Greekeagle

Athens born, Astoria raised, citizen of the world. Artist by day.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@sarahtexe I am not MAGA but I did vote for Trump. Dismantling the department of education was not a driver of why I voted for him, but I do support the policy as the department has been a huge waste of money.
Btw, your profile says you are in South Asia. Why are you even interested?

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@DefiantLs What a pathetic asshat. The guy uses his bully pulpit to gin up hatred against Musk and support for stealing his money. He also accuses Musk of the deaths of 4.5m children. And then he pretends that Musk is trying to ‘intimidate’ him for threatening to sue. Boo! Pathetic!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@MichaelSLinden How do you figure that $5Bn is a 3% effective tax rate? He hasn’t realized his gains! Do you pay income taxes every year on the increased value of your home?

And why is “taxation is theft” the silliest argument? Last I checked, “that’s dumb” is not a compelling argument.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@RoKhanna A 5% wealth tax on a passive portfolio is mostly a liquidity/tax issue.
A 5% forced monetization of founder-control equity can impair the asset itself, because the founder’s continuing control, incentives, and signaling value are part of what investors are valuing.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@RoKhanna Oh grow up and stop being a lying, grandstander. Perhaps before you try to confiscate Musks wealth, you should liquidate 5% of your own net worth and give it to the Trump administration.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@SenWarren And if I stole your house and pretended it wasn’t stealing by calling it a tax, I would have a multi-million dollar house surrounded by similarly out-of-touch democrats. Difference is, I would feel shame for doing so!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@Heccles94 Are you being deliberately thick? Because he created the wealth! And he would probably say he doesn’t really care about the number because it is almost all tied up creating more value!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@NYCMayor Could you clarify the actual reason?

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@og_tadi @elonmusk @Coinvo 13 U.S. colonies. 6 Australian colonies. 4/5 Canadian colonies (depending on how you count Quebec/Ontario), New Zealand, Singapore, Malta, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Penang, Malacca, should I go on? These are just British colonies.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@TheRealMarina0 Play stupid games, win stupid prizes! It sucks that you got blinded. I hope that you recognize, in time, that you were responsible for your own injury!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@moetkacik I am stunned that you would say something like that. It is just appalling that people with as much bias and venom as you have are actually influencing people’s thinking! I really wish you would stop spreading hateful, inflammatory lies. Your commentary causes real harm!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@Politicsworld @samstein @lizatliz I’m afraid you got that wrong. Just because *you* don’t know what the fuck you are doing doesn’t mean that they don’t! Cool your tits and take a deep breath. It will all be okay!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

Little girl needs to settle down! https://t.co/ucByKZ54bv

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

May GOD help us all! This man is incompetent and insane.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@nobleisawinner Fuck around and find out!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@ryangrim Firstly, if he is taking steroids to build strength and appearance, he is doing it wrong! His build is nowhere near as good as someone who has just done one steroid cycle.
Secondly, why would you care if he is taking steroids? You clearly don’t know much about the topic.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@misanharriman And yet she created nothing. Musk, Page, Ellison and Bezos all have most of their wealth tied up in the businesses that they created and are continuing to build. If it weren’t for their world-shaping innovations, MacKenzie Scott wouldn’t have wealth to donate.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@MINHxDYNASTY I really don’t give much of a shit about what Ray Dalio has to say. He espouses “radical transparency” and “idea meritocracy”, but it applies to everyone except him. Same vibe as writing a >7,000 word essay (43,143) characters on a platform designed for <280 characters!

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@MollyJongFast @loganemitchell And just to be clear, R&D spending per person in 2024:
U.S.: ~$2,750/person
UK: $370/person
EU: $960/person
China: $570/person

On a GDP basis:
U.S.: 3.4% of GDP
UK: 2.9% of GDP
EU: 2.2% of GDP
China: 2.5% of GDP

Note these numbers are from ChatGPT and I’ve not verified.

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

@MollyJongFast @loganemitchell The U.S. has historically funded academic research at much higher levels than the rest of the world, and most of the product of that research goes into the public domain. So isn’t it a *great* thing for UK, EU and China to be paying a bit more of their fair share?

[Greekeagle @Greekeagle646]

Okay, so if you don’t want any tax dollars spent on ICE, that is okay as long as my tax dollars don’t get spent on subsidizing or policing illegal immigrants. You guys can pay for that out of your own pockets. Great solution, right? You’re welcome!