Ryan Johnson

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

Back on @X with a brand new account, starting from scratch. Your followership is appreciated. Follow @JohnsonRyanUSA

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@EricGreitens Still, one of the best days in Missouri history, when a corrupt governor resigned from office.
https://t.co/jxiS0wrttJ

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@EricGreitens He’s describing his autobiography.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

This is the America we deserve. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[The Calvin Coolidge Project @TheCalvinCooli1]

🚨Good News: Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has become the longest-running No. 1 song by a female solo artist in Billboard Hot 100 history, excluding holiday songs, after spending 15 consecutive weeks atop the chart.

Congratulations @ellalangleymsic

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

Older elitist woman threatens and bullies a young idealistic GOP staffer, implying his job is in jeopardy simply for wanting his Republican state senator to act like a Republican and support a core party plank.

cc: @PeterKinder @milescross

Can we please return her to the Democrats where she belongs?

[MO Education Watch @MOEdWatch]

@harrisonjlang @MissouriGOP @JoeNicola You're paid for work for the party and you're going after Republicans and it will be noted at the next meeting.

[Mackinac Center @MackinacCenter]

Labor unions are losing influence with American workers. Only about one in ten workers belongs to a union, and union membership has fallen below 6% of the private sector labor force. But rather than rebuilding their appeal by persuading workers to join voluntarily, unions are increasingly trying to exercise power through a different channel: capital activism. https://t.co/VFJEGAi0Er

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@realjakejacks Try to keep up, zoomer.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@realjakejacks You’re charming. I’m really surprised at the amount of people who dislike you on this website. Trump Jr. doesn’t endorse the elimination of our income tax without, Daddy green-lighting it. You should know that, genius.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@realjakejacks I thought you loved Trump who wants you to vote YES on A5?

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@realjakejacks Trust in Trump. Yes on 5. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Mackinac Center @MackinacCenter]

Michigan doesn't need taxpayer-funded influencers—it needs policies that make people want to live, work, and stay here says @KaitlynBuss from the @detroitnews. Listen to the entire conversation here: https://t.co/w2wR22SGv3

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

You can call yourself whatever you want. But opposing the phase-out of the income tax in favor of keeping the current system, while rejecting a mechanism that pairs any sales-tax base expansion with required income-tax cuts, is a policy choice and not a conservative one. Conservatives have long argued that taxing income is more damaging than taxing consumption, and that a broader base allows lower rates. You’re free to disagree with A5 as the vehicle, but don’t pretend opposition to eliminating the income tax is the conservative position.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

This is partial truth which makes it a lie. Pastor Nicola knows better. Disappointing. I hoped for and expected better from him.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@harrisonjlang It’s okay. They never have been and half of these accounts are leftwing bots
and the other half are really angry with severe trust issues paired with being easily manipulated by leftwing bots.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@DupskeRay You really jumped the shark here all the way to crazy.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

3 Republican trifecta states still allow it. Shed or reduce some of your national overhead as needed and hire the best Republican lobbyists in these states to make it happen.🎯

Louisiana — Public employee strikes have been held legal under state court precedent.

Montana — Limited right (notably for certain groups like public health nurses, with notice rules).

Ohio — Permits strikes for many public employees after impasse procedures (with restrictions on essential workers).

[Erick Erickson @EWErickson]

The elite may not want to acknowledge that Islamic radicalism is spreading, but the voters know it.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@harrisonjlang He’s an angry elf.

[Jake Kroesen @_JakeKroesen]

My usual answer when someone asks me why the senate is having a late night filibuster. #moleg

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@JoeInTheKnow4 It’s partial truth which is a lie. Apparently, Joe is not in the know.

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

@VickiKe23568660 @JoeNicola You’re commenting and questioning me under my statements. I also answered your questions (again), point by point, separately and corrected your misinformation (again). Have a great day! YES on A5!

[Ryan Johnson @RyanExemplar]

.@JoeNicola’s post is a partial truth. It highlights real powers amendment 5 grants the legislature, but frames them in a way that is incomplete, absolute, and omits the core purpose, conditions, and safeguards.

What Amendment 5 (from HJR 173 & 174) actually does:

Requires the General Assembly to phase out and eventually eliminate the state individual income tax based on revenue growth triggers. Once eliminated, the legislature is prohibited from reimposing a state individual income tax.

Allows the legislature to expand state and local sales and use taxes (or similar transaction-based taxes) to cover any goods and services. This overrides the current constitutional ban (in place since roughly 2015) on expanding the sales tax base to previously untaxed services/transactions.

Requires that any such expansion or rate increase be done for the purpose of reducing/eliminating the income tax and reducing local tax rates. The same legislation must offset the new sales tax revenue with a reduction in the top individual income tax rate that is at least substantially equal (dollar-for-dollar or close to it).

Creates a five-year window after the amendment’s effective date: expansions or rate increases enacted in that window are exempt from certain constitutional limits. After five years, those normal limits and voter-approval requirements return for further major expansions or substantial rate hikes.

Local governments must also roll back other local taxes (sales, property, or earnings taxes) to offset by 97% of any extra local revenue from the expanded base, with an explicit protection that school funding cannot be reduced.