Manny the Manatee

Policies that I think we can all get behind. A thread 🧵…

@JeffDLowe The enhanced games should offer a bag to the best non-enhanced athletes and see if they can beat the enhanced athletes.

The winning time in the 100m at the Olympic Games has been below 9.97 since 1988 lmao. Usain Bolt was smoking this time with training and McDonald’s in the prelims. Enhanced Games baby, catch the fever!

@JSD095100978945 @Danny_Crypton You sir, are correct

@big_mgc @Danny_Crypton Your missing 3 zeros chum…

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@CycloneDave69 @williamseals That’s how I walked into the first round of high school playoffs and still put up 4 points, 1 rebound, and 5 fouls. If he doesn’t go tonight he’ll be ready Sunday.

Sadly I think we’ve seen the last of Joshua Jefferson in a Cyclone uniform. 😔 📸@williamseals

@fuckyouiquit How would you go about taxing wealth?

A 2% annual tax on that wealth would cover all of what we currently spend on Medicare without anyone else paying a dime. And that wealth would still continue to grow. We can't afford not to tax them at this point.

@SenWarren Would we then have a surplus? Or would the debt keep rising? Last time I checked the government is still spending more than it’s brining in.

Today, I'm introducing my wealth tax — and more than 50 members of Congress are joining me. It’s time for the government to start working for American families, not just the ultra-rich.

@TukiFromKL The crazier part is we still pay a TSA fee/tax of $5.60 per flight when we buy a plane ticket. Where does that money go if we are not paying TSA workers?

🚨 Do you understand what just happened.. the White House rejected Elon's offer to pay TSA workers.. and everyone's arguing about Elon.. nobody's asking the real question.. why is a government that collects $4.4 trillion in taxes every year.. unable to pay airport security workers.. where did the money go.. you paid taxes last month.. so did your parents.. so did 160 million other Americans.. and somehow there's not enough to pay the people standing between you and a hijacking.. but there was enough for $886 billion in military spending.. enough for Congress to get their paychecks on time.. enough for a $1.1 trillion interest payment on debt they created.. the jets got funded.. the bombs got funded.. the politicians got funded.. the guy checking your bag at JFK did not.. and instead of fixing it they turned down free money because it came from the wrong person.. your government doesn't have a money problem.. it has a priority problem.. and you're not on the list..

Notre Dame chooses not to play in a conference. Since they don’t play in a conference they don’t get to have the opportunity at an automatic bid. It’s that simple, if they played in the ACC they would have made it this year as the conference champs. But they chose to be independent.

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@FauxTjOtz If he played longer, it wouldn’t have even been close

A fun debate I am very here for

@RobbyBerger Dan Uggla

Forgotten infielders, I’ll start- Ian Kinsler.

Why K–12 Schools Never Taught Personal Finance 1. Personal Finance Didn’t Fit the Industrial-Era Purpose of Schooling When U.S. K–12 standards were formed (late 1800s through mid-1900s), the purpose of school was explicitly: •to produce reliable workers
 •to standardize citizens
 •to teach basic literacy
 •to prepare people for industrial jobs
 Most Americans: •never owned a business
 •didn’t vote in large numbers
 •didn’t manage investments
 •didn’t use credit cards (they didn’t exist until the 1950s)
 •didn’t have IRAs or 401(k)s (created in the 1970s–80s) So curriculum writers believed: “Financial decision-making is something adults learn naturally through life.” Not through schooling. 2. State Curriculum Committees Prioritized “College Prep” Over Real-World Life Skills Why? Because these subjects are easy to standardize and test, which politicians like because it produces measurable “accountability.” Personal finance is the opposite: •It’s hard to test
 •It varies by household •It touches politics (taxation, debt, markets) •It requires ongoing updates
 Because it didn’t fit into standardized testing, it got sidelined. This is why kids learned: •volcanos → fits state science standards
 •recorder → fits state arts & music standards
 •line dancing → fits PE standards
 •chemistry → required for college readiness
 These subjects all had institutional advocates. Personal finance didn’t. 3. Corporate Lobbying (Especially Banks & Credit Industries) Quietly Opposed Financial Literacy This is one of the most underreported realities. Since the 1980s, state legislatures have repeatedly tried to add mandatory financial literacy to K–12 curricula. Every time, lobbyists from: •major banks
 •credit card companies
 •auto-lending groups
 •mortgage/real estate associations
 show up and argue against it. Why? Because financially literate citizens: •carry less credit card debt
 •pay off mortgages faster
 •don’t fall for high-interest loans
 •avoid predatory financial products
 •shop around for better rates
 •question fees and contracts
 That means lower profits. This isn’t conspiracy — it’s public record. Many hearings show banks saying: “Financial education belongs in the home, not the school.” Banks don’t want a generation of 17-year-olds learning about: •compound interest
 •predatory loans
 •credit utilization
 •payday lending traps
 •adjustable-rate mortgages
 •hidden banking fees
 It directly hurts corporate revenue. So the financial industry became a consistent political force against adding required personal finance courses. The Result? Kids learn: ✔ plate tectonics ✔ recorder basics ✔ square dancing or line dancing ✔ chemistry, physics, biology ✔ how to diagram sentences ✔ how to do worksheets ✔ how to follow directions But they do not learn: ✘ credit vs. debit ✘ compounding interest ✘ loans & debt traps ✘ budgeting & cash flow ✘ investing & retirement ✘ taxes ✘ mortgages ✘ insurance ✘ entrepreneurship ✘ how Wall Street actually works ✘ how to buy a home or a car The system is doing exactly what it was designed to do in the early 20th century: produce compliant, standardized workers — not financially independent citizens.

@Malone_Wealth @dlauer @cvpayne For sports fans out there, this is like the commissioner of the NFL not understanding what a concussion is and needing to look into it. Oh wait, they did that and then a movie came out about the NFL covering up concussions.

Remember when @dlauer asked Gary Gensler about FTDs and he didn't know what he was talking about and said he'd "have to do more research about what those were"? Then @cvpayne interviewed the new head, Paul Atkins, and he had never heard about MMTLP? Classic.

@jamierkennedy Pushcart

• Two gloves • Castle tee • Iron covers • 7-year old driver What other things could Aaron Rai do the become the ultimate everyman golfer on Tour?

@NFL_DovKleiman Ronnie Brown

Age yourself by naming an NFL running back you grew up watching. I'll start, Brian Westbrook.

@Gme4theWinners Thank you!!

@jimdrunknmiller Which wall he’s going to run through next

What do yall think skattebo thinks about when it’s just him in a room

@SportsAnthony What’s the other performance this month that was better?

Absolutely not. They were up 3-0 in a series they were obviously going to win and Shohei ONLY pitched 6 innings AND all 3 HRs were solo shots. This isn't even the greatest performance in baseball this month.

@DanteTheDon The Dodgers are what the Yankees and Mets want to be. Just because you have money, doesn’t mean you’ll win.

The Dodgers are bad for baseball. Prove me wrong.

@BarstoolBigCat *shit on Pissed on is <30% launch angle

PISSED ON

The issue isn’t how much the Dodgers are spending, it’s how much the Brewers and other teams (A’s, Rays, White Sox’s, etc.) are not spending, there should be a salary floor where teams have to spend XX % of revenue. Ideally somewhere between 60-70% as a floor. The penalty for not spending that % on payroll should be a strike against the owner. After 3 strikes, the owner should be forced to sell the team. The policy would never be approved by the owners, but that’s how it should be.