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International candy smuggler. Tariffs are taxes, so are Non-tariff Barriers, services restrictions, and other artificial restraints on free-commerce. @tholos
Washington, DC tradebarrierindex.org Joined November 2015
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Meu artigo no Brasil com @InLivreMercado Rodrigo Marinho sobre as novas regulações digitais sendo aprovadas às pressas antes do novo Congresso, na @gazetadopovo.

Isso dará a Lula muito mais controle sobre como as empresas de tecnologia operam no Brasil.
Philip Thompson Verified account @Phili_Thomp 4d
The order to seize Flávio Bolsonaro's passport seven minutes after the election was only the beginning

Lula’s party is attempting to pass digital regulations before the new Congress is sworn in. These regulations would grant competition regulators the authority to act as judge and jury, potentially imposing structural changes on their operations.

gazetadopovo.com.br/opiniao/artigo…
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Philip Thompson Verified account @Phili_Thomp
The blue Tsunami couldn't move the wealth tax across the line

We know what comes next. When Europe couldn't pass a EU-Wide Digital Service Tax they look for other forums with less democracy and more thieves.

They will go after the filibuster and take the wealth tax to the G20 where other heads of state can decide- of course, for justice, we must tax American wealth!
atr.org/the-taxpayers-…
atr.org The Taxpayers Strike Back: California’s ‘Billionaire’ Tax Defeated  - Americans for Tax Reform On Tuesday, California voters rejected Proposition 40, known as the 'billionaire tax'. The measure would’ve imposed a 5% retroactive tax on California
Philip Thompson Verified account @Phili_Thomp
The order to seize Flávio Bolsonaro's passport seven minutes after the election was only the beginning

Lula’s party is attempting to pass digital regulations before the new Congress is sworn in. These regulations would grant competition regulators the authority to act as judge and jury, potentially imposing structural changes on their operations.

gazetadopovo.com.br/opiniao/artigo…
www.gazetadopovo.com.br Brasil está cada vez mais perto de adotar o modelo de controle digital chinês O governo Lula quer dar a si mesmo novos poderes para ser juiz e júri dos serviços digitais no Brasil. Leia na Gazeta do Povo.
Philip Thompson Verified account @Phili_Thomp
many more economists against the wealth tax than for it
Jon Hartley Verified account @Jon_Hartley_ Oct 30
Ahead of Tuesday's vote, I put together a group of economists including Nobel Laureates, fmr senior govt officials & academic economists who oppose the California wealth tax and signed this letter: "Economists Against The California Wealth Tax (Prop. 40)" antiwealthtax.com
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