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Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto politics @lemmy.world•2% Wealth Tax on Just 3,000 Billionaires Could Raise $250 Billion a Year: Nobel Economists | Common Dreams26·6 days agoYou don’t have to tax them directly. You can also tax things they enjoy.
This year, France increased taxes on private jets by 300%
https://www.fliteline.com/blog/understanding-frances-new-private-jet-passenger-tax
Billionaires didn’t even notice.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Trucks Entering Alligator Alcatraz Are Hiding Their Logos, DOT Numbers1·6 days agoOkay. I’ll do that.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Florida's new state budget eliminates funding for a commuter rail line between Miami and Fort Lauderdale2·11 days agoFair enough. I just want to point out the title in the browser tab isn’t the same as the title in the article.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•There is no safe amount of processed meat to eat, according to new research83·12 days agoI’m actually not surprised at all by the result of this study.
We know from several studies that fish 🐟 , eggs🥚, nuts 🌰 and chicken 🐔 are much healthier sources of protein than red meat 🥩.
From Cornell University:
Unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption leads to a slightly higher risk of heart disease and premature death, according to a new study from researchers at Cornell and Northwestern University
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2020/02/study-red-meat-processed-meat-hike-heart-disease-risk
From Harvard University:
People who eat just two servings of red meat per week may have an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to people who eat fewer servings, and the risk increases with greater consumption, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
“Given our findings and previous work by others, a limit of about one serving per week of red meat would be reasonable for people wishing to optimize their health and wellbeing” said senior author Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition.
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/red-meat-consumption-associated-with-increased-type-2-diabetes-risk/
From Oxford University:
Red and processed meat linked to increased risk of heart disease, Oxford study shows.
Overall, the evidence from the analysis indicated that each 50 g/day higher intake of processed meat (e.g. bacon, ham, and sausages) increased the risk of coronary heart disease by 18%.
Each 50 g/day higher intake of unprocessed red meat (such as beef, lamb and pork) increased the risk of coronary heart disease by 9%.
There was no clear link between eating poultry (such as chicken and turkey) and an increased risk of coronary heart disease.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Ted Cruz's plan to punish states that regulate AI shot down in 99-1 voteEnglish29·11 days agoIf you want to see how ignorant some voters can be, there is really no better evidence than Ted Cruz.
I followed his recent Senate race in Texas. In a campaign speech, Cruz said he was fighting the elite.
- His father owns an oil company in Canada.
- He attended a private prep school in Houston. His classmates were Bush family kids.
- He attended Harvard University and Princeton
- His wife Heidi Cruz is a top executive at Goldman Sachs
This guy is fighting the establishment? Are you kidding me? 🤦🤦🤦.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations90·12 days agoNow that this has come to light, surely the law will be followed and the will be consequences!
The issue is that many american prosecutors are absolute cowards.
In other countries, some prosecutors actually do their job. The headquarters of the ruling Spanish Political party was just raided by prosecutors and the police.
Why do US prosecutors simply refuse to do their job? You break the law. You get criminally prosecuted. It’s not that hard.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldto News@lemmy.world•On Juneteenth, President Trump says America has "too many non-working holidays"20·24 days agoOf course Donald Trump hates Juneteenth.
In 2021, Joe Biden signed the bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday:
US President Joe Biden signed The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act in the White House on Thursday 17 June to formally recognise Juneteenth as a national holiday.
Mr Biden said: “Great nations don’t ignore their most painful moments. We come to terms with the mistakes we made. And remembering those moments, we begin to heal and grow stronger.”
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto News@lemmy.world•An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers35·24 days agoThis story is maddening. Bessemer city officials are signing NDAs about a proposed hyperscale data center that will require destroying 100 acres of forest, use 90x as much energy as all homes of the city, & threaten a newly discovered species with extinction.
Davriellelouna@lemmy.worldOPto Uplifting News@lemmy.world•Pittsburgh reduces fatal crashes and serious injuries for the fourth year in a row. Under Mayor Ed Gainey, the city embraced traffic-calming effortsEnglish15·26 days agoMany politicians are fools. Mayor Ed Gainey is no fool.
I’m genuinely impressed. He said that he would reduce traffic deaths and injuries. And he actually delivered. Props to the guy and his team 👏.
My city has a lot of accidents. Our mayor doesn’t care : /
Senator Jim Justice. Second richest man in West Virginia.
He owns several coal mines.