The ability to tax such new revenue streams is enticing for state and city officials dealing with post-pandemic economic upheaval, said Richard C. Auxier, principle policy associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, a think tank.

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  • zed_proclaimer [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    I think “to each their own” in Rome and Germany was based on a concept of legal or karmic “justice”, ie everyone will get what they deserve. Obviously has fash implications when coming from those two particular states.

    I’m not sure where the origin of its modern use came from, where it’s used more like “eh whatever floats your boat”

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      3 months ago

      I’m not sure where the origin of its modern use came from, where it’s used more like “eh whatever floats your boat”

      Yeah that is how it’s used now, but I mentioned the death camp thing just to draw attention to it not being some grand uncontested ancient wisdom from some unspecified but surely credible source as some may believe it is.