this is true and it certainly is a problem and why I think the bigger issue is the unearned income tax rate which has made it much easier to accumulate wealth and has allowed Private Equity to become such a big player.

Giving to charity is "immoral". Based on what dogma?

This is the third straight year that submittals have exceeded the previous all-time high, reflecting an acceleration of the resource transition. This acceleration is a trend identified in MISO’s Renewable Integration Impact Assessment (RIIA), among other sources. “At this point, we are experiencing exponential growth in the queue,” Andy Witmeier, director of resource utilization at MISO, said. “The current applications continue to be heavily weighted with renewables and standalone storage requests again tripling the amount submitted the previous year.”

Supply and Demand doesn't really work at the consumer level for grid provided energy and most people don't have the ability to produce their own. Its good that some people started to work on these problems decades ago while others were doing nothing.

that wasn't details that was a meme.

nothing about the the refineries that were taken offline during Covid for upgrades or Philly which isn't being rebuilt. Nothing about the cold weather in ND, the Husky refinery or the labor shortage in the Bakken. Outside of releasing the strategic storage there isn't anything the President does that affects the price short term. The graphic isn't a serious one.

MN has a higher HDI then both Germany and Europe does and a number of other states do to. As far as GINI goes Ukraine has a better index then almost all of the Euro's so how relevant is the Gini? but Ukraine's (along with most countries in Europe) have a GDP PPP then Mississippi, there is massive inequality in Europe unlike the the US, there is a big difference from Germany to Poland to Ukraine. But back to EV's and clean energy, straight up you don't know what your talking about. Beyond just big OEM mfgs like Ford and GM the first tier suppliers like Dana/Spicer, Magna, Borg Warner etc.. are all making massive investments in EV tech, problem is outsiders like yourself don't see it because they aren't making Tik Tok videos every 5 minutes to appeal to children. MISO laid out their plans for the massive expansion of the grid earlier this year is anyone talking about that? The largest wind farm in the country, which is being developed by a Republican Billionaire and could produce 1% of the countries electricity is starting to be built out and the deep water wind turbines paired with the new 15/16/17 MW turbines will start being produced in scale post testing in 2025 then deployed off of both coasts.

So I'm baffled by people who think nothing is getting done and that taxing the shit out of poor people or a carbon tax (that would never pass) would move the needle. The Chokecherry farm has been in development for 15 years, for all the people that are complaining nothing is being done why aren't they doing something? Why isn't AOC sponsoring a massive training program in her district for the 10's thousands of union jobs that will be needed for the massive offshore wind industry?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality

It includes people who have filed a tax return and also this number is skewed against the top earners because "Readers should note the IRS dataset excludes the refundable portion of tax credits such as the earned income tax credit, which means the IRS data overstates the tax rate paid by taxpayers at the bottom.".

I do understand it, better then you do.

The US tax polices are some of the most progressive in the world and although we don't have some of the same exact social programs some of the Europeans have we also don't have the regressive consumption taxes they have to fund them. The income taxes and corporate taxes are mostly in line with Europe.

1. I work in the clean energy field and drive EV's so I don't need a lecture from someone who most likely does neither.

2. Lets look at Germany, at age 12 they test the kids to see who is college material and then split the the chosen ones into AP like systems so by the time they are 18 they have already completed a lot of what we would deem college materiel. Should we start doing that here? Deny the poor, refugees and immigrants the opportunity to go to college?

3. In Europe all of society pays the higher regressive VAT and energy, which include electricity, taxes and this is then used to pay for things like college for the chosen ones.

If we charged the poor more for electricity or fuel how would this speed up the conversion to green energy? I'm really curious how the little bit would could squeeze out of the poor will accelerate the testing on deep water wind turbine platforms? Or overcome the BLM hurdles for the Choke Cherry project?

Most people don't actually pay shit for Federal Income taxes, the top 25% earners carry the US paying nearly 90% of the Federal Income tax and last year 57% of the earners paid zero taxes. So your statement is false because MOST people are not paying shit. And most people are not taxed "aggressively". See chart 6 below. Again you don't know what you are talking about.

So MOST people are not taxed on their income, the US doesn't have a regressive consumption VAT tax and our energy is taxxed at a very low rate.

https://taxfoundation.org/publications/latest-federal-income-tax-data/

Did Biden control the weather in ND too?

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Extreme-Weather-Leads-To-Sharp-Drop-In-North-Dakota-Oil-Production.html

Also why didn't Trump step in and use his magic in Philly to ensure the refinery gets rebuilt there?

Some of you are the most gullible monkeys around.

It certainly can be the case were they will have years of no income after they retire from their jobs like Bezo's has but they eventually cash out some and pay a bunch then. You can make the argument that they can borrow against their wealth but so can any home owner or person who has a 401k, lots of people do this. Anyone can do this, its not illegal. Self dealing on a foundation is illegal and 99.9% of the people who set up foundations don't, this is why Trump is such a scum bag.

Since there are 72k loopholes could you list a few, please? I would like to take advantage of them myself.

No one on this list reports less then 70k per year in income.

People like you are easy to discredit because you don't have your facts or terminology right.

The charitable giving deductions are not "loopholes" its designed this way on purpose while a loophole is something that was overlooked.

If we raised taxes on the rich would things like this happen? Right now the bottom 50% earners in the US only contribute 3% of the Federal income tax, the US doesn't have a VAT and our energy taxes are low. The bottom 50% earners in the US have a comparatively low tax burden versus Europeans and really everyone else.

explain, I'm really curious how in-tune you really are with this, are you a CPA or an Attorney who sets up and manages charitable trusts and foundations? You seem to be very smart. What % of dollars going into foundations are being used for self dealing?

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/private-foundations/acts-of-self-dealing-by-private-foundation

So you can buy a house and a boat for yourself with the money "tax free"?

Aren't all charitable donations by everyone a "tax dodge and directed towards pet projects"? The tax code has been created to encourage donations this isn't a "dodge".

Explain in detail please along with timelines.

Qty is down but not because systems are idle as the first person I responded to insinuated but because Philly is gone and the rebuild of Husky,due in 2023, and others isn't complete.

yes, one of the issues is the large refinery in Philly that blew up and they aren't going to rebuild it because the forecast is for consumption to decline. EV's are nearly 20% of new car sales in CA now The reason why gas prices went up so fast was due to the vaccine deployment going so smooth which made a sudden demand surge and outpaced the ability for the refinery's to ramp up, also North Dakota was slow to pump oil due to a really cold Jan/Feb then labor shortages.

you mean tax the poor more, right? We should do what Europe does, tax the poor then give the rich kids free college, right? Levy a large VAT and high taxes on the energy because that is great for the poor.

and electricity. The US also doesn't have a VAT and the bottom 50% of the earners contribute only 3% of the income taxes.

They are not shuttered, they are at a 7 year high utilization % of 94%.

https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pnp_unc_dcu_nus_m.htm

They weren't building them prior to Biden either. The Philly plant decision to not rebuild was made during the Trump admin.

MN provides election information in 11 languages, plus sign language, without being told to do so. Also is the #1 voting state and has the #1 Congressional district MN3. 80% turnout state wide in 2020.

https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/