Jeremy Wald

Tech is the future. There is always a better way, we should never stop improving.

[Disagree Butter @disagreebutter]

After Celeste Maloy bragged about the current congress doubling the child tax credit @phil_lyman said "Taxes? This is my house!"

Dude is an accountant; he crunches numbers for people all day, Son. Did you notice how he disappeared from campaigning around April 15th? He was doing other peoples' taxes. Look how he knows the dollar amounts by memory. You can't get into the weeds with an accountant, you will lose. They live for that stuff.

Actual quote "We have not seen major cuts on taxes."

[Scott Herndon @HerndonforIdaho]

Idaho spent $328 million last year to reduce your property taxes.

You still paid $2.174 billion, up from $1.946 billion two years ago.

The state is spending more on relief every year and you are paying more every year. That is a treadmill, not a solution.

DeSantis just called a special session to eliminate property taxes on Florida homesteads. Idaho should be leading this fight, not following.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Companies trying to keep Pride Month alive.

[Utahfarmers.org @Utahfarmersorg1]

Q: Who put Carp in Utah Lake? Who planted Chinese Elms in Utah?

A: In 1883, the Federal Gov't. put 200 baby carp in Utah Lake, and planted Chinese Elms near Providence around 1920. Two bad ideas rooted in "protection."

Q: Why?

A: As a cheap food source to replenish depleted fish supplies across the U.S., and for quick shade and wind protection.

Carp are bottom feeders disturbing sediment and ripping out vegetation in search for food. Utah Lake carp have high, unhealthy cancerous PCB counts.

Raw untreated sewage was discharged into Utah Lake from 1850's to 1960's. Dairies ran their cow waste directly into Utah Lake.

By the early 2000's, carp were 91% of the total fish biomass.

As the carp prospered, the native June Sucker, only found in Utah Lake struggled.

To save the June Sucker mechanical carp killing started in 2010 with 29 million pounds of carp removed by 2019. https://t.co/K8E1rs5g7D

Up to $100 million has been spent to fix the carp mistake killing Utah Lake, and to save the June Sucker once endangered, but now classified as a threatened species.

Carp and Chinese Elm Trees have spread aggressively.

Blue Catfish, a bioeliminator, may be a better and cheaper solution than mechanical Carp elimination to save Utah Lake.

Bounties on Chinese Elms may be a better solution to conserve water than Rip Out Your Lawn programs, and contentious water snitch lines on your neighbor.

These expensive self inflicted messes were made in the name of "protection."

Better Policies for Better Living.

[Josh Brooks @F530Josh]

Lawmakers work on average 133 to 160 days per year.

Remove their pay entirely, and while in service to their nation they are not allowed to invest, or have anyone invest in the stock market on their behalf.

$0 is the new salary.

They get access to a standard Blended Retirement System as the military while they are actively serving as a federal law maker.

Our best and brightest should be running the country.

That means with the other half of the year where they are doing literally nothing, they can simply run their companies or do their regular jobs, and that is plenty of time to be successful as a private citizen with a loudspeaker of that size.

AOC is making millions just off of being a social media influencer.

The system as it sits today is too easy to corrupt, and the incentive for self enrichment is too high. That system needs to be changed rapidly.

- Term limits.

- No investment accounts outside of the military BRS.

- VA healthcare across the board.

- Congressional Barracks and DFAC in Washington DC.

- $0 Salary

"But what about campaigning!"

Campaigning has become the entire job. We need to eliminate that as well.

Give candidates 10 days to campaign prior to the election date. Any marketing agency that steps in to assist has to do so for free of charge with a tax-write off as the only incentive outside of believing in their candidate.

Officially campaigning outside of that window with advertisements becomes violative, and gets them fined.

A good public servant should not need 365 days of constant marketing to remind constituents of how good of a job they're doing. Their public policy record should speak on that for itself.

[Skscartoon @skscartoon]

Declining Population, the Welfare State, and Immigration – In a Nutshell

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

I literally gasped watching this

Caleb Hammer asks how this transgender guest paid for his transition surgery, specifically “the boob job”

He replies “That was free — Colorado taxpayers”

- Transition surgery free
- Boob job free
- Hormones medications free

All this was free, paid for by American taxpayers

Again, I want to repeat this. US Taxpayers are paying for boob jobs for transgender men to get implants

I had to verify this and it’s all true

Colorado’s Medicaid program (Health First Colorado) covers gender-affirming care services, including surgeries like breast augmentation

This was recently changed under their Democrat Governor

In 2025, Colorado passed HB 25-1309 signed by Gov. Jared Polis. This codified and expanded insurance protections for gender-affirming care across plans, including hormone therapy, breast augmentation, facial surgery, and more

It even prevents insurers from denying what transgenders consider medically necessary care. Private insurance plans in the state must also cover these services under essential health benefits rules

Absolutely insane

[Utahfarmers.org @Utahfarmersorg1]

Can we stop praying for rain and go to work?

Colorado builds new reservoirs. Utah prays for rain. God is a worker like the pioneer farmers who founded Utah.

Utah has not build a large reservoir in 40 years. Population has doubled. Water storage per person is down 50%.

Would Utah be better off with 6 new reservoirs or $6.5 Billion for a couple of stadiums and a gondola no one wants?

What do you think?

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[Scott Herndon @HerndonforIdaho]

Every time I talk about eliminating property tax, someone asks: "But how will we fund roads and police?"

As if the government would collapse without the power to take your home.

Here's what people forget: Idahoans already pay income tax, sales tax, gas tax, payroll tax, telecom taxes, utility fees, excise taxes, licensing fees, and more.

For someone earning $70K in Idaho, the total tax burden is roughly $20,000 — a 30% effective rate across all levels of government.

In 1776, Americans paid about 1-1.5% of their income in total taxes. They revolted. We pay 20-30x that, and on top of it all, we accept the one tax that can take your home.

You can stop paying income tax and you'll owe a penalty. You can stop buying things and avoid sales tax. But if you stop paying property tax, the government takes your house. The one you already paid for.

That's not taxation. That's serfdom.

Idaho's state spending grew $1.2 billion above inflation and population growth in just six years. The money is there. The only thing missing is the political will.

I'm not proposing we cut a single service. I'm proposing we stop funding services with the one tax that can make you homeless.

#PropertyTaxElimination #Idaho

[Goku @ProjectGokuu]

Hal Cranmer says assisted living is where the elderly are sent to wait till they pass away.

Cranmer owns four assisted living homes in Arizona.

When he first got into the business, he noticed something that bothered him.

None of the residents were getting better either.

They were treated like cardboard boxes at a storage unit - stacked out of the way, forgotten and slowly falling apart inside.

He asked everyone in the industry why no one was trying to improve their health.

The answer he kept getting was, "Well, they're old, so they don't get better."

Cranmer thought that was nonsense.

The standard assisted living model includes diaper changes, bingo, showers, three meals a day, and medications managed by outside doctors.

Health improvement is not part of the protocol.

Cranmer rejected the model and started cutting sugar, adding trainers, and putting his residents on low-carb diets.

Nine of them have now moved back home in his decade running it.

The industry built itself on managed decline because nobody told the elderly that recovery was still possible.

— Hal Cranmer (@HalCranmer)

[RedWave Press @RedWavePress]

NAILED IT: Jeff Bezos: “A nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year pays more than $12K a year in taxes. Does that really make sense?”

“So people talk about making the tax system more progressive. How about we start by having the nurse in Queens NOT pay taxes? At all!”

“Why is a nurse in Queens who makes $75K a year paying more than $1K a month in taxes?”

“That’s $1K a month that could help with rent or groceries or anything.”

“And by the way, do you know what that all adds up to? The bottom half of income earners in this country pay only 3% of the taxes. It’s only 3%.”

“We can find 3%. So we don’t have... it’s a small amount of money for the government. You know that. And the more I thought about it, to me, it’s kind of absurd that we’re doing this.”

“We shouldn’t be asking this nurse in Queens to send money to Washington — they should be sending her an apology. It really makes no sense.”

Exactly!

[Alex @alex_avoigt]

My SpaceX-Tesla Strategy

I will not sell a single share of Tesla stock to acquire shares of SpaceX during its Initial Public Offering (IPO).

Based on fundamental data, SpaceX is currently significantly overvalued; and although the company appears highly attractive from a long-term perspective, it will take years for it to grow into its current valuation.

Mayor revenue and profit income is years away and while I have no doubt in the success its a question of opportunity costs.

It is also highly probable that SpaceX stock will prove to be extremely volatile like Tesla and that excellent buying opportunities will arise further down the road so there is no reason to rush.

Tesla, on the other hand, is currently significantly undervalued. In the short to medium term, I anticipate an appreciation in the stock price as massive cash flow and profit levers are about to unlock.

My strategy, therefore, is not to sell a single share of Tesla, as doing so at this moment and time would be a bad deal. $tsla $SPCX

[Taya Bass @travelingflying]

Woman: ”I am a woman of color, daughter of immigrants, Muslim feminist, lefty liberal. Am I your enemy?”

Jared Taylor: ”You're not subjectively my enemy. But what you are promoting will lead to the disappearance of my people and my culture.

And I'll tell you this: It annoys me tremendously when I'm told by some immigrant or a child of immigrants that the only reason my country is worthwhile is because people like them have come here. It's as if to say my ancestors built a dung heap.

And I don't doubt your good will, but your goodwill is objectively going to lead to the oblivion of my people. I'm sorry, there is no other way to see it.”

[HalfTangible @HalfTangible]

"According to Jesus we're supposed to turn the other cheek when we're hurt, right?"
"Yes. In Jesus' time, a person that backhanded your cheek was treating you as lesser. So you turn the other cheek, forcing them to strike you as an equal."
"What does that have to do with immigration?"
"The contention is that immigrants are allowed to treat us as lesser because they come from incompatible cultures and attack us. But we can't then tell them no, because that's 'racist'."
"That seems contrary to what Jesus taught."
"It is, and amazingly so. Non-Christians often seize on the idea that Jesus advocated for non-violence to tell Christians to shut up and take what's being done to them."
"Are you sure that's what Jesus taught? It's not like you could ask him personally. He predates you by a millennium, right?"
"Jesus makes the same point with the story of giving away your cloak, and with going the extra mile. In the latter's case, a Roman soldier could make an Israelite carry anything like a pack mule for up to a mile. It was a humiliation. But Jesus told them to carry it another mile, to treat the Roman as you would a friend, which would both shame them and force them to treat you as a person instead of a mule."
"What about the cloak?"
"When you're poor and living in an ancient society, your cloak is vital for getting through the cold nights. In Jesus' time, it was common to get around this by demanding the other person give you their shirt. But if you give them the cloak as well, it is a deliberate provocation: if they take the shirt and cloak, they will be shamed by the community."
"And... the good samaritan?"
"The point was the man who was a neighbor was not the priest or the Levite, but the one who showed mercy to his neighbor. It doesn't say 'everyone is your neighbor', in fact it states the opposite rather plainly. It's your actions that make you a neighbor, NOT your ethnicity."
"So, not everyone is your neighbor?"
"The neighbor shows mercy to those who have been hurt."
"What does that have to do with immigration?"
"Nothing. They've decided it means that you must allow immigrants to raid and attack you and treat you like garbage without retaliation of any sort. You can't even say 'stop it' without being declared racist."
"Then why did he bring up Christianity at all?"
"Because he's not a Christian and doesn't understand it."

[Utahfarmers.org @Utahfarmersorg1]

Former Congressman gets $18 million Public Building on 2.4 acres down town SLC for $1 million with $1/yr payments for the first 15 years and 55 years to pay off.

Former lawmaker gets $8 million for a property Cottonwood Heights mayor says is worth $4.5 million.

Box Elder County is offered $5.4 million for a $100 Billion Mr. Not-Wonderful mega data center.

The new Prison cost $1 Billion divided by the 600 acres from the old prison site is $1.7 million per acre (350 developable, 142 Open Space, 112 roads and infrastructure).

Building a prison on top of old city dump, in a West Nile Virus mosquito swamp, in the jet pollution plume is cruel and unusual punishment.

The gondola, The Olympics, The Utah Iand Port Authority (UIPA), The tax increases, Stadiums to Billionaires - No choice, no voice, no vote - Utax.

Members of Congress insider trade stocks against the constituent families.

Data Centers demand qualified immunity from lawsuits.

Utax is cooking a rough brew.
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[Rocket Lab @RocketLab]

The 1,000th Rutherford engine has rolled off the production line🎉The world's first 3D printed, battery-powered rocket engine is now one of the most manufactured rocket engines on Earth.  

Congratulations to the production and development teams behind Rutherford. You make the most complex engineering and manufacturing feats look easy.

[AZ Red Scorpion @azredscorpion]

@SirBylHolte

[Just Phil Lyman @phil_lyman]

Utah is the #1 state in the country again 😟

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s Housing Price Index, Utah leads the nation with a staggering 651.1% increase in housing prices from 1991 to 2024. No other state comes close.

What started as a place where hard-working families could afford a home has become severely unaffordable for the next generation.

This isn’t just a statistic. It’s pricing out young Utahns, first-time buyers, and even multi-generational families from the American Dream in our own backyard. Rapid population growth, federal overreach on public lands, unchecked inflation, and strained supply are driving it.

As your next Congressman for Utah’s 3rd District, I won’t offer more government programs that got us here. We need principled leadership to get government out of the way and unleash free-market solutions.

Here’s what I’ll fight for in Washington:
• Secure the border, end illegal immigration, eliminate H - 1B visa fraud, and push for verification of asylum claims to reduce artificial demand pressure on our housing stock.
• Cut wasteful federal spending and reduce our reliance on printed money to tame inflation and lower mortgage rates.
• Return control of federal public lands (over 70% of Utah) to the state so we can responsibly develop housing and use our own natural resources like timber to bring down construction costs.
• Support targeted property tax reform to protect homeowners from skyrocketing bills on unrealized gains.

Utah’s greatest asset is its people, not endless regulation from D.C. Let’s restore housing affordability through freedom, not bureaucracy. Utahns deserve better.

[Just Phil Lyman @phil_lyman]

Utah: the red state with blue state taxes

When Spencer Cox became governor, our state's annual budget was $18.2 billion.

In 2022, it was $26.5 billion, which is a 45% growth rate in state government.

If you spend like a blue state, you must tax like a blue state.