Profile avatar
painmaker.bsky.social
209 posts 90 followers 128 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 11 Comments 39

It’s amazing how the media isn’t even considering that this administration is just manipulating the market to make billions.

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

What if this whole tariff thing is a way for 47 and his pals to make billions by shorting stocks, announcing tariffs, buying stocks, then canceling the tariffs?

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 57 days ago • 1520 comments

Imagine being so wealthy that $25,000,000 is only 0.007% of your net worth.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Why do people buy into all the different lies for why billionaires shouldn’t pay taxes? Let’s take a look at their discretionary income after a hypothetical tax: #taxtherich #elonmusk #muskrat

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s say, “hypothetically,” that billionaires paid taxes. And let’s say their effective tax rate was 30%. And let’s say that’s on the total 1 billion I mention below. Their net income for the year is… Wait for it… $700,000,000. Let’s break this down further below… /1

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

I do not think many people understand just how much a billion dollars is, let alone the nearly $350,000,000,000 purported net worth of Elon Musk. Here are some examples to put this in perspective.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Now let’s say that person also spends $25,000,000 to try to influence the outcome of an election. Their remaining income for the year would be $974,922,000.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

To put Elon Musk’s or other billionaire’s wealth in perspective: Let’s say a person earning $1,000,000,000 a year lives off a fairly average living expenses of $6,500 per month on rent, food, utilities, etc. They would have $999,922,000 to spend on anything else the rest of the year.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Elon Musk has a purported net worth of $345,000,000,000. He spent around $25,000,000 on the Wisconsin election. To put this in “normal person” terms, if his net worth was $3.5M, it’s like spending $250. Or if his net worth was $350,000, it’s like spending $25.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Goodnight friends ♥️ Our hearts are with all of us at HHS who receive bad news tomorrow. And all those at health departments across the country who received bad news this week. Call us cheesy, but Lord of the Rings is on our minds.

submitted 69 days ago • 74 comments