BAR OWNER: “You’re OK at making drinks, but are you good at changing the channel on a TV?”
BARTENDER INTERVIEWEE: “I am the literal worst channel changer of all time.”
BAR OWNER: “You start tomorrow.”
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!
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Bernie Moreno says the "banking cartel is in full panic mode" over crypto Clarity Act.
"For decades, these banks have treated your deposits like their personal piggy bank, paying you next to nothing while lending YOUR money out for massive profits and executive bonuses."
"Now that innovative stablecoins threaten to break their monopoly and give you actual financial freedom? They're running to Congress again, screaming about threats to economic growth and financial stability."
MEN: We want access to women's spaces.
GOVERNMENT: OK no problem.
WOMEN: We want men out of our spaces.
GOVERNMENT: It's complicated, we'll need guidance, case by case basis, impact assessments, have you considered how this will affect the men, how will it work in practice?
Here’s the full Brad Marchand tribute at the Garden, including the Bruins legend absolutely bawling on the bench. As always with Marchy, emotions on full display.
🚨 BEAUTIFUL: Phoenix Air Traffic Control sent a message to Charlie Kirk when he landed back in Arizona on Air Force Two
“Welcome home, Charlie. You didn’t deserve it… May God bless your family.” 🙏🏻
Americans of all walks of life are mourning the loss of Charlie 🇺🇸