passed an "exit tax." He claimed that, to move out of California, one must pay a tax.
Turns out there *is* such a tax, but it only applies to individuals who make $30 million+/year. Even so, you pay only 0.4% on the amount *over* $30 million.
If you make $50 million, your tax would be $80,000.
https://www.luxuryrealestate.com/blog/2024/02/13/21239-understanding-ca-exit-tax
@WordsmithFL Damned California commies! 😆
@Ironworker229 Funny how the California Commies know how to invest and improve on their property values. It's almost as if they understand how capitalism works.
@WordsmithFL FWIW, though I continue to benefit from Prop 13 tax limits, I feel like the 2% figure may be too low and could stand to be bumped by 1 or 2%. I don't want to see folks on a fixed income thrown out of their homes, but there are so many working people that are having a tough time. My Dad related to me, as I was griping about the car tax that was the catalyst in the recall of Gov. Gray Davis: "Taxes are like a squeezed water balloon, push it in here, and it'll pop out somewhere else."
@WordsmithFL Inexplicably the 5th or 6th largest economy...In the WORLD. 🤷♂️