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> If you want to propose something like what Spain has done with a windfall tax to fight inflation (something no politician in the US talks about) then I'm on board.

There were absolutely talks about a windfall tax.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7061

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3527261-biden...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/progressi...

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There were talks. It would've never passed the Senate.

They said windfall taxes were something no US politician would talk about.

There's literally been a bill in Congress since March that's been referred to the Ways and Means Committee about imposing a windfall tax.

So it's not only something that US politicians talk about, it's something some have even proposed in Congress.

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