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Innovation Meets Taxation With many cities and states needing more taxes to pay for unfunded liabilities and other pressing obligations, they are innovating new taxes to raise more money.   Some possibilities The Exit Tax.   For those choosing to leave the state because of high taxes, many states will propose an exit tax of 20% of their wealth.   Called final expenses , it will not be called   a tax   per se, but a service fee.* Virtual Wealth Tax.   For those with credit cards not charged to the limit, they have a virtual wealth obtainable by spending to that limit.   Some states are proposing a 23% tax on the difference between the credit card limit and the balance.   The neat thing about this tax is that it will be automatically charged to the credit card.   The Homeless Tax.   Now nearly in operation in Seattle, this flat tax of $275/employee will be charged to businesses to help with the expenses of housing, feeding, and medical care for the homeless.   Naturally, this

The four modes of the washing machine: load, wash, drain, and spin. The analogy to modern life is unmistakable. Right now... This country is in its spin cycle.  Good or bad, we accept or reject premises but cannot change them.  When evidence is found for, detractors reject. When evidence is found against, detractors reject. It goes round and round. It NEVER stops. The "double down" option, these days the only option, confirms the spin cycle.  It merely increases the rate. Whatever you say or believe is subject to spin, your spin, their spin, or someone's spin. It is the Descartes' vortex of opinion, the black hole of views.  You can only be sucked in, further and further and further. There is no graceful exit from the spin.  While in this cycle you get dizzy but yet delirious.  Your best judgments are suspended. Your common sense is distorted. Your very flesh is twisted to conform to the spin's angular momentum. Truth is just one causality of the spin.