Spain Plans 100% Tax for Homes Bought By Non-EU Residents

Spain is confronting a significant housing crisis, characterized by soaring property prices and a shortage of affordable homes. In response, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has introduced a series of measures aimed at improving housing accessibility for residents. Among these proposals is a plan to impose a tax of up to 100% on property purchases made by non-resident, non-EU citizens.

Details of the Proposed Tax

The proposed tax targets non-EU citizens who do not reside in Spain, requiring them to pay a tax equivalent to the full value of the property they intend to purchase. This measure is designed to deter speculative investments that contribute to escalating property prices, thereby prioritizing housing availability for residents. In 2023, non-EU residents purchased approximately 27,000 properties in Spain, often for investment rather than personal use.

H-1B Visa Row Under Trump Fuels Anxiety for Indian Dreamers

 

The H-1B visa program has long been a vital pathway for skilled professionals from around the world, particularly India, to work in the United States. However, during the Trump administration, changes to this program stirred significant anxiety among Indian nationals aspiring to the American dream.

 

A Critical Lifeline for Indian Professionals

 

India has historically been one of the largest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa program, which allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations. Fields like technology, engineering, and healthcare have seen a significant influx of Indian talent, with professionals from the subcontinent filling critical gaps in the American labor market.

America Needs A Healthcare System Built For Care, Not Profit

As competently as making Americans healthier, Medicare for All would regulate our concord of what we can and should demand of our society.

The United States pays just just about three times per capita what the average developed nation pays for healthcare, still of those countries we have one of the lowest liveliness expectancies, the highest maternal and infant mortality rates, and an astonishingly high number of deaths from preventable diseases.

In supplement, concerning 30 million people are uninsured, other 30 million are underinsured, and the perch of us bear increasingly skinny support once unaffordable premiums, deductibles, and copays.

Trump Postpones Weekend Mar-a-Lago Trip Amid Possible Government Shutdown

The president has spent very apropos one-third of his first year at properties that bear his add footnotes to.

WASHINGTON  President Donald Trump had been scheduled to depart Washington, D.C., as regards speaking the order of Friday to visit his resort in Florida.

But White House officials told reporters in the stomach in the hours of day that Trump would shove urge on his weekend sojourn to Mar-a-Lago until Congress found a habit to preserve the running tribute  avoiding what would have been poor optics for the president.

Obama Sees Work on Race Relations as Key Part of Legacy

President Barack Obama said Monday that he hopes his legacy will include sparking a new discussion on solving issues of racial inequity, including those that warp the criminal justice system and that his successor will pick up where he left off.

One of the things that I've consistently said as president is that I'm the president of all people. I am very proud that my presidency can help to galvanize and mobilize America on behalf of issues of racial disparity and racial injustice, Obama told NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt during a visit Monday to Newark, New Jersey, to highlight efforts to help former inmates return to society.