Peter Copses

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@sdwolfie @CGasparino @elonmusk @BernieSanders @AOC @NYCMayor @AbdulElSayed Because Social Security is and always was a pension plan, not a welfare program. What you receive is a function of what you put in. If the $1M earner paid more in, he would receive more benefits. Then you would complain about that.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@JonahDispatch The Senate is not “democratic” by design and should not be. The Founders rightly feared mob rule, and small states feared being dominated by (at the time) NY and VA.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@BillAckman @davidmarcus He is a politician. They are all complete fakes. If you make that assumption, you won’t be disappointed. The goal should not be to hope you will find an honest one, rather it should be to severely limit the damage they can do.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@nickgillespie I hope he doesn’t get the 2028 Rep nomination, but if he does, you can be sure the Dem nominee will be much, much worse on material abundance and economic freedom.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@SaraEisen @CliffordAsness Well said, Sara. See if you can get your CNBC colleagues (other than Kernen and Santelli) to realize that without capitalism and markets, there would be no need for CNBC. Start with AR Sorkin. He needs help. Maybe there is a spot for him on The View or in Sen Warren’s office.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@NickKristof I have an idea. Why don’t you move to Norway.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@LockedOnLAKings McMann is a winger and was never relevant for the Kings.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@gabriel_zucman @elonmusk Mr. Zucman, I would respectfully suggest you are ignorant about what creates prosperity. The US is the most successful economy in human history precisely BECAUSE it tolerates income and wealth inequality. Move to Europe if you don’t like it. You would fit in well there.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

Read the entire post and you will be convinced Elon Musk is the John Galt of our time…

[Jaylene🐰 @playmatejaylene]

The first trillionaire in human history

- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders

Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible

Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion

Most people quit when the world laughs at them.

Elon Musk built the future instead.

Love him or hate him…

Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.

Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.

History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.

It will remember the people who did it anyway.

Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@KatiePavlich Zero taxes for half the population is a spectacularly bad idea. They will have no skin in the game and will vote for endless benefits they don’t pay anything for.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@NHLRussell Because they are still paying him. If his contract says blocking it is something Vegas bought for the millions per year they are paying him, it is their choice whether to give permission. Same reason Auston Matthews can refuse to be traded from TOR to LA. Read the contract.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

The CA 2026 Billionaire Tax Act begins “an excise tax is imposed on the activity of sustaining excessive accumulations of wealth…” as if being successful is a crime. The phrasing is un-American and could have come directly out of “Atlas Shrugged.” John Galt will be leaving CA.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@DennisTFP It was a good effort by the Kings, they just are not as good, player for player, as the Avs. The one good thing to come out of this series is that even Luc might have to admit we are not “right there,” and then maybe we can get serious about upgrading the roster.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@CGasparino You answered your own question. The point is to score political points and rile up the Socialist base, not to solve any problems. It is very convenient to tax people who don’t vote, but Dems, especially the Socialists, don’t think taxes affect economic decisions. They are wrong.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@BillAckman The completely misleading description of the VA measure is an advertisement for why ballot initiatives are a bad idea. The issues are usually too complicated for a sound bite, and voters elect representatives to legislate, so they don’t have to focus on the details.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@mayorNHL I think your comment is based on a false premise. 17 should not have been in the line up for Game 1 either. Unforced error.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@NHLRussell The team played as well as they can play. CO is just better at every position except goal where it is even, but it is an unforced error not have 15 and 96 in for 17 and 39. If 15 is not your 12th best forward, trade him so he can realize his potential someplace else.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@LockedOnLAKings We can only assume DJ Smith does not want to remain the Kings coach. 17 should only play if 96, 52, 15, and half the Ontario Reign are not available. It should have been obvious after Game 1, we need more scoring. Can we please get a real coach?

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@DennisTFP 96, 52 or 15 should be in the lineup ahead of 17. Don’t get why Smith insists on using 17. We need people who can score.

[Peter Copses @pcopses]

@thesubtleforces @alexva2920 @KatiePavlich This property tax is on top of the base property tax Griffin pays, which is multiples of what “normal people” pay because it is a function of the value of the property. No incentives for low income housing? You can’t build in NY without providing subsidized low income units.