He got what he wanted. He probably got intelligence that either Putin is getting out of power one way or another.

You know what, do it for property tax too.

Spain Pushes Ahead With Plan to Tax Non-EU Home Buyers 100%

Residential buildings in the Sant Mart district of Barcelona, Spain.

Photographer: Manaure Quintero/Bloomberg

By Daniel Basteiro

May 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM UTC

Spain’s government is pushing ahead with a controversial proposal to hit non-European Union residents with a 100% tax when buying homes, as it seeks to tackle a brewing housing crisis.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialist party presented the plan as part of a broader housing bill submitted to Parliament on Thursday. The bill seeks to promote “measures that enable access to housing, since we are facing one of the largest problems our society is currently confronted with,” according to a copy of the draft legislation seen by Bloomberg. Sanchez first announced plans to create the new tax in January, in an attempt to address growing discontent over surging real estate prices and housing shortages in areas including Madrid and Barcelona. At the time, Sanchez said foreigners were snapping up homes and speculating on price increases, and that non-EU residents bought 27,000 properties in 2023.

UK citizens are the biggest foreign buyers of Spanish property, mainly in coastal regions such as Valencia, Andalusia and the Balearic Islands. Germans, Dutch and other EU citizens will be exempt.

It’s far from certain that the bill will be approved in Parliament, as Sanchez has struggled to pass legislation since he formed his current government in 2023. The premier leads a minority coalition and needs support from about eight parties whenever he wants to get laws through — something he doesn’t always achieve.

To fight the housing shortage, the central and local administrations are also clamping down on holiday rentals, with Barcelona aiming to ban all short-term rentals by 2029. Sanchez’s government is also seeking to create a private-public scheme to build homes through industrial systems, that make construction both faster and cheaper than traditional brick-and-mortar building.

Tipping is a huge part of US American culture. Some restaurants reduce hourly income of waiters below minimum wage so the tips hit that mark.

How is tipping culture in Germany?

He never hung up so it doesn’t count.

Thanks for saving me a click.

I assumed it was paywalled from the shitty clickbait title and the shitty clickbait thumbnail.

So when the CEO of Nintendo cut his salary due to the poor sales of the Wii U and every American tech writer praised him for it, that was just common practice in Japan?

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk directed by Sepideh Farsi

I’m American and I’m utterly disgusted too.

Californians are going to contribute to the crowdfunding.

Ancient dildo

According to that article, less than 55,000 are without shelter.

i actually think that is pretty good especially since they have taken over 135,000 refugees.

Texan here. I thought it was a Texas story until I saw the URL.

Um…

I recently had a dream Bobby Flay was at some of convention showing off mice. They are supposedly special for whatever reason. He told me to take them back to my trailer park home (note, I never lived in a trailer park or even spent a night in a mobile home).

I took them home and they escaped. I had a hard time finding them and they slowly grew to cat sized baby hippos. At first I was scared but I eventually worked up the courage to grab one. It was slimey and a little cold. They were cute though and they liked belly rubs.

How is it money laundering?

It looks like a straight transfer of funds for the damages Russia caused.

Hi. I am usually pretty private on Lemmy but I’ll post about my experience now.

I was abused by my parents. PTSD has affected me my entire life. I’ve read books and articles extensively on the subject and those helped but what really helped me was finding a good, trustworthy therapist. My condition was so bad, my therapist suggested a psychiatrist instead. I asked if it’s possible to just try therapy first, and the therapist agreed.

While I knew the beginning techniques for, my therapist was able to see what works and adjust accordingly. Also having a guide to all this, with minimal judgement is a benefit in itself. We were able to define what good mental health was together, which helped me a lot.

Getting one now, might not help much for the holidays, but this post is for your future. I know it can sound expensive, at least for me it did, but being able to have pockets of peace and more control of my life is worth it.

Eligible for probation at 13 years and 4 months. I hope he suffers.

They should’ve thrown out the maximum years for a case like this. They should’ve thrown out parole eligibility too.

I’ve been reading a bunch of fake ones are being posted everywhere. Maybe they don’t want misinformation circulating.

Lol.

It means we transfer it to the companies in the form of government contracts to give a return of investment to the companies that bribed the politicians. On top of that they don’t pay taxes so it’s really our money they are giving away.

Definitely in transportation and healthcare. Probably in education once Trump gets rid of the Department of Education.