barely levered

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

Once again, Anthony Fauci was saying one thing in public and something completely different in private.

He was willing to put women and their unborn children at risk instead of admitting that he was wrong about the vaccines that he tried guilting Americans into taking. Absolutely reprehensible.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

What’s happening in Spain is what is coming for America if Democrats regain power. Complain about Republicans all you want, they’re the only avenue to secure borders. We need better Republicans, but electing Democrats is a death sentence.

[America @america]

Legacy media has falsely tried to label normal people as “far right”

Which of these things are bad?

-Secure Borders
-Safe Cities
-Sensible Spending
-Fair Justice System
-Free Speech
-Self-Protection

These are common sense principles.

The media is lying to you.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

No country can be great without fair and honest elections.

[Jason Miyares @JasonMiyaresVA]

Reminder: the year Fidel Castro took power, Cuba had the same GDP as Greece. The year he died, Cuba had the same GDP as Sudan. In other words: Socialism. Fails. Every. Time.

[Secretary Marco Rubio @SecRubio]

Laotian national Tou Lue Vang was convicted of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. 

He was set to be deported until @GovTimWalz issued him a pardon.

Then, I revoked his legal status. @ICEgov has removed him from the U.S. and he will never endanger another American.

[La Jolla @liberscravola]

Every day you see these stories. The slaughter is endless. All the libs lose their minds if an illegal dies in ICE custody but have nothing to say about the Americans being killed by illegals every day.

[barely levered @mrgnleverage]

@MrBeast 12,500,000

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

“Communism is the enemy of free people everywhere. It is the enemy of the Constitution. Above all, it is the enemy of July 4, 1776.” - President Donald J. Trump

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both.

[Martin Varsavsky @martinvars]

When I give my savings to @elonmusk they multiply. When I give them to you and all of the US government, they disappear.

[litquidity @litcapital]

SpaceX alone just created over 5,000 millionaires while you have lifted zero people out of poverty or created zero millionaires (besides yourself)

[barely levered @mrgnleverage]

@joinshift Shift

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

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[Gregory Kennedy @gregorykennedy]

Dave: “Hello, caller, you are on the air.”

Caller: “I don’t think billionaires create value.”

Dave: “Okay. What do you mean by that?”

Caller: “Nobody can earn a billion dollars ethically.”

Dave: “Alright. What do you do for a living?”

Caller: “Well, before this, I was a bartender.”

Dave: “Nothing wrong with bartending. Honest work.”

Caller: “Right.”

Dave: “And now?”

Caller: “I work in government.”

Dave: “Okay. So let me get this straight. You're saying Elon Musk, who helped build PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink, has made innovations like online payments, electric cars, rockets, and satellite internet possible, didn't earn his way to being a billionaire?"

Caller: “None of that justifies being a billionaire.”

Dave: “Well, sure sounds like value got created somewhere along the line.”

Caller: “I disagree.”

Dave: “What exactly did you build?”

Caller: “I advocate for economic justice.”

Dave: “No ma’am, I mean actual products.”

Caller: “…”

Dave: “You’re telling me the guy catching rockets mid-air created less value than a person who used to serve mojitos and now votes on spending his tax dollars?”

Caller: “That’s unfair.”

Dave: “What’s unfair is pretending markets are imaginary while cashing a government paycheck funded by the businesses you claim don’t create value.”

Caller: “I’m actually a congresswoman.”

Dave: “Oh Lord. Of course!"

[Republicans @Republicans]

No Queens

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

Here in Philadelphia.

Truly appalling.

These assholes chanting for the death of our servicemembers.

Where’s the Dem outrage and condemnation?

[Alex Cohen @anothercohen]

I am *shocked* a democratic socialist came up with this bill

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

NYC taxes explained for people who don't pay attention:

Property tax. Income tax. Sales tax. Unincorporated business tax. Commercial rent tax. Hotel tax. Mortgage recording tax. Mansion tax. Utility tax. Congestion pricing. Twenty-plus taxes.

And the mayor wants more.

Let me show you what that actually feels like.

You're 26. First real job. $85,000. You feel rich.
Then you see your paycheck.

Federal takes a cut. Fine. Then New York State takes 6%. Then New York City takes another 3.5%. Then there's a "metropolitan commuter mobility tax" you've never heard of.

Your $85K is now $54K before rent.

You grab coffee. 8.875% sales tax. You take an Uber to the airport. Congestion pricing just added $9. Your landlord raised rent, he's passing along a property tax increase you'll never see on a bill but you're paying every month.

You're not rich. You're not even comfortable. You're just surviving. But fine. It's New York. You chose this.

Now here's the part nobody talks about.

In 2000, NYC's budget was $40 billion for 8 million people. That's about $5,000 per person.

Today it's $121 billion for 8.5 million people. $14,244 per person.

Population grew 6%. Inflation was 82%. Spending per person nearly tripled.

So things must be three times better, right?

In 2017, 51% of New Yorkers rated quality of life as good. Today it's 34%.

Only 12% think the city spends money wisely. Only 22% feel safe on the subway at night. Felony assaults hit a 24-year high.

They spend $31,000 per student on education. Less than half kids can read at grade level.

They tripled the spending. Everything got worse.

Where'd the money go?

Pensions up 115%. Outsourced contracts up $7 billion. A brand new $5 billion asylum seeker expense that didn't exist three years ago. Social services doubled. 302,000 city employees. Debt ballooning.

And the new mayor doesn't look at this and say "we need to spend better."

He says "we need to tax more."

A 2% income tax hike that would push the combined state and city rate to 16.8% -> the highest in the entire country. Tax increases that impact everyone.

His supporters chant "tax the rich" at rallies. The top 1% already pay 40% of the city's income tax. And they're leaving anyway. NYC's share of the nation's millionaires dropped from 7% to 4%. They have accountants. They have Florida.

You know who can't leave?

Your uncle with the restaurant. Your parents in that house. You, watching your paycheck disappear into twenty taxes before you can save a dollar.

You need to make $312,000 in New York to live the same lifestyle as someone making $125,000 in Houston.

Houston spends $2,850 per person. No state income tax. No city income tax. Population growing.

NYC spends five times more. Worse results.

NYC is a Netflix subscription that keeps raising the price while the product gets worse.

And you can't cancel.

$40 billion wasn't enough. $60 billion wasn't enough. $80 billion. $100 billion. Now $121 billion.

It will never be enough. Because the problem was never revenue.

There is enough money. There has always been enough money.

They don't need more of yours. They need to do better with what they already take.

I hope you understand what's at stake.

[barely levered @mrgnleverage]

@chhddavid @claudeai Ship