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Clear Sight

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One small light in the growing darkness. Albertan Tractor Ninja. Beekeeper. Gen X. Sarcasm, politics, tech Voracious reader

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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/10/2026
This is as treasonous as it gets
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WilliamHaugh @williamhaugh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Starving Alien Creature Close-Up
ALT: Starving Alien Creature Close-Up
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My 7 year oldest takeaway was 'that guy is sharing shoes! Gross! That's not nice! Fair point kid, fair point. 🤣🤣
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This 👇
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
independent.co.uk
More than half of Canadians are avoiding buying American goods, poll finds
Canadian shoppers are pressuring grocery stores to respond, with nearly nine in 10 wanting clear labels on domestic products
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"The separatists sound like traitors to me, especially when this country is locked in a trade war with the very administration the separatists are playing footsie with." Even Lorne Gunter gets it. ca.news.yahoo.com/lorne-gunter...
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Lorne Gunter: 'Selling out' — Alberta separatists seek help from south of border
Separatists also reportedly discussed with the Americans giving them preferential access to our critical minerals
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
With little over a week and a half to go, 69% of Albertans say they'll vote to stay in Canada, while 24% say they'll vote to start the independence referendum
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Here's that Leger referendum poll modelled out
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🪶deedles 🫘 @dyerfineart.com · 09/10/2026
Televising a firing squad execution is nothing more than a tactic by a tyrannical government to intimidate and instill fear into its citizens
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2026
This is right. The issue is that LLMs are at best a $50 billion/year revenue type business and they've invested in it like it's going to be $500 billion/year in revenue or more. The mismatch is potentially trillions in capex overspend which is enough to cause a deep recession when the bubble pops.
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Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️‍🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pure GREED 🤮
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Free Cats Daily😻 @freecatsdaily.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Fire breathing cat #Cat #Caturday
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Have you noticed how Smith is suddenly reversing some of the AISH crap and caring about infills in our cities? She even said that the separation thing would be finished with after the election, which is a reverse course for her (And can't be trusted) UCP internal polling must be really bad #ableg
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The missing pages of the Das Kapital have been found
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I lack any faith in the moral fibre of the American people at this point, so I'm pretty sure this is just reflective of who they are when the masks are off.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not sure if it’s the 1 hour wait, but renewing my annual vehicle registration and paying a $200 “electric vehicle tax” when the gas tax is current zero is… something. 😡
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Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Change in Auto Insurance Premiums #AbPoli #BCpoli #CdnPoli #UCP #NDP
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Please enjoy my cartoon for Friday's Toronto Star
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
80s family gathering flashbang memories
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bread and circuses
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
this is honestly one of the worst and most irresponsible things he has ever posted, and that's really saying something
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Cheri Jacobus @cherijacobus.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 08/10/2026
From @climateinstitute.bsky.social in April: "Heat pumps produce heating at two to five times the efficiency of gas furnaces. Even compared to other electric options, heat pumps are about three times more efficient than electric resistance heating."
climateinstitute.ca
How governments can help households electrify with cleaner energy
To reduce Canada’s emissions in the most inexpensive way, most household energy use must be electrified. Still, beneath the ...
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Tod Maffin 🇨🇦 @todmaffin.com · 09/10/2026
America has absolutely lost itself. I can’t imagine how many generations it will take for the global community to take it seriously again.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
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Defend Democracy @finalreckoning.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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🇨🇦Kanien'kéha🪶 @skeeters2025.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More excellent reporting By @charlesrusnell.bsky.social and Ashleigh Stewart @globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1209127...
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U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca
Two American litigation funders allege the Alberta separatist leader misled them into financing First Nations lawsuits even after his firm had been fired.
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
58% of Canadians disagree with the idea that AI is a force for good, according to Angus Reid Only 28% agree
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I'm not saying I'm getting old but I've definitely reached 'I'll just buy 3 pairs, shoe shopping is hell' age.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
What a comically out of touch response. Maine, please vote this idiot out.
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Froggles 🇨🇦 @froggles42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ignorance was shown the door!
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Sande @sande0724.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fact.
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Naheed Nenshi @naheednenshi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Congratulations to Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on becoming Premier-elect of Quebec. We particularly thank him for being clear about being a separatist and for saying it’s much too dangerous to have a referendum while Trump is in power.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For the Apple people. (I think I am sort of one even if I don't want to be.)
arstechnica.com
Command-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27
The tool can free up over 12GB of storage.
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Jeromy Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They preach "Alberta First" while promising the Americans our water, oil, and land. I joined Edmonton's Mayor Andrew Knack on CBC's Power & Politics to call out the hypocrisy of the Alberta separatist movement. You don’t defend Alberta by putting our province up for sale to the United States.
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inthewoodshop.bsky.social @inthewoodshop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm just saying, if we could load Ezra Levant and Preston Manning on the same rocket, Canadian democracy would be a healthier thing.
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Clear Sight @huginzai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Looks likely to be a PQ gov in Quebec, likely their first majority since 1998. Their platform is in here, but it's not great Canadian unity-wise. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/que...
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Party Platform Tracker - Quebec Election 2026 - CTV News Montreal
Compare and contrast the platforms and promises of Quebec's main political parties. Filter by key topics like housing, mobility, public safety, cost of living, economy, and more.
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