{"id":38827,"date":"2026-06-29T18:39:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=38827"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:46:16","slug":"tax-me-to-tax-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/tax-me-to-tax-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax Me To Tax More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div style=\"display: block\" class=\"\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block\" class=\"apple-rich-link\" role=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\"><a style=\"border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none\" class=\"lp-rich-link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"button\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#E6E6E5;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;height:225px\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"lp-rich-link-mediaImage\" alt=\"hqdefault.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hqdefault-24.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table bgcolor=\"#E6E6E5\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\" style=\"font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:8px 0px 8px 0px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem\">\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#000000\">What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejeIz4EhoJ0\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#A2A2A9\">youtube.com<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px;text-indent: -16.3px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-family:\"><span style=\"font-family:\">\u2022&nbsp; Austin city council members and staff used taxpayer funds to register for the DSA\u2019s \u201cHow We Win 2025\u201d policy conference in New Orleans, with expense records showing multiple $225 payments to <a href=\"http:\/\/FUND.DSAUSA.ORG\">FUND.DSAUSA.<span>ORG<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px;text-indent: -16.3px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-family:\"><span style=\"font-family:\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image0.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image0-17.jpeg\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px;text-indent: -16.3px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-family:\"><span style=\"font-family:\">\u2022&nbsp; The conference brings together over 250 democratic socialist elected officials to strategize on legislative wins, power-building for working-class communities, and network-building across states.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image1.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image1-7.png\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px;text-indent: -16.3px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-family:\"><span style=\"font-family:\">\u2022&nbsp; Local conservative data journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\"><span>@data_atx<\/span><\/a> calls for the Texas legislature to prohibit property tax dollars from supporting DSA events, sparking debate on public funding for partisan political activities.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 8px 24.2px;text-indent: -16.3px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-family:\"><span style=\"font-family:\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block\" class=\"\">\n<div style=\"display: inline-block\" class=\"apple-rich-link\" role=\"link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\/status\/2071585557927338215?s=43\"><a style=\"border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none\" class=\"lp-rich-link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\/status\/2071585557927338215?s=43\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"button\"><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#EBF7FF;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width:300px;height:120px\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" class=\"lp-rich-link-mediaImage\" alt=\"2071585557927338215.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2071585557927338215.png\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"margin:10px 16px 0px 16px;color:#000000;font-weight:300;text-align:left;width:268px;font-size:11pt;overflow:hidden\" class=\"lp-rich-link-quotedText\">Austin taxpayers are paying for city council members and staff to attend DSA conferences where they network and discuss how to gain more power    The #txlege should put a stop to this , property taxes should not fund the DSA!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table bgcolor=\"#EBF7FF\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"300\" style=\"font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding:6px 0px 6px 16px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIconItem\" width=\"25\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\/status\/2071585557927338215?s=43\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1967638162856955904\/XZBnA4qe_200x200.jpg\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:25px;height:25px;border-radius:3px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-leftIcon\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" data-unique-identifier=\"\"><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px 0px 8px 0px\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem\">\n<div style=\"max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack\">\n<div style=\"font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\/status\/2071585557927338215?s=43\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#000000\">ATX data (@data_atx)  217 likes \u00b7 18 replies<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-align:left\" class=\"lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/data_atx\/status\/2071585557927338215?s=43\" style=\"text-decoration: none\"><font color=\"#A2A2A9\">x.com<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span>WordpPress\u2019d from my personal iPhone,&nbsp;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">650-283-8008<\/span><span>, number that&nbsp;Steve Jobs texted me on<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image2.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image2-9.jpeg\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School youtube.com \u2022&nbsp; Austin city council members and staff used taxpayer funds to register for the DSA\u2019s \u201cHow We Win 2025\u201d policy conference in New Orleans, with expense records showing multiple $225 payments to FUND.DSAUSA.ORG. \u2022&nbsp; The conference brings together over 250 democratic socialist elected officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}