#taxbreaks — Public Fediverse posts

#PresidentMusk:
>Bought Tesla, was not a founder (founded by Eberhard & Tarpenning)
>Acquired eBay, Twitter
>Uses non-union labor, fights unionization
>Got tens of billions in government money, tax breaks
>Is a parasite on the country
>Is himself an "illegal"
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #GOP #KKK #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #DOGE #illegal #theft #funding #USAID #Tesla #SpaceX #subsidies #TaxBreaks #satellite #orbit #night #sky #pollution #Xitter #eBay #takover #acquisition #EverybodyHatesElon

#PresidentMusk:
>Bought Tesla, was not a founder (founded by Eberhard & Tarpenning)
>Acquired eBay, Twitter
>Uses non-union labor, fights unionization
>Got tens of billions in government money, tax breaks
>Is a parasite on the country
>Is himself an "illegal"
#fascist #USA #OurPutin #GOP #KKK #DEI #diversity #equity #inclusion #DOGE #illegal #theft #funding #USAID #Tesla #SpaceX #subsidies #TaxBreaks #satellite #orbit #night #sky #pollution #Xitter #eBay #takover #acquisition #EverybodyHatesElon

Opinion: City, county invest wisely to land Toyota project, keep Spurs https://www.rawchili.com/nba/785440/ #Arena #Basketball #BexarCountyCommissioners #Expansion #NBA #SanAntonio #SanAntonioCityCouncil #SanAntonioSpurs #SanAntonio #SanAntonioSpurs #spurs #TaxBreaks #Toyota

Is Palantir the most ball-breakingly evil, corrupt & ideologically fascist company in the world?

Answers on a postcard!

“Exclusive: How Palantir harvested millions in UK tax breaks”

by Aman Seth and Jade-Ruth Yan in OpenDemocracy

@uk_politics
@UKLabour
@thegreenparty
@ZackPolanski

“The controversial tech firm has won at least £670m in UK public contracts in recent years, which have helped to make the country its second-largest market by revenue after the United States, where it is headquartered. Yet despite accounting for 10% of the company’s global revenue last year, its tax payments in the UK amounted to less than 5% of its total global cash tax spend, according to US filings”

https://www.opendemocracy.net/exclusive-how-palantir-harvested-millions-in-uk-tax-breaks/

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Palantir #PalantirUK #Labour #Starmer #McSweeney #Mandelson #Profit #Tax #TaxBreaks #Stocks #PublicSectorContracts #Thiel #Karp

Is Palantir the most ball-breakingly evil, corrupt & ideologically fascist company in the world?

Answers on a postcard!

“Exclusive: How Palantir harvested millions in UK tax breaks”

by Aman Seth and Jade-Ruth Yan in OpenDemocracy

@uk_politics
@UKLabour
@thegreenparty
@ZackPolanski

“The controversial tech firm has won at least £670m in UK public contracts in recent years, which have helped to make the country its second-largest market by revenue after the United States, where it is headquartered. Yet despite accounting for 10% of the company’s global revenue last year, its tax payments in the UK amounted to less than 5% of its total global cash tax spend, according to US filings”

https://www.opendemocracy.net/exclusive-how-palantir-harvested-millions-in-uk-tax-breaks/

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Palantir #PalantirUK #Labour #Starmer #McSweeney #Mandelson #Profit #Tax #TaxBreaks #Stocks #PublicSectorContracts #Thiel #Karp

This new book explains why your elderly parents’ retirement home, the nursery where you drop your children, or the company that pipes water into your kitchen is taken over by an increasingly intricate and deregulated industry.

If a private equity fund is "buying something using a lot a debt, [then] all of that debt is loaded onto the company that the private equity fund has acquired."
"Private equity has moved into care homes, housing, water, nurseries and other essential services."
"We have the power for it to be done otherwise."

Hettie O’Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJKiVQZaks via @oscarjiminy

#mortality #publicHealth #housing #publicServices #retirement #careHomes #hospital #expansion #development #LBO #privateFinance #finance #privateFinance #privateEquity #capitalism #publicPolicy #assets #England #Wales #Scotland #privateSector #UK #Britain #Blackstone #property #realEstate #buildToRent #Macquarie #childCare #careIndustry #taxBreaks #pensions #extraction

This new book explains why your elderly parents’ retirement home, the nursery where you drop your children, or the company that pipes water into your kitchen is taken over by an increasingly intricate and deregulated industry.

If a private equity fund is "buying something using a lot a debt, [then] all of that debt is loaded onto the company that the private equity fund has acquired."
"Private equity has moved into care homes, housing, water, nurseries and other essential services."
"We have the power for it to be done otherwise."

Hettie O’Brien: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJKiVQZaks via @oscarjiminy

#mortality #publicHealth #housing #publicServices #retirement #careHomes #hospital #expansion #development #LBO #privateFinance #finance #privateFinance #privateEquity #capitalism #publicPolicy #assets #England #Wales #Scotland #privateSector #UK #Britain #Blackstone #property #realEstate #buildToRent #Macquarie #childCare #careIndustry #taxBreaks #pensions #extraction

"Hillsboro will investigate data center moratorium after residents’ outcry"

#GiftLink = https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/06/hillsboro-will-investigate-data-center-moratorium-after-residents-outcry.html?gift=288fd93f-8808-42ef-815e-8bd8ba8dae71

"Hillsboro took the first steps Tuesday toward shutting down development of new data centers in the suburban community as the city council scrambled to respond to community outrage over the industry’s growth and impacts."

"The city is responding to a flood of 17 tax break applications tech companies submitted this spring … "

#Oregon #Hillsboro #DataCenters #Tech #TaxBreaks

"Hillsboro will investigate data center moratorium after residents’ outcry"

#GiftLink = https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/06/hillsboro-will-investigate-data-center-moratorium-after-residents-outcry.html?gift=288fd93f-8808-42ef-815e-8bd8ba8dae71

"Hillsboro took the first steps Tuesday toward shutting down development of new data centers in the suburban community as the city council scrambled to respond to community outrage over the industry’s growth and impacts."

"The city is responding to a flood of 17 tax break applications tech companies submitted this spring … "

#Oregon #Hillsboro #DataCenters #Tech #TaxBreaks

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/eNDCh01LUb #DataCenters #TaxBreaks

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/eNDCh01LUb #DataCenters #TaxBreaks

Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
#ErinBrockovichFoundation #ErinBrockovich

Erin Brockovich Asks Americans For Help As She Launches Data Center Map
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https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813 <-- shared media article
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https://brockovichdatacenter.com/ <-- shared Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting web site
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https://youtu.be/fp5ozQraKf4?si=7qu3g77iVVD3GGFJ <-- shared media video, @cbs Sunday Morning, “Nationwide boom in AI data centers stirs resistance”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #nation #AI #datacenters #waterresources #utilities #energyconsumption #water #hydrology #hydrography #watermanagement #community #humanimpacts #costs #economics #ewaste #noise #risk #hazard #electricity #localcommunities #taxbreaks #cooling #energy #highenergyusage #infrastructure #landuse #environment #ecology #public #skepticism #environmentalimpact #scalability #growth #Virginia #Utah #Texas #Ohio #Arizona #Georgia
#ErinBrockovichFoundation #ErinBrockovich

Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/

#HackerNews #Meta #Louisiana #taxbreaks #data #center #investment #technology

Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center

https://fortune.com/2026/05/14/meta-data-center-tax-break-hyperion-louisiana/

#HackerNews #Meta #Louisiana #taxbreaks #data #center #investment #technology

How "federal policies increase debt and home size — and thereby sprawl": https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-the-government-built-the-american-dream-house

#housing #taxBreaks #mortgage #wealth #realEstate #assets #ownership #property #realEstate #insurance #loans #debt #taxes #urbanSprawl #policy #homeLoans

How "federal policies increase debt and home size — and thereby sprawl": https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/how-the-government-built-the-american-dream-house

#housing #taxBreaks #mortgage #wealth #realEstate #assets #ownership #property #realEstate #insurance #loans #debt #taxes #urbanSprawl #policy #homeLoans

New Tax Break for Gig Workers and Tipped Employees: What You Need to Know

📰 Original title: What gig workers and employees who get tips need to know about the new no-tax-on-tips tax break

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/new-tax-break-for-gig-workers-and-tipped-employees-what-you-need-to-know/?redirpost=5bf98279-71a6-41cb-a15b-8923e5f4aed0

#economy #taxbreaks #gigeconomy #tips

New Tax Break for Gig Workers and Tipped Employees: What You Need to Know

📰 Original title: What gig workers and employees who get tips need to know about the new no-tax-on-tips tax break

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/new-tax-break-for-gig-workers-and-tipped-employees-what-you-need-to-know/?redirpost=5bf98279-71a6-41cb-a15b-8923e5f4aed0

#economy #taxbreaks #gigeconomy #tips

#Virginia's #datacenter #taxbreaks cost state $1.6B in #2025
Trillion-dollar internet giants don't need freebies, watchdog warns, as giveaways double in a year
The #US state of Virginia forfeited $1.6 billion in #tax revenue through #datacenter exemptions in fiscal 2025 – up 118 percent on the prior year – as the AI-driven construction boom accelerates.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/datacenter_tax_breaks_virginia/

#Virginia's #datacenter #taxbreaks cost state $1.6B in #2025
Trillion-dollar internet giants don't need freebies, watchdog warns, as giveaways double in a year
The #US state of Virginia forfeited $1.6 billion in #tax revenue through #datacenter exemptions in fiscal 2025 – up 118 percent on the prior year – as the AI-driven construction boom accelerates.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/07/datacenter_tax_breaks_virginia/

Some States Do Not Use New Federal Tax Breaks

https://newsletter.tf/states-reject-federal-tax-breaks/

Many states are not using the new federal tax breaks. This causes confusion for people. Republicans also disagree on tax rules.

#TaxBreaks, #StateTaxes, #FederalTaxes, #RepublicanDispute, #TaxPolicy

States Balk at Federal Tax Changes, Sparking Internal Republican Disputes

https://newsletter.tf/states-reject-federal-tax-breaks/

Many states are not using new federal tax breaks, causing different tax rules across the country.

#TaxBreaks, #StateTaxes, #FederalTaxes, #RepublicanDispute, #TaxPolicy

Some States Do Not Use New Federal Tax Breaks

New tax breaks from the federal government are not being used by all states. This means people might get savings on their federal taxes but not on their state taxes. There are also disagreements among Republicans about tax rules.

https://newsletter.tf/states-reject-federal-tax-breaks/

#TaxBreaks, #StateTaxes, #FederalTaxes, #RepublicanDispute, #TaxPolicy

#socialhousing #taxbreaks #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/29/australia-tax-breaks-landlords-more-spending-than-social-housing-homelessness-rent-assistance-combined

#socialhousing #taxbreaks #auspol

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/29/australia-tax-breaks-landlords-more-spending-than-social-housing-homelessness-rent-assistance-combined

Thursday, January 15, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/thursday-january-15-2026/

Thursday, January 15, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/thursday-january-15-2026/

#Microsoft announced a “community first” initiative for its #AIdatacentre expansion, pledging to cover full #power costs, reject local #taxbreaks, and replenish more #water than it uses. This shift comes amid growing opposition from communities facing higher #electricitybills and #watershortages due to #datacentreexpansion. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-responds-to-ai-data-center-revolt-vowing-to-cover-full-power-costs-and-reject-local-tax-breaks/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#Microsoft announced a “community first” initiative for its #AIdatacentre expansion, pledging to cover full #power costs, reject local #taxbreaks, and replenish more #water than it uses. This shift comes amid growing opposition from communities facing higher #electricitybills and #watershortages due to #datacentreexpansion. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-responds-to-ai-data-center-revolt-vowing-to-cover-full-power-costs-and-reject-local-tax-breaks/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#WhiteHouse officials have previously dismissed criticism from the #NationalTrust, [in their typical manner] arguing that its leaders are “loser Democrats & liberal donors” who oppose #Trump on political grounds 🙄. However , the National Trust has a decades-long association with Trump: In 1995, he donated easements to the org to make his #MarALago resort in Florida a historic property in exchange for #TaxBreaks.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #EastWing #ballroom #HistoricLandmark #USHistory

#WhiteHouse officials have previously dismissed criticism from the #NationalTrust, [in their typical manner] arguing that its leaders are “loser Democrats & liberal donors” who oppose #Trump on political grounds 🙄. However , the National Trust has a decades-long association with Trump: In 1995, he donated easements to the org to make his #MarALago resort in Florida a historic property in exchange for #TaxBreaks.

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #law #EastWing #ballroom #HistoricLandmark #USHistory

After stalling #Biden era $180 Billion #StudentLoan forgiveness program, a court challenge by American Federation of #Teachers sees #Drumpf admin finally acknowledge a fraction of those previously eligible... A new #agreement allows the #DOE to resume processing forgiveness for specific fraction of borrowers enrolled in Income-Contingent Repayment (#IDR), Pay As You Earn (#PAYE) and the #PublicService #LoanForgiveness (#PSLF) programs. Read deets to see if you, or someone you know in an eligible #edu field can now qualify for any #debt reduction or #TaxBreaks. Currently Americans as a whole, are saddled with almost $2 TRILLION in student loan debts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-white-house-just-agreed-to-cancel-debt-for-millions-of-american-borrowers-and-to-do-it-fast-here-s-how-to-check-if-you-re-one-of-the-lucky-ones/ar-AA1R7F4w

After stalling #Biden era $180 Billion #StudentLoan forgiveness program, a court challenge by American Federation of #Teachers sees #Drumpf admin finally acknowledge a fraction of those previously eligible... A new #agreement allows the #DOE to resume processing forgiveness for specific fraction of borrowers enrolled in Income-Contingent Repayment (#IDR), Pay As You Earn (#PAYE) and the #PublicService #LoanForgiveness (#PSLF) programs. Read deets to see if you, or someone you know in an eligible #edu field can now qualify for any #debt reduction or #TaxBreaks. Currently Americans as a whole, are saddled with almost $2 TRILLION in student loan debts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/the-white-house-just-agreed-to-cancel-debt-for-millions-of-american-borrowers-and-to-do-it-fast-here-s-how-to-check-if-you-re-one-of-the-lucky-ones/ar-AA1R7F4w

How #ChenZhi’s #Singapore empire unravelled
"More than 80 case documents filed in relation to the #legal battle provide an unparalleled picture of the extensive #banking network Chen built in Singapore and how he gained #taxbreaks from the country’s #regulators.. they shed light on how an individual accused by #US #authorities of being a #criminal “mastermind” operated openly in Singapore for years."🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
#Cambodia #scammer #scam #crime #KYC #compliance #greed #inequality
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3331876/how-accused-kingpin-chen-zhi-was-conned-his-own-executive-singapore

@gwynnion

Speaking of bubbles . . . #Taxes #taxbreaks #taxbreaksfortherich no #TaxTheRich #Trump #treasury

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.u675.pVG5cAXSoczs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@gwynnion

Speaking of bubbles . . . #Taxes #taxbreaks #taxbreaksfortherich no #TaxTheRich #Trump #treasury

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zk8.u675.pVG5cAXSoczs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Ever wonder what 'optimization' truly means? Apparently, for Big Tech, it's about optimizing tax breaks to the tune of billions. Sen. Warren's report breaks down how much Microsoft, Amazon, and Google saved – enough to cover benefits for millions.

Meanwhile, we're still debugging CSS. Priorities, right? What's your favorite 'efficiency hack' that actually benefits the many?
#BigTech #TaxBreaks #SoftwareDevelopment #Priorities #DevLife
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/sen-warren-big-techs-tax-breaks-could-have-covered-benefits-for-millions-of-americans-174831791.html?src=rss

Lower/middle class Trump voters: This is your fault.

The trillions$ in #taxbreaks #Trump is redirecting to billionaires is obscene.

#ReleasetheEpsteinfiles

▶️ Red state workers could lose out on disability benefits as Trump admin rewrites eligibility rules
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/02/red-state-workers-could-lose-out-on-disability-benefits-as-trump-admin-rewrites-eligibility-rules_partner/

Lower/middle class Trump voters: This is your fault.

The trillions$ in #taxbreaks #Trump is redirecting to billionaires is obscene.

#ReleasetheEpsteinfiles

▶️ Red state workers could lose out on disability benefits as Trump admin rewrites eligibility rules
https://www.salon.com/2025/11/02/red-state-workers-could-lose-out-on-disability-benefits-as-trump-admin-rewrites-eligibility-rules_partner/

Singapore ties to alleged #Cambodian #scam ring under spotlight
🧐"alleged head of a Cambodian #criminal ring & his assocs set up a #familyoffice in #Singapore tt claimed to rcv #taxbreaks, while also building relationships w firms backed by #Temasek Holdings.. accusations shine another spotlight on 🇸🇬’s role in facilitation of criminal activity in te region. Several parties found guilty in 🇸🇬’s largest ever #moneylaundering case also op'd family of'cs tt got #tax exempt'ns"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3121894/singapore-ties-to-alleged-cambodian-scam-ring-under-spotlight

@stux

It's truly amazing how much damage they're able to do when they're so often doing nothing

I guess we should be grateful for every single day they take off, huh 😏

#GOP has zero interest in governance bc they're against government in general except where it can dole out #TaxBreaks for #Billionaires & #CorporateWelfare

@stux

It's truly amazing how much damage they're able to do when they're so often doing nothing

I guess we should be grateful for every single day they take off, huh 😏

#GOP has zero interest in governance bc they're against government in general except where it can dole out #TaxBreaks for #Billionaires & #CorporateWelfare

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Revisisted

@mediabiasfactcheck

#Republicans do that every time they get into office with wars & #TaxBreaks , then yell that we can't afford #Housing & #Education when #Democrats win. It's ridiculous

"What no one says explicitly is that they’re here for the tax break. Moving to Portugal pre-Brexit with my partner, an art director, and our three-year-old son, we found it astonishingly easy to become residents. As freelancers and directors of our own limited companies, we were granted a non-habitual residency visa, one of the key benefits of which is we don’t pay income tax on foreign earnings. “These visas are designed to attract a desirable alien,” explains Fabiola Mancinelli, an anthropologist and associate professor at the University of Barcelona specialising in mobility and tourism. “Applicants must demonstrate they are self-sufficient, are within a certain income bracket, have private health insurance. They’re expected to bring their job with them, so they won’t take a local’s job. And, in exchange for this, they are often relieved of income tax.”
(...)
[O]ver the past two years something has been stirring inside me, but also on the trams rattling past my window. A widening wealth gap. A political shift. A quiet awareness that the wealthiest residents are often the ones contributing the least. And then, recently, my unease was validated: Lisbon was named the most unaffordable capital city in Europe for housing, by Numbeo, the world’s largest cost-of-living database. That same month, the far-right party Chega, with its openly racist rhetoric, became the main opposition party in parliament. And, all the while, property prices soared, reaching a staggering price-to-salary ratio of 21:1. In some places a flat white now costs €5.

“I didn’t know about the tax break,” says Chris Pitney, who moved here with his Portuguese wife from north London, where he was born and raised. “It wasn’t until I’d completed a full year’s worth of taxes that I understood – I didn’t have to pay income tax on any foreign earnings.”"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/27/lisbon-portugal-digital-nomads-foreign-remote-workers-integration

#Portugal #Lisboa #Lisbon #TaxEvasion #TaxBreaks #DigitalNomads

"The focus of this bill, the justification for all of the cuts that will hurt everyday Americans is to provide massive #TaxBreaks for #billionaires,” #House Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries said.

Jeffries said every #Democrat stood in opposition to the '#OneBigBeautifulBill'.

"We're standing up for the American people," he added.

#Democrats #Trump #OneBigUglyBill #filibuster