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A windfall profits tax, or excess profits tax, is a one-time surtax levied on companies or industries that experience unexpectedly high profits due to unforeseen circumstances, like a surge in energy prices, weather related or disease related events.

A windfall profits tax is a tax on profits that are not usually captured, often motivated by the desire to tax profits resulting from an external factor, such as an energy crisis.

Purpose:
Governments propose such taxes to generate additional revenue, potentially encourage companies to reduce prices, or temporarily regulate markets during periods of unusual volatility.

Examples:
Historically, these taxes have targeted oil and energy companies when costs have risen, especially during war or other crises.

US Context:
In the US, there have been discussions and proposals for windfall taxes on oil and gas companies, particularly in the wake of record profits and high energy prices.

European Union:
The European Union has agreed to impose an EU-wide windfall profits tax on fossil fuel companies to fund relief for households and businesses facing high energy prices.

UK:
The UK government introduced a windfall tax, called the Energy Profits Levy, on the "extraordinary" earnings of firms to help fund its scheme to lower gas and electricity bills.

Criticisms:
Some argue that windfall taxes can discourage investment and potentially lead to unintended consequences, while others argue that they are necessary to address unfair profits and ensure a fairer distribution of wealth.

Examples of Windfall Profits:
A company making high profits by selling drinking water to the public after a hurricane.

Energy companies profiting from a major oil shortage in another country.

Companies profiting from a surge in demand after lifting Covid restrictions.

https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/republican-senators-propose-bill-to-classify-trump-derangement-syndrome-as-mental-illness/

Because god forbid people hate a fascist dictator stripping u all of our rights and ruining the economy etc. hey remember how a bunch of people called people who hated biden as having a mental illness? oh wait that didn't happen? hmmm

Republican Senators in Minnesota Propose Bill to Classify ‘Tr*mp Derangement Syndrome’ as a Mental Illness

group of five Republican state senators from Minnesota is set to introduce a controversial bill that would classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS) as a mental illness.

The proposal, scheduled for review by the Minnesota Senate Health and Human Services Committee, argues that the condition is characterized by an “acute onset of paranoia” triggered by the presidencies of Donald Trump.

According to the bill’s text, TDS symptoms include “Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump’s behavior.” The legislators further suggest that these symptoms may manifest as intense verbal hostility and even “overt acts of aggression and violence” towards Trump and his supporters.

my honest prediction is this will never pass and is just these politicians wanting attention and think d*ck riding Trump is the way to stay in power. The fact that they felt like this was ok to do is troubling to me. but whatever what do you think?

Donald Trump has proposed eliminating federal income taxes for individuals earning less than $150,000 per year, with the idea being funded through increased tariffs on imports. Do you support or oppose this proposal?

As Canada strategizes to fortify its economy against the impact of new American tariffs, various proposals have emerged to mitigate the risk of a recession.

Which approach do you believe would be most effective?

Fact is K-PhD education should be as free to all as military defense is. Priorities matter.

Democrats never saw a tax on Americans they didn't love. But what do you think of President Trump's proposal to END the income tax and instead create a new EXTERNAL Revenue Service to make other countries pay up what they owe America?

We need to liberate the US economy from this authoritarian Washington bureaucracy of unelected Deep State bureaucrats who use their power to persecute the people they are supposed to be reporting to.

And President Trump has the best ideas to accomplish just that including ELIMINATING the IRS and income taxes altogether to bring the US back to 'richest period' in its history, to stop taxing US productivity, to stop making American citizens targets for IRS persecution and to make other countries who have been leeching off of and taking advantage of American citizens for decades PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

Tell the Democrats to STOP WORKING AGAINST America's interests and get with the program!

Eliminate the IRS and replace it with the EXTERNAL Revenue Service to liberate American citizens from this Washington tyranny.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6367897550112