John Kartch

Member, boarding group 3 of 9.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@TouchlineX At least they have AC though. And ice.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

Indeed creativity arrives as a download from the heavens and can happen at any time.

[David Perell Clips @PerellClips]

We ask people to sit at a desk for 8 hours and be creative on command. Morgan Housel told me that this is not how it works. He argues: "Good ideas can't be scheduled."

"I can't structure creativity. I just have to let myself go and trust that it'll hit me eventually. The title for the my first book just hit me walking down the streets of New York. For the title of my latest book, I was on the treadmill just zoning out.

Whenever I come up with stories and hooks, it's never when I've been trying to do it. It's in the shower, it's walking my dog, it's waking up at 2am wrestling around in bed. It's always in the unstructured moments."

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@PikettyWIL Might want to go easy on the drugs for a bit.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@PikettyWIL So all we need to do is put your allies in charge, give global government huge new powers and then you’ll take care of it from there.

Politely decline, sir.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@PikettyWIL It is amusing you believe humans can control global temperatures like a thermostat.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@DominicJPino @PostOpinions Great piece.
Media never questions this ill-contrived theory asserted by the Left.

[Dominic Pino @DominicJPino]

"Buy, borrow, die" is a neat theory for wealthy tax avoidance, but research shows that rich people don't actually use it.

@PostOpinions
https://t.co/eXxfo2djE5

[Ken Girardin @PolicyEngineer]

NY's last big "moratorium" was on fracking. The "study" took 4 years. It was originally about the (considerable) water use. The moratorium turned into a ban.

When the industry came up with a waterless method, Albany banned that too.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

Democrats will attempt to destroy the livelihood of independent contractors in more states:

[Kim Kavin @thekimkavin]

Today in New Jersey, state senators were offered a chance to scrap the Labor Department's freelance-busting rule, to try and help every type of independent contractor in the state.

Democrats in the majority voted to keep the rule in place.

https://t.co/QYyoVzmMdI

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

California Tax Revolt:

San Francisco Measure D — pushed by labor unions to raise taxes on “overpaid CEOs” failed 55%-45%

LA County Measure ER to raise sales tax for "local health departments and services” failed 53%-47%

San Diego Measure A to impose an $8,000 tax on second homes failed 58%-42%

Contra Costa County Measure B to raise sales tax to "fund general county services” failed 59%-41%

LA Measure TT to raise the hotel occupancy tax failed 55%-45%

[Jared Walczak @JaredWalczak]

Illinois lawmakers didn't think through their definition of social media platforms.

The new tax could capture WhatsApp, GitHub, Teams, Slack, Goodreads, Google Groups, iCloud, iMessage, Dropbox, Strava, Salesforce, Yelp, Indeed, Substack, maybe even Gmail accounts. #ILPolitics

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

List: 35 in-their-own-words examples of how the GOP tax cuts are helping companies grow. @WaysandMeansGOP

https://t.co/JgJXOy14VL

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@johnarnold @BrianCAlbrecht categorically no need for a new tax.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@AP why is the building such a visual trainwreck?

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

San Diego voters say NO to tax hike:
"results show that there is a hefty rebuke from the taxpayers of San Diego that they don’t want another tax"
https://t.co/GfRkmDTMdx

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

California county says NO to sales tax hike.
The tax hike was to "fund general county services."
Voters rejected it nearly 60-40.

https://t.co/ZOkiXCPWl3

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@BernieSanders @AOC New York is ranked 47th out of 50 in the U-Haul index. This ban will drive them even lower.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@MEPFuller It’s an honest, straightforward letter that documents what happened.

[John Kartch @johnkartch]

@ragajus This will get punted every year until it turns into a permanent ban. New York is determined to shoot itself in the foot, just as it did with the "temporary" fracking ban.

[Steve Everley @saeverley]

We already know what happens with these “temporary” moratoriums.