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Tax Rate Based On Residency Duration

September 26, 2022   |   Quickbits

I generally don’t think we’re creative enough with regard to tax rates. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of residents or businesses being taxed based on how long they have been inhabitants of a location. For instance, I move to the highly-popular destination of Bend, Oregon, which has been attracting people like crazy for the […]

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September 22, 2022
Link: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/09/21/boston-mayor-wu-invests-in-trees-for-cooling-water-savings-and-beauty-climate-change

Interesting Companies Doing Good

September 17, 2022   |   Quickbits

This is my ongoing, always-updating list of companies that are doing good. https://flashforest.ca https://boweryfarming.com AppHarvest Home https://salientenergy.ca/ https://culdesac.com/ https://braverobot.co/ Companies not necessarily doing good (perhaps some are the opposite?), but interesting: https://www.engineeredarts.co.uk/

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July 6, 2022
Gavin Newsom announced yesterday that California will start making its own insulin. I would like to see more of this type of thinking -- liberal states stepping up and pushing forward with or without the rest of the country. It feels a little like my Coalition of Cities, where cities are pushing towards better things. I'm definitely ok if states do that as well!
July 6, 2022
Link: https://www.cntraveller.com/article/maldives-floating-city