Mitch Carter

I play sports, ride bikes, read books, root for BYU, the Seahawks, and the Sounders. I love my wife, kids, and chocolate cake, not necessarily in that order.

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Every generation thinks America was best when they were kids.

https://t.co/YyBMkY0K67

[david friedberg @friedberg]

why not just raise income tax rates?

because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”.

you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from citizens.

you’re calling it a “wealth tax” or a “billionaires tax” or “millionaires tax” or whatever nom du jour polls well. but at the end of the day, it’s the seizure of private property from citizens by the government. citizens that earned money, paid their fair taxes on those earnings (53% if they live in California) and are now being told they need to hand over after-tax assets because the government has failed to provide promised services with the revenue it’s collected, and are now re-casting their own failure to be a socio-economic inequity that must be justly resolved... a slippery slope that has never gone anywhere good (see economic effects in USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, France and Norway wealth tax etc.)

the American founders fled tyranny in Europe and this amazing nation was populated by immigrants (myself and your parents) from around the world not just looking for a “better life” but for a place where they could have freedom from tyrannical governments that can take what they want from private citizens. a great nation borne of property rights, the rule of law, and endowed freedoms to believe, speak, or act. these principles led to the greatest run of innovations, successes, and widespread increase in prosperity, for all citizens, ever seen.

the citizens, the individuals, not the institutions, delivered this progress. those who invented, who toiled, who bled, who sacrificed, who took risk and persevered, who led, and who changed the world, are not charlatans, kleptocrats, or oligarchs. they’re what made us all better off. prosperity is a measure of america’s success, not its failure.

it is your principle that is so offensive, as evidenced by the broad disdain for your flippant flirtation with the darkest of human fantasy - socialism. you and other neo-socialists have led so many of us to reflect on America’s history and what it is becoming. that now leads so many to consider, so unnecessarily, leaving their homes for a place where everyone stands up to shout down the principle you suggest. because if your ideas are now considered moderate, it’s clear this titanic is sinking.

that a “simple tax” of taking assets that have been earned, through toil and tribulation, rightly taxed, and preserved, should now be unjustly seized, is your solution to a problem of obvious government mismanagement and outright fraud, tells us that your true motivation lies not in giving people healthcare but in cutting down success and deleting the system of prosperity and opportunity for all.

i don’t care, and neither should anyone else, what the sum total market value of a private citizens private assets might be. it is none of my business and should be none of yours. because, again, once you open that pandora’s box, we might as well study Lord of the Flies … there is literally nothing stopping 51% of citizens demanding that their government go out and seize 100% of the private property of the 49%.

want to give healthcare to people in need? do your job and fix healthcare. make it affordable. want to be lazy about it? then do your job lazily and raise income taxes.

want to take private property from private citizens who have paid their fair share of taxes and legally earned their property, then honestly declare that it is envy, not inequity, that you strive to resolve…

[Matt Brown @MattBrownEP]

this is a terrible idea and I hope that somebody with some sense stops it

[Josiah Johnson @KingJosiah54]

Notre Dame after they didn’t make the college football playoffs

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

@on3 This is the most anti-Rudy thing they could do

[Ben Carlson @awealthofcs]

The doomers on social media aren’t happy until you’re as unhappy and angry as they are

It’s a depressing way to go thru life

Block/mute them all and it makes this place a better experience

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

@jackson5payne Congrats Jackson, that’s awesome news!!

[Russell M. Nelson @NelsonRussellM]

“As one of the special witnesses of the name of Christ in all the world, I testify that He is the Son of the living God. Jesus is the Christ—our atoning Savior and Redeemer. This is His Church, restored to bless God’s children and to prepare the world for the Second Coming of the Lord.” —Russell M. Nelson (1924–2025).

[Hank Smith @hankrsmith]

A few verses from the Book of Mormon for you all tonight. God bless you my friends.

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

@WSJ Consider who wins from attacking a church that preaches that Jesus Christ is our savior, provides charitable support to millions, and whose core teachings help many to focus their daily lives outside their own self-interests.

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

@VTehanov @kevxalchemy That’s a challenge when I have to use my phone for multi factor authentication for work apps multiple times a day.

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

We bought chairs from @BirchLane and when they arrived they were a totally different color than advertised! Customer service says our “resolution is in progress”…that was 2 weeks ago. They haven’t responded to any emails since then.

[Russell M. Nelson @NelsonRussellM]

For me, deep-sea fishing has been infrequent but instructive. Success requires patience, persistence, and prayer.

As we begin this new year and make resolutions to improve things in our lives, these three requisites for successful fishing can help us.

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

An interesting part in this @Gladwell piece on Jack Welch.

https://t.co/RqwhqTz0uM

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

@scottbourne I’ll miss having you around. It’s been a bright spot seeing your photos of all kinds. Thank you.

[BYU @BYU]

Nuclear energy is 8000x more powerful than fossil fuels & it's environmentally friendly BUT when accidents happen, they're substantial (e.g. Chernobyl).

So BYU researchers created a new reactor, using molten salt, to make nuclear energy production safer. https://t.co/WMptphicue

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

The effects of THC and other components of cannabis for the developing fetus - especially the brain, are absolutely terrible. People should be aware of that.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

The data on cannabis use in young people (age 12-18) leading to schizophrenia and psychosis later in life even after cessation of cannabis use, are striking, concerning & lend balance to the idea that cannabis is harmless or better b/c it is “safer than alcohol”.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

From @WSJopinion: Federal student loans have since become another all-you-can-eat entitlement. Its costs grow on autopilot as lawmakers boost subsidies in the name of making higher education more affordable, but in reality doing the opposite. https://t.co/y7rQO6Qv7s

[Mitch Carter @11MitchCarter]

“The constitution is hanging by a thread,” he told me. “The funny thing is, I always thought it would be the other guys. And it’s my side. That just rips at my heart: that we would be the people who would surrender the constitution in order to win an election.”

[Drew Harwell @drewharwell]

"It’s a party that doesn’t have any thought. It’s all emotional, it’s all revenge. It’s all anger. That’s all it is" https://t.co/w5KrlH4PO7