Shooter

Sports enthusiast and sometime popular culture fan.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

It’s ironic that Pride night is about uplifting others, but him putting a scripture on his hat created such an uproar. Maybe just not post a response.

I share a lot of the same thoughts of a gay man. Maybe just sit this one out. The argument is not helpful nor is it remotely intelligent.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@chiky_handlr @RepBeatty She has been in congress since 2013. Is this all she has done? Maybe instead of dancing, she should look out for Ohio and America. She’s just playing identity and tribal politics.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@HypertrophyHub May be sarcasm. You look like a moron though.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@AdamKinzinger @elonmusk How many have you built? What have you done?

He built 150,000 jobs. He’s provided internet to humanity (including Ukraine). He’s also paid >$12 billion in taxes. He started a nonprofit AI company, but its leaders took it private.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@ewarren Are you in a limo lecturing about money?!?

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@JoshReynolds24 You’re right. The Lincoln Memorial should be respected. Remember when this joke was completed:

https://t.co/eWIf7sR8fL

[Shomari Stone @shomaristone]

Lincoln Memorial steps vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti, red paint: @fox5dc
https://t.co/l9ZA2OR6Iy

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@jonfavs What do you support? Do you just support waste and fraud? Do you hate America? Do you not like people getting an opportunity?

https://t.co/EtNHlJ0ERq

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

A welder took a $28 an hour job in 2015 at a company he had never heard of.

On Friday, Juan Hernandez became a millionaire.

He spent ten years building the structures that lifted rockets onto the launch pad. SpaceX paid him partly in stock, the way it paid its cooks, machinists, technicians and cafeteria staff, equity instead of bigger salaries. His $10,000 grant grew into $880,000 at the IPO price. The first day pop carried it past a million. He is 42, an immigrant from Mexico, married, three kids. He says he is keeping the job.

He is not the outlier. He is the pattern.

4,400 current and former SpaceX employees became millionaires on Friday. One in five people who ever badged into the company. About 400 of them are walking away with $100 million or more. One employee took every cash bonus in stock instead of money. He is sitting on 50,000 shares, worth more than $8 million at Friday's prices.

And then there is the other side of the cafeteria.

Some employees sold their shares years ago, certain the company would never go public because Musk said he hated public markets. A few traded their stock for restaurant gift cards. The New York Times says they are consumed by regret. Same grant, same building, same years. One group held the claim. The other ate it.

None of the winners can touch the money yet. The first selling window opens after the August earnings report, and the rest unlocks in waves through December.

Underneath all of it sits the only lesson the market ever teaches. The welder and the gift card came from the same place. The difference was never the work. It was the ownership. Salary pays for the month. Equity pays for the era.

A cook in Brownsville just answered the question every buyer of SPCX is asking at $170: what is a claim on this company actually worth?

The piece prices that exact question at $2.2 trillion.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@UtahDemocrats What are you talking about? Musk has paid >$12 billion in taxes. He doesn’t live lavishly. Most of his “wealth” is in his companies. Meanwhile, democrats just want more tax base to cover up waste, fraud and abuse.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@RoKhanna You can try to gaslight, but there were certain people that were part of the “Epstein class.” Epstein’s island buddies were your surrogates, they were your donors and they were your party leaders. They were democrats. Act tough. Try to gaslight.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@wholemars I’m amazed that people like this live in this world:

[Nate Blouin @NateForUtah]

every trillionaire on this planet is a policy failure

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@NFL_DovKleiman Probably 90% of the population would have liked those posts.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@NateForUtah Yep, we should live in a world where we all fail. 🤷‍♂️🤦

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@RepBeccaB I’m constantly amazed that stupid people like this live in the world. Elon is an innovator, builder & employer. His money is locked up in his companies: basic economics. Oh yeah, he’s paid >$12B in taxes. Due to waste, fraud & abuse, more taxes on Elon isn’t the answer.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@JohnLeFevre @BillAckman Lorena (and her husband) are terrible people too. As a San Diegan, I was disappointed with how she represented us. Her husband was instrumental in the COVID lockdowns too.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@CAgovernor The talking points are out. Give me your money Gavie. You don’t deserve it.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@Alejandr0_Kaku @NYCMayor You talking about your party’s saviors: Steyer and Soros? They’ve meddled and bought politicians and just enriched themselves. You’re a pawn in their game. You regurgitate stupid statements and just look dumb.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@DarrigoMelanie Hey Melanie. He is a wealth creator. He is an innovator. He’s also paid billions in taxes. All you have done is create problems.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@RepJayapal Ohh, the socialists and communists are out today. Elon has paid billions in taxes? He’s also helping people and society. All you do is yell, complain and waste money. Move on.

[Shooter @orangeblaze]

@RepMcGovern @elonmusk You need to be honest.

Elon Musk has paid billions in taxes. In 2021 alone, he paid over $11 billion. His tax bill was the largest single-year tax bill in history. He’s stated he’ll likely pay over $500B lifetime (including estate taxes).