Tom W

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Tom W

Tom W

@TomWinTejas

Texas Katılım Mayıs 2023
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@james_xond I was 22... bought a spec built home with an unfinished basement. Put in a bunch of sweat equity and flipped it 3 years later for a tidy profit. Put that into a bigger home with an unfinished basement and 2nd floor, flipped it two years later for an even larger profit.
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James 𝕏ond
James 𝕏ond@james_xond·
Trying to prove a point. How old were you when you became a homeowner for the first time?
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@TexasAnCap Simple... it's 156.13 Swatch .beats
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Texas AnCap
Texas AnCap@TexasAnCap·
Philosophical/Scientific question: What time is it right now?
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
The weird thing is that when a business comes out with a great product it doesn't need to force people to pay for it. They do it on their own accord. But when someone is on the government teat, they find any way to justify using coercion to force others to pay for what they think is a great idea. Might not be as great of an idea if coercion is required....
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Brian Ketcham
Brian Ketcham@CoachKetcham·
@aw93704 My kid doesn’t even attend this school, and I’m still happy to vote for it. A well-educated society costs money. A poorly educated one costs far more.
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Brian Ketcham
Brian Ketcham@CoachKetcham·
People complain when schools are falling apart, then complain when communities actually invest in doing it right. Indoor practice facilities, fine arts spaces, and gyms aren’t luxuries in Texas they’re used constantly by thousands of students and the community for decades.
Chris Koerner@mhp_guy

What do 2.6% Texas property taxes get you? A $271 million dollar high school for only 900 - 2,600 students. Equipped with indoor practice fields and dedicated gyms for dance, gymnastics and cheer. I'd prefer saving $10 - $20k year year, personally...

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daz@MetamateDaz·
UNPOPULAR OPINION The economy would work a lot better when billionaires aren’t hoarding all the wealth at the top and the government stops printing unlimited dollars to keep making them richer without doing anything
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The Bike Lobby@thatcityfeeling·
@ZaidJilani Hillary nailed it with safe legal and rare. No need to re-invent the wheel.
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Zaid Jilani
Zaid Jilani@ZaidJilani·
I think a better way to message this issue in the south is to say that at six weeks a woman may not even know she’s pregnant. It needs to be a reasonable restriction that balances life and choice. This comes across as if Talarico believes in no restrictions.
Marco Foster@MarcoFoster_

James Talarico on abortion: “I trust Texas women to make decisions about their own bodies, to shape their own destinies. I don’t believe that’s a place for government. That’s a belief I hold not despite my faith, but because of my faith. Jesus never talks about abortion. The Bible is silent on abortion”

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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
Future debt requires taxation upon future taxpayers, most of whom did not vote for the debt... they merely inherited it. On a federal level deficit spending was seen as only justifiable in existential circumstances, defense of the nation. It was not common during peace time, nor was it used among local governments. This "dumb argument" was made by some of our greatest founding fathers such as Jefferson, Madison, and Adams. So no... I wouldn't be the only one making this argument.
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Dave Rau
Dave Rau@DavidRau101·
They weren’t revolting over future debt, you knob. It was current taxes for which they had no say. Eh gads, making this argument is so stupid. Yes, we should question status quo but your argument is a non sequitor. The people have a say and they are free to reject tax increases and bond funding anytime they want. That is starting to tilt as more referendums are failing. But making this argument is just dumb. You’d have to argue against all government debt and even all government programs because in reality they impact future generations. You’d be the only one ever making that argument.
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Chris Koerner
Chris Koerner@mhp_guy·
What do 2.6% Texas property taxes get you? A $271 million dollar high school for only 900 - 2,600 students. Equipped with indoor practice fields and dedicated gyms for dance, gymnastics and cheer. I'd prefer saving $10 - $20k year year, personally...
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@avispartan1 @grok what happened to rent prices in Austin over the last couple years?
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Alain Beidou@avispartan1·
Liberal economics tells us this isn't possible because the landlords will compete with each other to lower prices, in reality landlords aren't stupid enough to start self-ruinous price wars and instinctively understand that the tenants are the enemy!
Gemma@windupgemma

My last rent increase was because the landlord noticed that the market rate for the area had gone up Not because his costs went up, but because other landlords were charging more in my area and my landlord felt left out and thought I should pay him more for the same thing

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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@dreamerintexas @YIMBYman @BlackLabelAdvsr Interestingly enough it's only the high density urban living folks who care so much about how other people choose to live. I've yet to meet someone from the suburbs or rural areas who says people in cities shouldn't be allowed to live in high rises.
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YIMBYman@YIMBYman·
People like this guy are exactly what’s destroying TX. These are the same people wasting our land and actively destroying nature by building endless, unnecessary suburban neighborhoods on untouched land instead of making DFW denser and developing inward
Jon Elder@BlackLabelAdvsr

I see these neighborhoods being built in Texas and I’m trying to figure out who in their right mind would buy a mansion with zero lot lines. Like, you could do a handshake through your kitchen window. Insane! Please make it make sense.

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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
If only we had a system where people could decide what they truly value by using some transferable store of value. Then suppliers could realize demand and provide more supply, while being rewarded for the value they bring. But then we'd have people whinging about other's preferences not aligning to their own.
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
I never said it was illegal. I'm saying a revolution was started over no taxation without representation... yet the government does this very thing today and few question it. It serves us all to take a step back occasionally and question everything from first principles and reject status-quo bias.
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@lisathebeauty1 This post is illustrative of how many people can't think in second and third order effects. In their minds everything is simple and obvious. They can't think beyond what's in front of their faces. And their vote at the ballot box counts equally to yours.
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Lisa
Lisa@lisathebeauty1·
Landlords should not be able to increase rent unless they are upgrading the property/apartment.
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@JoePaolilli @mhp_guy In history class we learn that the nation was founded upon the principle of no taxation without representation. Bonds are exactly this. Indebting future residents who had no vote in the matter.
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Chief Joe Paolilli
Chief Joe Paolilli@JoePaolilli·
@mhp_guy That stuff stinks but sadly only happens because of a bond vote, which taxpayers have to approve. The last bond election here had a total of 590 votes (both for and against) for a 45 million dollar bond. Around 4000 voters live in the district.
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
The ISD for the city I lived in put bond proposals for a new stadium forth a number of times. They had two high schools that shared the single stadium, but instead wanted each school to have their own. Voters rejected the bonds each time. The ISD then decided to push the proposals to special elections, badgered teachers to go out in force and vote in favor, and put on smear campaigns that residents didn't want kids to have new textbooks. They put a few small line items in for their smear campaign. Residents said break out education into a separate bond and see what happens... It's nonsensical that so much money gets poured into lavash practice facilities, stadiums, etc. Focus on the education.
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seonaid mcgill
seonaid mcgill@millymoo97·
@ATaylorFPGA @donmcgowan Inane generalisation. What is it with tech types delivering an 'opinion' backed by personal anecdotes as fact? Easy to see why Taylor has to imagine being an adult!
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
I've had so many problems relying on capitalism for my food supply. I've got no fewer than 12 companies offering large stores competing for my dollars. Some offer super-low prices with mostly store brands, others offer typical brands at good prices, and others offer luxury brands at higher prices. Most of these operate on razor thin margins. You wouldn't believe how oppressed I am... if I had one government run store and a central planner deciding what I could buy, then I would be so much better off.
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Rock Chartrand🤑@RockChartrand·
@redshirt990 “They’ll make you reliant on capitalism” is basically saying: “They’ll make you rely on production, trade, competition, and voluntary exchange instead of political dependency.” That’s not a warning. That’s an argument for freedom.
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izzy
izzy@redshirt990·
This is the entire point of them trying to defund USPS. They will make you all reliant on capitalism instead of a government funded mailing system so that they can choose how to punish you when you don't meet their demands.
unusual_whales@unusual_whales

Jeff Bezos: "If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, packages would take 6 weeks to arrive, we would charge you a $100 delivery fee and when the package did finally arrive, it would have the wrong item in it."

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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@ronrule Reminds me of Milton Friedman's 4 ways to spend money. Spending other people's money on others is the least effective and efficient method. You don't have an incentive to buy what someone needs and at a good price.
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Ron Rule
Ron Rule@ronrule·
The government has no incentive to spend your money wisely. Their entire ecosystem is based around failing to meet objectives, then blaming their failure on a lack of funding. “Yeah, we said we’d do that thing, and we totally will… we just need more money.”
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@CJGRISHAM Not a fan of his at all, but at least he didn't drone strike US citizens without due process.
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Texas2AAttorney
Texas2AAttorney@CJGRISHAM·
Biden is the worst president in history.
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@TheMillennial86 @HaterReport @YANGS1K @NBA NBA has rules against carrying the basketball and lane violations, and we rarely see those called either. I just wish they'd remove the rules if they don't care about them.
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The Millennial
The Millennial@TheMillennial86·
@HaterReport @YANGS1K Ok - so the @NBA has a rule against flopping. This one is clear as day - untouched. Why is this not being enforced? Seriously - does anyone have a reason?
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Hater Report@HaterReport·
SGA just fell down on the shot completely UNTOUCHED This is the most SHAMELESS basketball player I've ever seen and the refs keep letting him get away with it
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Tom W
Tom W@TomWinTejas·
@arindube @grok would you say that over the last 100 years the US healthcare system is unregulated? Lightly regulated? Moderately regulated? Strongly regulated?
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Arin Dube
Arin Dube@arindube·
Good question. Here's the thing - there's no mystery. We have over a century of evidence. Unregulated, private, health insurance markets don't work. And for reasons obvious from basic economics. Private health insurance markets can't deliver needed care. As we have learnt. Over. And. Over. Again.
Mark Cuban@mcuban

Ok. Take government completely out of healthcare. No rules. No laws. No Medicare. No Medicaid. Hospitals, insurance companies, can do anything they want. What do they do ? If you were running any of the biggest insurance companies or hospitals, what would you do differently once gov was completely out of healthcare ?

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