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> If you want to propose something like what Spain has done with a windfall tax to fight inflation (something no politician in the US talks about) then I'm on b
by bena 4y ago
> If you want to propose something like what Spain has done with a windfall tax to fight inflation (something no politician in the US talks about) then I'm on board.
There were absolutely talks about a windfall tax.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7061 https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7061
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3527261-bidens-proposed-windfall-profits-tax-will-make-america-less-energy-secure/ https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3527261-biden...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/progressives-demand-that-big-oil-pay-with-windfall-profits-tax https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/progressi...
- ceeplusplus 4y agoThere were talks. It would've never passed the Senate.
- bena 4y agoThey said windfall taxes were something no US politician would talk about. There's literally been a bill in Congress since March that's been referred to the Ways and Means Committee about imposing a windfall tax. So it's not only something that US politicians talk about, it's something some have even proposed in Congress.