Phil Spel

SaaS Sales Pro, Former Athlete, Sports Fan, Outdoorsman, Adventurer, Nerd, Learner, Strategist, Operator. Go Heels. Titan Up. May the Force be with you.

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

Thanks @gopuff
Today’s the 29th by the way

[david friedberg @friedberg]

why not just raise income tax rates?

because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”.

you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from citizens.

you’re calling it a “wealth tax” or a “billionaires tax” or “millionaires tax” or whatever nom du jour polls well. but at the end of the day, it’s the seizure of private property from citizens by the government. citizens that earned money, paid their fair taxes on those earnings (53% if they live in California) and are now being told they need to hand over after-tax assets because the government has failed to provide promised services with the revenue it’s collected, and are now re-casting their own failure to be a socio-economic inequity that must be justly resolved... a slippery slope that has never gone anywhere good (see economic effects in USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, France and Norway wealth tax etc.)

the American founders fled tyranny in Europe and this amazing nation was populated by immigrants (myself and your parents) from around the world not just looking for a “better life” but for a place where they could have freedom from tyrannical governments that can take what they want from private citizens. a great nation borne of property rights, the rule of law, and endowed freedoms to believe, speak, or act. these principles led to the greatest run of innovations, successes, and widespread increase in prosperity, for all citizens, ever seen.

the citizens, the individuals, not the institutions, delivered this progress. those who invented, who toiled, who bled, who sacrificed, who took risk and persevered, who led, and who changed the world, are not charlatans, kleptocrats, or oligarchs. they’re what made us all better off. prosperity is a measure of america’s success, not its failure.

it is your principle that is so offensive, as evidenced by the broad disdain for your flippant flirtation with the darkest of human fantasy - socialism. you and other neo-socialists have led so many of us to reflect on America’s history and what it is becoming. that now leads so many to consider, so unnecessarily, leaving their homes for a place where everyone stands up to shout down the principle you suggest. because if your ideas are now considered moderate, it’s clear this titanic is sinking.

that a “simple tax” of taking assets that have been earned, through toil and tribulation, rightly taxed, and preserved, should now be unjustly seized, is your solution to a problem of obvious government mismanagement and outright fraud, tells us that your true motivation lies not in giving people healthcare but in cutting down success and deleting the system of prosperity and opportunity for all.

i don’t care, and neither should anyone else, what the sum total market value of a private citizens private assets might be. it is none of my business and should be none of yours. because, again, once you open that pandora’s box, we might as well study Lord of the Flies … there is literally nothing stopping 51% of citizens demanding that their government go out and seize 100% of the private property of the 49%.

want to give healthcare to people in need? do your job and fix healthcare. make it affordable. want to be lazy about it? then do your job lazily and raise income taxes.

want to take private property from private citizens who have paid their fair share of taxes and legally earned their property, then honestly declare that it is envy, not inequity, that you strive to resolve…

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@larryellison Please buy @Titans and hire @BarstoolGruden
Sincerely,
All of Tennessee

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@Delta Flight out of Tokyo delayed 5 hours for “late equipment”. Lost my window seat, no apology, no notice, inaccurate boarding time consistently communicated, then another hour standing at the gate. Response from Delta agent was basically “get F*cked” & “you deserve no compensation” Flight attendant refused to give some people earphones for no reason. You really don’t care about your customers at all do you? #delta #showourteamsomelove #HappyEaster #sundayvibes

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Seriously 🤨

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Wise words

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

Anyone want juiced Grizzlies odds? @PropSwap #propswap #NBA

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@netflix @jakepaul you suck. This sucks. #fail

[America @america]

Here’s what the U.S. Government wasted $900 Billion of your tax dollars on in 2023.

The Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) will fix this.

America deserves leaders that prioritize sensible spending.

[Wall Street Memes @wallstmemes]

Throwback from 13 years ago when @elonmusk said to inverse Jim Cramer 😭

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@elonmusk @EdKrassen Can anyone do it on behalf of celebrities? I’d love to be able to sponsor a multi-millionaire. Maybe even get a ‘paid for by’ line on their account 😂

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@EdKrassen @StephHoover8 It’s almost like she could avoid all those issues by paying $8…

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@EdKrassen We’ve started a “save-a-celebrity fund” to pay their $8. We take this matter very seriously.

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

@BeatinTheBookie When do emails go out?

[Shannonnn sharpes Burner (PARODY Account) @shannonsharpeee]

Bruh we need Marshawn Lynch to voice over Darth Vader in the next Star Wars movie 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

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[Phil Spel @phil_spel]

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