SB 111-03: Tax The Woke Act (Passed)

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Realistically, all that is going to happen here is funding is going to be pulled from things other than the Chancellor's salary. This includes stuff like research, student activities, etc. Also this tax does nothing to actually help with student debt or tuition, I will note. Quite frankly, the bill's title speaks for itself, it's a transparent attempt to attack higher education, which again, we should not be surprised by given the extreme anti-intellectualism of the Atlasian right.

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Yet again, this money is just going to come from research funding, etc. (For the record, I'd oppose the version that kept the SALT deduction for this reason too)

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I have submitted a formal request for cost estimate by the GM team and provided some sources and proposed methodology to hopefully expedite the score.

Okay hang on, you were infamous for using terrible sources to cost when you were GM, but I expect nothing else from such an incompetent and useless PPT, you should just quit the game for your good and ours.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

Not sure if we have a 14th amendment style amendment but if so this clearly violates equal protection under the law. The PPT should toss this amendment as frivolous.
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PPT should toss the bill as frivolous, but that has yet to happen. We will just defund all the colleges instead so that we have a nation of dumb and dumber.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

Not sure if we have a 14th amendment style amendment but if so this clearly violates equal protection under the law. The PPT should toss this amendment as frivolous.

PPT should toss the bill as frivolous, but that has yet to happen. We will just defund all the colleges instead so that we have a nation of dumb and dumber.

The amendment is also deeply elitist. I thought liberals supported helping the downtrodden?
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Stop dodging the point, point is the bill is silly and this amendment is basically the inverse of the bill to do it justice and reveal that fact.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

Not sure if we have a 14th amendment style amendment but if so this clearly violates equal protection under the law. The PPT should toss this amendment as frivolous.

PPT should toss the bill as frivolous, but that has yet to happen. We will just defund all the colleges instead so that we have a nation of dumb and dumber.

The amendment is also deeply elitist. I thought liberals supported helping the downtrodden?

Stop dodging the point, point is the bill is silly and this amendment is basically the inverse of the bill to do it justice and reveal that fact.

What did West Virginians ever do to you?
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That clause is meant to be as serious as removing the ability for high tax states to fund social services, because otherwise social services are the first thing that get cut and your state becomes Kansas. Republican politicians know this and they also know that as more people get educated, more will see through their grifterism and lies and propaganda, thus they want to destroy education any way possible. Removing SALT is just one step of that process.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

Not sure if we have a 14th amendment style amendment but if so this clearly violates equal protection under the law. The PPT should toss this amendment as frivolous.

PPT should toss the bill as frivolous, but that has yet to happen. We will just defund all the colleges instead so that we have a nation of dumb and dumber.

The amendment is also deeply elitist. I thought liberals supported helping the downtrodden?

Stop dodging the point, point is the bill is silly and this amendment is basically the inverse of the bill to do it justice and reveal that fact.

What did West Virginians ever do to you?

That clause is meant to be as serious as removing the ability for high tax states to fund social services, because otherwise social services are the first thing that get cut and your state becomes Kansas. Republican politicians know this and they also know that as more people get educated, more will see through their grifterism and lies and propaganda, thus they want to destroy education any way possible. Removing SALT is just one step of that process.

Sir, this is Atlasia.
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Point still stands, most in the Federalist Party identify as Republicans IRL and most of the party supported Trump, which is why "Smash the Trumpists" was so effective. Anyways this is literally an "own the libs" bill, so I proposed an "own the cons" amendment to show how serious this charade really is.

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Objection and an amendment (which is about as serious as this joke bill)

SECTION I: NAME

1. This act shall be referred to as Tax the Woke Moochers Act

SECTION II: TAXES

1. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 there shall be levied a minimum tax of 1% 25% on the investment earnings of any private college or university that has at least 500 tuition-paying students and net endowment assets of at least $500,000,000. salaries of municipal code inspectors.

2. The investment tax shall increase by 1 percentage point per each additional $1,000,000,000 in total investments held by a university endowment fund.

3. Beginning in fiscal year 2023 the ability of tax filers to deduct Regional taxes or State and Local taxes (SALT) is hereby eliminated.

2. Farm subsidies shall be capped at $250 million a year.

3. Ethanol subsidies shall be terminated immediately.

4. West Virginians shall be required to pay 25% extra in income taxes to compensate for being bailed out by coastal states like California.

5. $200 million shall be appropriated for constructing a statue in honor of IceSpear in the Capitol.

4. 6. No corporation, LLC, or business enterprise that is required to file and pay a tax on net business income may deduct the cost of luxury fringe benefits provided to employees as a business expense for purposes of calculating net income. For purposes of this act, luxury fringe benefits shall mean any complimentary tangible benefit exceeding $10 per employee per year that an employer provides to an employee that is not necessary for the employee to perform his or her job. Luxury fringe benefits includes but are not limited to complimentary towels, alcohol, mixed beverages, meal and snack services, promotional items, tickets to sporting or other entertainment events, entertainment performances, limousine services, private use motor vehicles, vessels, or aircrafts, spas, quiet rooms, cry closets, and crayons and coloring books.

5. 7. For purposes of income taxation, any money received by a person resulting from any online tutorial, video, podcast, song, picture, post, or other content created by such person and uploaded to the internet shall be treated as taxable income, if the cumulative amount of such money exceeds $1,000.00 annually. This includes but is not limited to any advertising revenue earned and any donation, tip, superchat, or subscription fee.

Not sure if we have a 14th amendment style amendment but if so this clearly violates equal protection under the law. The PPT should toss this amendment as frivolous.

PPT should toss the bill as frivolous, but that has yet to happen. We will just defund all the colleges instead so that we have a nation of dumb and dumber.

The amendment is also deeply elitist. I thought liberals supported helping the downtrodden?

Stop dodging the point, point is the bill is silly and this amendment is basically the inverse of the bill to do it justice and reveal that fact.

What did West Virginians ever do to you?

That clause is meant to be as serious as removing the ability for high tax states to fund social services, because otherwise social services are the first thing that get cut and your state becomes Kansas. Republican politicians know this and they also know that as more people get educated, more will see through their grifterism and lies and propaganda, thus they want to destroy education any way possible. Removing SALT is just one step of that process.

Sir, this is Atlasia.

Point still stands, most in the Federalist Party identify as Republicans IRL and most of the party supported Trump, which is why "Smash the Trumpists" was so effective. Anyways this is literally an "own the libs" bill, so I proposed an "own the cons" amendment to show how serious this charade really is.

Many Feds opposed Trump, also, but that's beside the point. Also, we and our allies have a majority ASFAIK and Cao was reelected so "'Smash the Trumpists,'" most voters realized, was simply a diversion.
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It isn't though, the party has triangulated with the far right, and your chair even admitted this. Our current PPT is literally someone who recommended a post saying he'd be at 1/6. Your party shares the GOP's hard right agenda on abortion, transgender rights, etc. and in some cases, you've gone even further and brought back the Bush-era Bible Belt style hatred of religious freedom. Also your party's unofficial vice chair basically introduced a bill that is linked to the Trump wing of the GOP's insidious plot to overturn a free and fair election. So please spare me the deflection.