Semi-Retired Business Management Consultant & Sales/Marketing Exec.; Political Activist, Former Senior Advance Man for President Reagan. Part time Author.
Joined March 2023
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Jun 14
On the same day Elon Musk became the first trillionaire in human history New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani announced he wants to tax billionaires like Musk to fund his agenda.
Here is what that argument misses entirely. Elon Musk did not inherit a trillion dollars. He built Zip2 from scratch. He reinvested into PayPal. He bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX when both were on the verge of collapse.
He slept on factory floors. He nearly went bankrupt in 2008. He kept building when the world laughed at him. That is not luck. That is capitalism working exactly as intended.
The idea that the moment someone succeeds the government’s first instinct should be to take more of what they earned is exactly why entrepreneurs leave high tax states and cities in the first place. New York is already losing residents faster than almost any state in America.
Threatening to tax the people who create jobs and drive innovation is not a solution. It is the problem. Congratulations to Elon Musk. The first trillionaire. Built not given.
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The difference between a Democratic Socialist who only wants to spend your money; and a guy who is changing the world while enhancing our possibilities. He's earned his net worth, Mamdani just wants to spend it. It's easy spending other people's money.
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Worth sharing. Truth!
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Jun 13
Elon Musk is not stealing from you.
Gavin Newsom is stealing from you.
Karen Bass is stealing from you.
Tim Walz is stealing from you.
Elizabeth Warren is stealing from you.
AOC is stealing from you.
Becoming wealthy does not make you evil.
The people who take from you, promising to fix problems and then enriching themselves while trying to get you to hate those they're taking the money from... are evil.
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A great overview of the man who is now revered as a genius; a pioneer; an engineer extraordinaire; a mathematic artist; and now the most powerful and influential private citizen in the world. See his path there:
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Jun 12
>Be Elon
>Get bullied so badly as a kid that you end up in the hospital
>Escape into books
>Read more than 8hrs a day
>Teach yourself programming
>Sell a video game at 12
>Leave South Africa
>Sleep on couches
>Work odd jobs
>Get into America
>Build a startup
>Get fired from your own company
>Start over
>Build another company
>Merge it into PayPal
>Get removed as CEO
>Your company gets acquired
>Walk away with nearly $180 million
>Instead of retiring at 31, put almost all of it into three impossible ideas: Electric cars, Solar energy, Rockets
>People tell you you're insane
>Start a rocket company with no aerospace degree
>Learn rocket science from textbooks
>First rocket fails
>Second rocket fails
>Third rocket fails
>Divorce
>Public humiliation
>Cash running out
>One launch away from bankruptcy
>Launch anyway
>The fourth rocket reaches orbit
>NASA signs a contract
>Survive
>Tesla is weeks from collapse
>Save it at the last minute
>Get mocked for wanting reusable rockets.
>Land one.
>Then another.
>Then dozens.
>Turn science fiction into engineering
>Get mocked for betting on EVs
>Turn electric cars into status symbols
>Force the entire auto industry to follow
>Build the most valuable car company in history
>Launch astronauts into orbit
>Create a global satellite internet network.
>Buy Twitter
>Fire most of the staff
>Rename it X
>Walk into politics
>Risk your reputation
>Risk your companies
>Risk your fortune
>Become one of the most polarising people on Earth.
>Get attacked by the media, politicians, competitors, and activists
>Keep building anyway
>Become a TRILLIONAIRE
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Jun 14
Ok. Goodnight one and all, Sweet dreams, I've gotta get my beauty sleep (I'll probably need a week or two).
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Jun 10
From my friend Sir Elon: See if you can answer it. Place answers below. I'll tell you the answer later.
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Jun 10
I answered right away, come on class? No cheating, but respond.
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Everyone stands but the Libs like Elizabeth Warren! Because Elon Musk is a Republican and Trump Supporter; THEY can't stand for THE Most Brilliant, Influential, & Generous American Citizen; Inventor, Scientist and Businessman in U.S. History! Pathetic!
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Elon Musk was paid a grand total of $0.00 for all of the work he has done for EVERY American ❤️
Elon Musk deserves a million “Thank You’s”
As of today, how would you rate your level of support for Elon Musk?
A. Very Strong Support (100%)
B. Strong Support (75%)
C. Moderate Support (50%)
D. Limited Support (25%)
E. No Support (0%)
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All the Dems don't stand! How pathetically sick and twisted they are. The most important citizen this country has known in generations.
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To pay-off our nation's debt, would require every man, woman and child to "pony up" $117,000! Our nation's debt is now $40 Trillion. We have met the enemy and it is U.S. (us)
How's your Piggy Bank?
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I cringe at Leftist Dems who's sole concept of "public service" is more ways to spend the publics money, often frivolously. We have met the enemy, and it is U.S. About to cross $40 TRILLION in debt folks. Compare that to the Gov's revenue. Watch it and weep!
usdebtclock.org/
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As a Republican (its the only party that has a fair amount of common sense) I can honestly say that the one and only Democrat I would vote for today (hell, I'd work for him) is Senator John Fetterman of PA. Respect his integrity and blatant honesty. Best thing out of PA nowadays.
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God Bless the Souls of my Mom and Dad, married on June 3rd 1950. John and Elaine Westhoff. Great, loving parents who never stopped romancing each other. The greatest security blanket a child can have is having a Mother and Father that love each other as much as they love you.
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May 31
Courtesy of James Woods.
(Ain't it the truth)
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May 31
We’re next. Nice job, Joe.
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May 21
Tomorrow "I'm off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Prosthesis!" Whee! Four hour-round trip to get a new prosthesis.
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May 23
And that didn't happen. Trip was moved to June 8th. WIth two follow-ups after. Hmmm, I'm at the NASCAR level for wheelchairs, so that's not too bad. Can even due a few little stunts. Hey, gotta look at the plus side.
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May 17
FYI: If anyone has tried to reach me by phone, my sincere apologies, as I'm going through technology hell on my phone with a virus Tsunami. I'm just going to take my phone out back and shoot it! Services will be held shortly thereafter.
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Don't cry; throw a tantrum; drown your sorrows in alcohol; jump in front of a train; jump from a moving car; or play Russian Roulette with a Semiautomatic..but I hate to tell you, but I'll be off social media for a a few days due to eye surgery. (What, is that a parade outside?)
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