Baseball John

White Sox. Musician. Pilot.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@MDusty663079 Gavin’s money came from the Getty’s—who were the Elon Musks of their day. Of course, instead of taking their wealth and investing to grow the economy, they hid it in art so they wouldn’t have to pay taxes.

But that’s different.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@KyleBumpus @DerwinLGray Depends how you frame it. When I was growing up, middle class people didn’t have air conditioners, iPhones, computers, or even cars or tv’s in some cases.

Now these things are just expected.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@literaryeric It’s not even that. Elon’s wealth is an estimation of what his first share he sold would get multiplied by all shares. That would never happen in real life. Further, before the wealth was estimated in the share, it didn’t exist. This is what’s meant by “wealth creation.”

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@DeathMetalV Yesterday, Elon Musk made over 1000 people millionaires. The only person Bernie Sanders made a millionaire was himself.

It’s not about the money. It’s about who has it.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@BrandonLBradfor You still can’t get the math to work.

Musk bet on himself. He didn’t take salaries, he took options. If Tesla would have failed, he would have lost everything and had no money. That happens, and you’re fine. But the company succeeds and you’re mad? Sounds like jealousy.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@lheal Graham Platner is committed to the permanency of poor people.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@mcuban Mark: Curious… how many of your employees make the same as you?

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@AndrewLolk The irony is that Gavin Newsom’s entire life was set up by the Getty family. J Paul Getty was the Elon Musk of his time and yet Gavin’s family had no qualms latching on to him to gain power.

It’s not about the money. It’s about who has it.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@RockChartrand That’s the first half. The second half is why. Bernie views himself as better than you and believes he has a sovereign right to control every aspect of your life. Further, he demands that you always acknowledge him as your better.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@Coolblew02 If you want that much money, go do what he did. If you don’t, what do you care?

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@LogicSixtyten @taydigs44 @jessfraz Not at all. We have a standard of living here that people-especially those in previous generations-can’t fathom.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@Hmmthinkitthru @RepMcGovern @elonmusk Hey man! The government only gets $5 trillion a year to spend. Who could live on that?

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@one4allmankind @Hmmthinkitthru @RepMcGovern @elonmusk Correct. And you pay money on the sum of the portfolio.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@GunnelsWarren No, they wouldn’t. But Obama’s and Biden’s friends would be rich as hell.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@Dice_Says You’re so lovely.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@TBR24_7 @RoKhanna Elon worked with others to form a company that created value for thousands of people. Ro just thinks he’s entitled to it because he’s part of the government and he thinks the government should own everything.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@redskeeter @RoKhanna Ro gets *five times* Elon‘s entire net worth every year and he says it’s not enough.

If that doesn’t explain the need for limited government, I don’t know what does.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@taydigs44 @jessfraz Careful. Compared to 90% of the people on this planet, you with your $1,000 iPhone are the ultra wealthy.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@RockChartrand Oh, contraire! She loves Oprah and Taylor Swift.

It’s not wealth she opposes. It’s who has it.

[Baseball John @fitcja]

@GreenPlusAnE Bernie’s endgame is an all-powerful government with him at the top that chooses whether you eat or starve. Nothing more. He couldn’t care less about poor people.