In: On Harris County's proposed $3.1 billion budget @BillKingHouston says "spending in the County’s General Fund will increase by $327 million, just under a 12% increase. It appears to me to be the largest budget increase in the County’s history, both in absolute dollars and as a percentage."
Harris County Democrats just can’t stop spending, and they're now pushing a double-digit property tax increase while families are already drowning in higher costs.
Senator @TeamBettencourt was spot on: “It’s going to plaster homeowners. They are just overspending, and it’s Huge!”
At Harris County Commissioners Court, only @TomSRamsey2 stands with taxpayers.
The rest of the Court? More spending and more taxes.
Vote out the Dems.
Turn Harris County Red.
Gaslighting! Here’s what his “actions” gave us:
- a DEMOCRAT Speaker Pro Tem
- a DEMOCRAT Parlimentarian
- DEMOCRAT CHAIRS
- TALARICO put in House leadership
- record high property taxes
- record high spending
- record high corporate welfare
- record high debt
- and he is STILL REFUSING to meaningfully punish quorum breaking Democrats, strip Talarico from leadership, confront Sharia law, or combat birth tourism.
You own 3 homes. Have never had a real job in your life. Claim your wealth is from writing books. Fly on private chartered jets while claiming to fight climate change. Most people can’t live like you. That must change.
You know things are getting dark in the minds of white progressive women when Luigi Mangione and Lindsay Clancy are their biggest heroes, while Sophie Cunningham and Riley Gaines are their biggest enemies.
Dear Ro,
You're actively selling a wealth confiscation strategy, so it's time to address a few realities:
1. Criticizing entrepreneurs by saying "people don't look up to them the way they used to" is in extremely poor taste. Especially after @MichaelDell@altcap@RayDalio among others have donated billions to seed Trump Accounts.
2. Your pitch relies on demonizing billionaires for "not paying their fair share." The ultra-wealthy are on the contrary very generous - they're just very intentional. If they wanted to hand over control of their capital, they'd already be rushing in on your proposal. Tax + charitable giving is a very big number. The difference is simple: one of those you don't get to control (fortunately).
3. Jeff Bezos said it best: "If I do my job right, then value to society and civilization from my for-profit companies will be much, much larger than the good that I do with my chartiable giving" (or taxes paid for that matter). Hard to argue that.
4. Before demanding more revenue, sell solutions to the massive waste, fraud, and abuse that has been publicly exposed in recent years.
Here's the deal: you and your friends have mismanaged capital so badly that you're now shopping for a bailout. You're not even tying this confiscation to a very well thought out and specific plan, which tells me one thing: Deficits and waste would only grow.
I invite you to respond directly to each of these points.
@RoKhanna
Sincerely,
An ultra financially literate CPA who loves America 🇺🇸
@mcuban
California lost a $1 Trillion of wealth twice in the last 5 yrs.
If you & @GavinNewsom pass the 5% wealth (theft) tax on your 250 billionaires, you’ll suffer consequences you’ve never seen before.
And the biggest impact will be on low & middle income families.
You know this!
Caleb Downs should've been a Top 8 pick.
Shavon Revel Jr. would've been a Top 15 pick.
Donovan Ezeiruaku could've been a Day 1 pick.
Three defensive studs. Three steals. And now they reap the rewards.