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[Upstate Federalist @upstatefederlst]

I have been reliably informed that a fee is not a tax.

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

Import the third world; become the third world.

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Horrific scenes in North Belfast tonight as an invader was caught trying to behead a man in the middle of the street!

[Handre @Handre]

Milton Friedman's greatest regret.

The federal government discovered the perfect crime in 1943: make employers collect taxes before workers ever see their paychecks. You think you earn $60,000 per year, but you actually earn $75,000 and hand over $15,000 to politicians without ever touching it. The psychological difference is enormous.

Before payroll withholding, Americans wrote quarterly checks directly to the Treasury. Picture yourself sitting at your kitchen table, writing a $3,750 check to the IRS every three months. The pain was immediate and visceral. Politicians faced constant pressure to justify every dollar because citizens felt the extraction in real time.

Withholding transforms this concrete loss into an abstract accounting entry. Your employer becomes an unpaid tax collector, and you never experience the actual cost of government. Worse, most people celebrate their tax refunds as government generosity rather than recognizing them as interest-free loans they provided to politicians. The Treasury collects your money throughout the year, spends it immediately, then returns your own cash and receives gratitude.

This system enables the explosion in government spending you witness today. Defense contractors billing $640 for toilet seats, agricultural subsidies for corn syrup, and congressional salaries for 535 people who rarely show up to work. When taxation feels painless, voters stop demanding accountability for how their money gets spent.

Milton Friedman helped design withholding as a wartime emergency measure and later called it his greatest regret. Free market economists recognized that the psychological pain of direct taxation creates political pressure for fiscal restraint. The temporary always becomes permanent in government hands, and the emergency justification disappears while the extraction mechanism remains forever.

[NBA Memes @NBAMemes]

This might be the coldest quote ever 😮‍💨

[JeffGSpursZone @JeffGSpursZone]

Well this is cool.... #nba #porvida #sanantonio

[Spurs Jackals @SpursJackals]

THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS PLAY THEIR FIRST NBA FINALS GAME SINCE 2014 TODAY SPURS FANSSSSS

[LaysCrispyTaco @layscrispytaco]

I mean GO spurs GO amirite!?
@spurs

[Quan Wick @TheFinalQuan]

We already won a title in your house

[MOMMA CASTLE @quancas]

Game 1 … I’m feeling so excited about tonight. PRAYED FOR THIS MOMENT! LET’S GO GET IT BOYS!

GO SPURS GO!!

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

My wife @Google searched where to stream the @spurs because the @NBA made watching basketball HARD— the antithesis of David Stern’s NBA. According to Google’s AI overview the @nyknicks already lost #GameOne of the #NBAFinals to my Spurs. #GoSpursGo #PorVida

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

That picture is not photoshopped either. Lol — The conspiracy theorists are about to go wild.

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

My wife @Google searched where to stream the @spurs because the @NBA made watching basketball HARD— the antithesis of David Stern’s NBA. According to Google’s AI overview the @nyknicks already lost #GameOne of the #NBAFinals to my Spurs. #GoSpursGo #PorVida

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

My wife @Google searched where to stream the @spurs because the @NBA made watching basketball HARD— the antithesis of David Stern’s NBA. According to Google’s AI overview the @nyknicks already lost #GameOne of the #NBAFinals to my Spurs. #GoSpursGo #PorVida

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

The BBC have run a sneering attack piece insulting both myself and Elon Musk...

A Restore Britain Government will defund the BBC, day one.

Let's see who's laughing then.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Under a Restore Britain Government, the most monstrous Pakistani child rapists would not be deported.

With the British people's approval, they would be put to death.

In my view - if you rape and torture children, you do not deserve to live.

[Patrick Bet-David @patrickbetdavid]

Strange numbers.

Here's how much Pres. Biden's presidential library has raised compared to previous 6 Presidents:

Biden: ONLY $4m (goal was $200m to $300m)
Obama: $1.5B to $1.6B
George W. Bush: $500m +
Clinton: $165m
George H.W. Bush: $43m
Reagan: $57-$60m
Carter: $26m (In 1981)

How does the most popular president of all with 81m+ votes in 2024 only get $4m from his supporter to build his library?

Makes you wonder.

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

@RunMyCoins @illbearound2024 @ringer @BillSimmons @ZachLowe_NBA Came here to say this exact thing.

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

@swipathefox We’re grateful; keep going! Four more! Race for Seis is on!

[De'Aaron Fox @swipathefox]

12 down, San Antonio 🤝

[☕︎︎ @j7zaza]

My 20-22 year old playoff rookies walked into the champions’ trap and snatched their chain nigga you don’t understand the shit I’m feeling rn

[Otto Unlocks @OttoUnlocks]

Let that hate out.