Kyle Krajewski

#UNC19

[Atlas Press @realAtlasPress]

C.S. Lewis, this is what life boils down to at the end of the day

[Jeremy Carl @realJeremyCarl]

For Memorial Day, do yourself a favor and take three minutes of your time to listen to this Civil War letter from Maj. Sullivan Ballou to his wife.

I just started re-watching the Ken Burns series, which debuted in 1990 to a record-breaking audience of 40 million, for the first time since it originally aired.

While I had forgotten all of the specifics of the show over the years, I NEVER forgot this letter or this moment, which closed the first episode.

Burns kept a copy of the letter in his wallet for 25 years.

[Rothmus 🏴 @Rothmus]

He’s correct.

Let’s test the extreme case.

Even if you confiscated every asset he owns, not just doubled his taxes, it would fund the U.S. government for only about two weeks.

If you seized the entire wealth of all American billionaires, it might cover federal spending for roughly 13 months.

Then what? You’ve cratered the economy for a one-time windfall that quickly vanishes.

The United States doesn’t have a revenue problem. It has a serious spending problem.

[planefag @planefag]

Incidentally, that's exactly the amount by which the money supply was inflated by printing money during COVID.

[Hedgeye @Hedgeye]

The U.S. Dollar has lost 30% of its purchasing power over the last six years

[Mises Institute @mises]

Time to tap the sign.

[Phil Labonte 🇺🇸 @philthatremains]

the empire state building was built in 410 days.

[Nostalgia @NostalgiaFolder]

The very first sunrise of the 2000s, marking the start of a new millennium

[Redkacheek @redkacheek]

FREE THIS MAN

[Rushi @rushicrypto]

One of the worst parts of modern life is feeling like you have to investigate everything before you pay for it.

Cars, houses, medical bills, repairs, groceries… every industry feels like a trap waiting for distracted people.

Living is hard enough without feeling like everyone’s trying to finesse you.

[Happy Captain @EODHappyCaptain]

Counterpoint: it shouldn’t take a major event to get a city clean.

[Joe Pontillo @JoePontillo]

If I have to pay $6 to rent a 40 year old movie off Amazon when I have a Prime subscription then we should just reopen Blockbuster. I'd rather have their employees judge my life choices.

[Anthony Rivardo @Anthony_Rivardo]

Eli Manning should be in the Hall of Fame.

[Hunter SPX Thompson ❎ @CoorsLightCEO]

chart of the day

[Andrew Côté @Andercot]

People would complain less about taxes if the government was an incredible capital allocator that used it's bargaining position to get the best possible deals for taxpayers, but instead it is probably the worst allocator on the planet that is regularly fleeced and robbed.