Your GenX Aunt

Do you need a GenX Aunt? I’ll be yours. (Grew up in the 70’s & 80’s) Mommy/Techie/Reader/Questioner. ❤️ movies, cooking, books 🇺🇸🐘

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@TruthHubOrg @hartl_susan @libsoftiktok Thank you for clarifying. I appreciate it.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@hartl_susan @libsoftiktok He has already left, didn’t he? Isn’t it Kevin Warsh?

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Welcome to the lawless, dangerous, and illegal markets in NYC, where millions and potentially BILLIONS of tax dollars are lost each year. Where criminals arrested for drug dealing, assault, and resisting arrest are set free to commit their crimes once again.

The NYC Council says it loses over $1.7 billion in potential tax revenue. These vendors are primarily illegal migrants from Africa who make $10,000’s of dollars a week TAX FREE.

In a city that wants to "tax the rich" but turns a blind eye to open criminality and fraud, there is a problem. How can women feel safe knowing criminals arrested for assault are set free on the streets?

This isn’t about left or right, it’s about what is against the law. We all work too hard and pay too much in taxes for others to break our laws and defraud the system. Watch and share!

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@OldHollowTree I love my purple mug!

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@PamelaGeller Dude has John Waters vibes.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@WKRN I would rather shop and give my tax dollars to Thompson’s Station than Nashville. I don’t buy luxury brands often, but I honestly despise going to Green Hills Mall.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@bowtiedfarmer Never knew how much I needed 5 ebooks on beekeeping 🐝🍯 right now brother, but here we are. Prayers for you and yours.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@ThrillaRilla369 @Maureen61110736 Sometimes the little ones need help pulling down/up pants and may need some assistance cleaning their bottom. I would not trust this to any stranger, no matter how nice they are.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@ThrillaRilla369 Absolutely. Especially if he politely knocks first and announces his need.

[Jen Horsburgh @jenatlionra]

I need to be clear about what comes next. These are Gemini's own words, generated by Google's tool, sitting on my screen. I have the screenshots. I'm not guessing or making assumptions. I'm showing you what it wrote.

[Homeland Security @DHSgov]

"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." —George Washington

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@alan_stalcup @PalmerLuckey - hire this kid!

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@MatthewModine @Morgan__Creek I used to live in Lower Pacific Heights. I hope I win. This would be fantastic!

[Matthew Modine @MatthewModine]

Repost by Monday, June 15 for a chance to win this signed out-of-print Blu-ray of John Schlesinger’s PACIFIC HEIGHTS! It’s Pvt. Joker vs. Batman! I’ll pick one winner at random and announce next #ModineMonday. Good luck! #PhysicalMedia

[The Michael Knowles Show @MKnowlesShow]

How Democrats Steal Elections In 4 Mins

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@FreddyLA7 Shoulda been this tune Freddy. https://t.co/dEL0o63V36

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@BiggusDikk39338 @holyhomemaking Three piece suit, slick backed hair is a must.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@BrookeLRollins @USDA @MAHA_Action - why can’t our farmers get a fair shake? Should there be an independent department within an agency where disputes can be filed and addressed in a timely manner?Perhaps then an inspector who is incompetent or compromised can be replaced or removed. Naturally grown local food production should be our highest priority.

[Farmer Ash @strong_sistas]

A USDA inspector showed up at our beef jerky processor for regular inspection and saw Nourish Food Club on the production schedule.

According to the processor, the inspector said: “I’ve had issues with Ashley before, so I’m going to find problems.”

Our beef was already processed at a USDA facility. We had the required paperwork. Yet the processor was told to put “NOT FOR SALE” on the entire batch.

• We paid our small regenerative farm partners (who spent 2 years raising the cow)
• We paid the USDA processor
• We paid the USDA jerky maker

Now the jerky can’t be sold, and we eat the loss.

This is the kind of regulatory abuse that pushes small food producers out of business.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Your GenX Aunt @GenXAunt]

@BuzzPatterson @RickNashLimo24 @johnrich That would be fantastic. I would love to go.