Die AK Österreich und die von ihr an diversen Unis platzierten Ökonomen schießen neuerdings ziemlich scharf. Vermögenssteuern würden in Ö zwischen 6 und 12 Mrd Euro einspielen, wie eine neue Studie zeigt. Flott. Im sieben Mal größeren Frankreich waren es am Höhepunkt 4,5 Mrd.

Trump and Vance's demagoguery is disgusting. But what strikes me is the reaction from Trump's cultured apologists and sophisticated enablers, in magazines and in boardrooms. What reaction, you ask? That's the point. There's none. Just pitiful silence in the face of rank bigotry.

Remember that the Haitians Trump is threatening to mass deport are in the country legally. If you really want four years of this shit, there's something deeply wrong with you

Musk is so desperate to get rid of blocking he’s gonna try and introduce eliminating it one little bit at a time.

Appeasement works fine until you run out of other people’s countries.

Leo Lugner von der FPÖ glaubt, dass Ukrainer und Russen „kulturell dieselben Menschen sind“ und nur kämpfen, weil die EU in der Ukraine „Afrikaner und Araber ansiedeln“ will. Die Personaldecke der FPÖ Wien muss unglaublich dünn sein. (Quelle: worldpoliticsdaily auf TikTok)

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV experts chuckled at Trump's and JD Vance's "peace proposals" of quickly ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine with some sort of a deal. Americanist Dmitry Drobnitsky said that JD Vance suffers from a fairy-tale mindset. youtu.be/uN46aieo4BE

👵 Österreichs Pensionisten sind stark auf das öffentliche Pensionssystem angewiesen. Eine Stärkung der kapitalgedeckten Säule könnte mehr Unabhängigkeit bringen – ein Modell, das in Skandinavien bereits erfolgreich ist. 🇦🇹 sollte hier nachziehen. agenda-austria.at/publikationen/…

When someone tells you that sanctions can't and won't work, that's basically pro-Russian propaganda. Are we seriously to believe that nothing can be done to stop the shameful flood of transshipments to Russia via Central Asia? Come on. This is just about a lack of political will.

All of this has been self-inflicted and long anticipated. Whoever tells you a different story, is lying. #Velsig

I'm old enough to remember that in France in the 1960s and 1970s, far-right chauvinists were accusing Portugese immigrants of eating cats. It's an old trope. Today, making such an accusation publicly against an ethnic group violates laws against "incitement to racial hatred" in

NEXTA The western nations constantly falling short on their promises makes it very difficult to effectively manage a war economy.

If only there was someone to be saying out loud all these 900 days that deliberations in supporting Ukraine only give Russia time to prepare for a long total war and find allies among rogue regimes.

Es ist halt in 🇦🇹 sehr ähnlich.

Oy veh