Zach Faulise

If an old man could use Twitter, it would look like this

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

Happy Fathers Day to me.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@mayorpaulyoung - thank you for a great answer here and both 1) representing the huge opportunity of AI and 2) making sure you got your community the benefits you described.

Data centers can and should be win win

[CSPAN @cspan]

Memphis Mayor Paul Young (D) on Elon Musk paying for data center construction in Memphis: "I'm not stupid, I understand this is a trillionaire. It's not about trust in him; I'm for Memphis."

[Rahm Emanuel @RahmEmanuel]

Now that he won’t stop talking, the folks who told us Hasan Piker is a serious voice who should be listened to ought to let us know which of these positions we’re supposed to take seriously:

1. That “pound for pound,” America is worse than al-Qaeda - a ridiculous statement on a normal day, but particularly vile the same week we’re reflecting on the loss of 3,000 Americans on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

2. That Communist China’s repressive regime is the “model” for America.

3. That Mao was “a great man of history” while the collapse of the Soviet Union was "one of the greatest catastrophes of the 20th century."

The great thing about America is that everyone is entitled to their opinions and free to express them, however dumb or immoral. That includes ‘Comrade’ Piker. The rest of us are just as free - obligated even - to call out this vile, hateful speech that only divides America.

https://t.co/NDtnwubTK4

[Garcia @GarciaCap]

General Motors is going to produce Patriot missiles

The reindustrialization of America continues 🇺🇸

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

How that MAGA hat be looking at Noah rn

Don’t be afraid Noah, this is the way

[Kevin Van Valkenburg @KVanValkenburg]

Transcript of Letterman’s 9/11 monologue that always brings me to tears.

[Yo Shavit @yonashav]

ugh unfortunately a banger

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@JTLonsdale Thank you for the work you’re doing! Let us know anyway we can help

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@yemisi First post organically hits hundreds of millions of people? Riiiiight

Unfortunately, the blood (money) is in the water and private and public interests will fight like hell to keep / get their take.

It’s the same story again and again and again.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@OldSovPub Very nice. What translation version of the bible will you be releasing? Catholics are hoping…

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

And this crowding out effect doesn’t just impact growth.

America was always a charitable nation. This is reflected in charitable giving in tax friendly states.

When the government “takes care” of the poor by taxing people, they have less to give.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

The simple question to ask yourself is: “Would you trust the government with your bank account to run your house”

The answer from 90% of people is “no”

Yet the linear path between government spending on Feel Good Policy and the obvious waste it creates is too much to comprehend

[Handre @Handre]

Sixty-two years and $22 trillion later, the U.S. poverty rate sits at roughly 11 percent, almost identical to where Lyndon Johnson found it in 1964. The government ran the most expensive social experiment in human history and produced nothing measurable. Bureaucracies perpetuate themselves, and this policy worked exactly as designed.

When Washington transfers purchasing power to the poor through SNAP, Medicaid, housing vouchers, and 126 other overlapping programs, it doesn't eliminate scarcity; it relocates decision-making from individuals to administrators. Those administrators develop career interests in perpetuating dependency, because a solved problem eliminates their department.

Free market thinkers identified this perverse incentive structure before Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act. Every dollar taxed from productive activity carries a deadweight cost before it reaches anyone's dinner table.

Capital formation lifts people out of poverty. You build wealth through savings, property rights, and voluntary exchange, none of which $22 trillion in redistributed spending actually produced.

[That Catholic Guy 🇻🇦 @Catholic_bro]

Daily Fulton Sheen post until he is Canonized

Ora pro nobis

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Frederick, MD came to an interesting agreement with a data center developer:

The developer will renovate an elementary school, build a community center + rec park, preserve farmland, train workers, build trails + solar, buy a fire truck, and it replaces an idle aluminum smelter.

[Chamath Palihapitiya @chamath]

I turn 50 today. This is a message to my kids but I offer it to you in case any of it rings useful.

I was born in Sri Lanka in 1976 in a country that, at the time, was about to enter a decades long civil war. My father was able to get stationed at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Canada for four years in the early 80s - when some of the fighting was most severe - and which from our vantage point in Canada gave us some respite from an otherwise omnipresent conflict.

He came as a diplomat but then my father filed for refugee status after four years when his life was threatened by militants. We stayed in Canada as refugees. My dad never really landed on his feet and we grew up on welfare.

My mom stepped up. She did an incredible thing and put our family on her back and kept marching forward. Sometimes the steps were very small but she always tried to keep moving forward.

I worked at Burger King starting at 14, giving my paycheck to my mom and dad to support our family in the role that I was assigned - earn enough to pay for our bus passes because we couldn’t afford a car.

I was a loser growing up. Some friends, some good memories but mostly forgettable and lonely. I wasn’t very studious but did get my act together in my final year and got into a great university.

I immigrated to the US soon after graduating and found an opportunity. Things clicked and I have been traveling a path to find myself ever since. Only in America is this possible…

I worked hard, followed the rules, paid my taxes and stayed in California out of loyalty for the opportunities it has given me despite its dysfunction.

I found my wife here. Had my kids here. Found my tribe here.

There have been some very hard times as well - deaths, divorce, financial pain, mistakes of omission and mistakes of commission. You can’t dwell on these things - they are weights that will pull you down if you’re not careful. Learn from them. Respect them. BUT MOVE ON.

To think 50 years ago I could have ever gotten a chance to meet the people I’ve met and have had the experiences I’ve had would have been mind boggling to my parents. It’s mind boggling to me now.

We forget often and try to convince others it’s not true but America truly is the best country in the world. Everything and anything is possible here. I can testify. Be grateful to be here.

This is the only place that gives EVERYONE a chance to live a great adventure. The first 50 years have been that for me - an incredible adventure.

Notice there is nothing here about accomplishments or money. Because it doesn’t matter and it won’t matter.

You will be dust in less than 100 years from now and the decision to be remembered won’t be yours so stop sweating it. It’s not in your control.

So what is in your control?

Be kind. Have fun. Work on something meaningful to you. Find your tribe. Try to find perspective. Find an incredible partner. Have a bunch of kids. Live an adventure. Forgive your parents - they were doing the best they could even if that wasn’t what you deserved.

I will do what I can to make my next 50 years a wild ride.

You should too.

I love you and thank you. ❤️

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[The Bull Moose Project @BullMooseProj]

Build a family, save America.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@OldSovPub Already ordered my Plutarch pre-order. Very excited about your work

Dostoevsky is next on the birthday wishlist

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@OldSovPub Are you planning on doing all the western classics?

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

lol woah Jason is based af

[@jason @Jason]

We build in Texas.

House stock goes up, prices go down, families buy a house and build a home — people are content.

It’s the promise of America realized — it’s beautiful.

For a man the greatest calling is to provide for your family and you can do that here.

In LA, SF and NYC these evil limousine liberals and socialist lunatics block the building of homes, people give up on starting a family and dump their slightly higher salaries into unsustainable rents — they wind up hating that lives or feeling unfulfilled.

Pure corruption.

The stress breaks and brutalizes the few who do become parents in these cities.

In Texas folks pause, say a prayer, thank Jesus and look you directly in the eye and say “thank you sir,” after the simple act of holding the door for each other.

You can feel the Holy Spirit, or grace if you prefer, all day long.

Owning a house and building a home is a the foundation of that happiness.

build more houses… make them cheaper and better… and let people build families and homes.

The $250,000 home solves a lot of a problems in society.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@GregAbbott_TX hello please fix Governor. Libraries are for Children, not criminals!

[Austin Justice @AustinJustice]

Austin's Central Library is standing up a dedicated police and security unit.

Drug reports and trespassing are through the roof. Just in the last year, a man was shot inside and an elderly man was punched out of his chair and stomped on the head while unconscious.

The suspects were repeat offenders. One of them had a history of riding the bus (CapMetro) and punching people, including a driver and a passenger mother defending her young child.

CapMetro, by the way, also stood up its own police force (25 officers, a chief, $4.7 million on a building).

So the city is now creating new police units to compensate for the fact that it gutted APD back in 2020 and the county's prosecutors refuse to incarcerate repeat offenders.

[Zach Faulise @Zfaulise]

@BullMooseProj As a lover of Teddy (second son named after him), I’m curious what you mean? I feel the modern exposure to him is essentially YouTube videos of The Man in the Arena. Is he vilified? Or just misunderstood?