Jay Howard retweeted
Your credit card rewards are funded by a de-facto tax on the poor.
Rewards are financed by "swipe fees" -- the fee stores pay to banks when you use credit. To offset these costs, stores typically raise prices -- even for low-income customers who tend to pay in cash (and get no rewards).
Thus, the system channels money from low-income Americans to the affluent.
We can mitigate this injustice by following the EU's lead and capping swipe fees. vox.com/politics/506417/cred…
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It is not, in fact, a good rule of history
A good rule of history: if you find yourself opposing a student movement while siding with the ruling class, you're wrong. Every time, in every era, whatever the issue.
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Student movements have not always been on the right side of history. Mao's student Red Guards persecuted hundreds of thousands. Students helped Castro and Khomeini rise to power, and Nazi student groups opposed the Weimar Republic.
britannica.com/topic/Red-Guar…
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/art…
aei.org/education/actu…
Jay Howard retweeted
I’ve paid my home off, too, but I pay property taxes because it is a relatively efficient way for local governments to raise revenue (reforming local real property taxes to become land value taxes would be better).
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?”
Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.
politico.com/news/magazine/2…
Jay Howard retweeted
Because we think Putin is bad and don’t want him to win his war of aggression against Ukraine. Musk and Trump do not share that view. And it’s an utter betrayal of everything America is supposed to stand for.
Jay Howard retweeted
If Putin stops fighting, the war ends. If Zelensky stops fighting then his country will be occupied, leaders murdered, language banned, businesses stolen, children kidnapped. That's what happens in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
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SCOOP: @nytimes reviewed time-stamped security camera images showing @jamestalarico was, in fact, at his home in Austin on Oct. 1-8.
Gift link ➡️ #TXSEN
nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po…
Jay Howard retweeted
La France soutient sans réserve l'appel à une vraie trêve énergétique, à laquelle l’Ukraine est disposée. À ce stade la Russie continue de la refuser en intensifiant ces dernières heures encore ses frappes contre les infrastructures ukrainiennes. La France continuera de se tenir aux côtés de l'Ukraine et du Président Zelensky.
Jay Howard retweeted
Is the solution here not to allow Roth investments that aren’t publicly traded?
Roth contribution limits make the stakes of valuation here quite high and difficult for IRS to police.
If it’s publicly traded, hard to play this game.
Thiel had his Roth IRA buy @PayPal shares for a tiny fraction of a penny each: 1.7 million shares for just… $1,700. That's $0.001 per share.
The price was low enough for him to place 1.7 million shares in his Roth IRA while staying below the $2,000 Roth IRA maximum contribution limit.
Jay Howard retweeted
Met, and interviewed, a lot of world leaders in my time. Few have impressed me more than President Zelensky. He’s a man of great courage, resilience, and determination, and deserves the support of everyone who cares about defying dictators. @ZelenskyyUa
Jay Howard retweeted
This “$5,000” thing is fooling no one. But it has made one thing clear: Republican desperation at the 1-month-out mark.
Jay Howard retweeted
If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 2026 Midterm Elections, I’m going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America, $5,000! Thank you for your attention to this matter, and I look forward to signing those checks!
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This $5,000 “Trump Dividend” promise was first made in Sept. 2026. Similar prior DOGE and tariff check pledges have not been paid out. It would cost ~$1.2 trillion and require congressional approval.
pbs.org/newshour/polit…
washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/…
Jay Howard retweeted
Ken Paxton and his allies have spent millions this election cycle on ads that accuse his Democratic U.S. Senate challenger, James Talarico, of helping Chinese investors buy up Texas land.
But before unleashing the attacks, Paxton’s campaign took in $40,000 from donors who work for companies that facilitate the exact kind of Chinese investments he has criticized, according to a review of campaign finance documents by Hearst Newspapers. bit.ly/4yUJN3c
Jay Howard retweeted
I spent 25 years as an oil and gas engineer. Bo French spent Sunday morning sorting our student section by skin color.
Greg Abbott said Bo French would "wreck" our oil and gas industry. A man who can’t tell a Longhorn from a foreigner has no business regulating anything in TX.
Jay Howard retweeted
Couldn’t be more proud to be an alumnus of The University of Texas!
What starts here changes the world!
#ThisIsTexas #HookEm
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This is the Republican nominee for statewide office. Are other Republican elected officials going to condemn the intolerance and racism, or look the other way while it becomes normalized. This is how great political parties self-destruct. Sad.
