# ![@besttrousers Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::14202698.png) @besttrousers Matt Darling 🌐🏗️

Matt Darling 🌐🏗️ posts on X about in the, pay, if you, inflation the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@APompliano Alternatively the scraped data you are using (without a public methodology) is not representative of the broader economic trends and giving an incorrect result"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022323284889489870)  2026-02-13T14:53Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Check out our Employment Situation discussion with economists macro analysts and wealth managers: - David Busch from Trajan Wealth LLC - @RealEJAntoni from the Heritage Foundation - @profplum99 from Simplify Asset Management - and Oliver Rust from Truflation with our data Check out our Employment Situation discussion with economists macro analysts and wealth managers: - David Busch from Trajan Wealth LLC - @RealEJAntoni from the Heritage Foundation - @profplum99 from Simplify Asset Management - and Oliver Rust from Truflation with our data"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022323536166056096)  2026-02-13T14:54Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@APompliano Which experts specifically For example here is @ernietedeschi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022325204450492665)  2026-02-13T15:01Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@APompliano @ernietedeschi I find it fairly unlikely that any experts (or anyone familiar with basic macro) would not have suggested that the FOMC would take action to negate any inflationary effects (ie by making us poorer relative to the counterfactual)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022325893793021963)  2026-02-13T15:04Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


".is economics having a legitimacy crisis Weird time for economists to launch aggressive attacks on a widely beloved person like Jon Stewart while the economics profession is having a legitimacy crisis. (I am a communications professional but if you have a response or thought I won't credibility shame you). Weird time for economists to launch aggressive attacks on a widely beloved person like Jon Stewart while the economics profession is having a legitimacy crisis. (I am a communications professional but if you have a response or thought I won't credibility shame you)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021731608886198345)  2026-02-11T23:42Z 60.3K followers, 22.8K engagements


"Was jus chatting with @EconBerger about this:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021982931376648544)  2026-02-12T16:21Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"I think that we are substantially richer today than the 1880s when 1% of homes had indoor plumbing. Trump correctly pointed out that our nation was its richest in the 1880s and 1890s but he is incorrect to attribute that wealth to tariffs. The reason we were so rich back then is that government was so tiny that we could afford to pay for it with tariffs. Back then total Trump correctly pointed out that our nation was its richest in the 1880s and 1890s but he is incorrect to attribute that wealth to tariffs. The reason we were so rich back then is that government was so tiny that we could"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022035993369641165)  2026-02-12T19:52Z 60.3K followers, 12.3K engagements


"@truflation Link the paper in that case"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022344903246942265)  2026-02-13T16:19Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Would be very good if The Economist was somewhat familiar with Milton Friedman's [----] paper on recessions which demonstrated (IMO convincingly) that recessions are not important for clearing out dead wood and are just Bad. The Economist: We need a recession every once in a while to kill off the zombie firms and allow capital and labor to reallocate to more productive uses. Let the market perform its magic Also The Economist: When the recession hits and eliminates a boatload of jobs government https://t.co/hprg5OtGPS The Economist: We need a recession every once in a while to kill off the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1990150127697416651)  2025-11-16T20:09Z 60.2K followers, 91.8K engagements


"This is such a funny argument. Priam didn't have a castle - castles don't come into play for another [----] years - but it's cool to imagine he had one. Third here is another good breakdown of Wilson's translations by @SpencerKlavan: "But Wilsons version saps the marrow and vigor from the words." "Wilsons Iliad is so deflated that its hard to tell what Homers characters are fighting for." https://t.co/Ldf2LqUjTf Third here is another good breakdown of Wilson's translations by @SpencerKlavan: "But Wilsons version saps the marrow and vigor from the words." "Wilsons Iliad is so deflated that its"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2009613361345167443)  2026-01-09T13:08Z 60.3K followers, 79.9K engagements


"Moreover he single-handedly engineered a hitherto unheard of soft landing. We spent a lot of [----] debating whether he did this. Everyone basically moved on. But from the standpoint of 2025; the landing was definitely soft. Powell is a historically successful Fed Chairman. Despite his mistakes on inflation he showed us that monetary policy can help spur rapid recoveries even with double-digit unemployment. Moreover he single-handedly engineered a hitherto unheard of soft landing. 1/2 https://t.co/94XS4fomvk Powell is a historically successful Fed Chairman. Despite his mistakes on inflation he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2010795821261004863)  2026-01-12T19:27Z 60.3K followers, 93.2K engagements


"This is not how CPI works. Heres how CPI works: A starving prisoner with no resources catches a rat and eats it CPI now gauges that you like eating rats and if theres an abundance of rats you should be happy because now you have more available Stop using CPI to measure anything its fucking bullshit https://t.co/cziqCd7CDH Heres how CPI works: A starving prisoner with no resources catches a rat and eats it CPI now gauges that you like eating rats and if theres an abundance of rats you should be happy because now you have more available Stop using CPI to measure anything its fucking bullshit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2016950018079334625)  2026-01-29T19:02Z 60.2K followers, 25.6K engagements


"The "Feeding Our Future" scandal is bad - $250 million dollars - but also Brett Favre was part of a $94 million welfare fraud a few years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_welfare_funds_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_welfare_funds_scandal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2017016453740757403)  2026-01-29T23:26Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I don't think that it is at all plausible that year over year inflation was 2.7% in December and is now 0.9%. Inflation is now under 1%. I continue to pound the table that deflation is the bigger risk than inflation. The Fed has screwed this up and should be cutting aggressively right now https://t.co/u2KpvDXlRD Inflation is now under 1%. I continue to pound the table that deflation is the bigger risk than inflation. The Fed has screwed this up and should be cutting aggressively right now https://t.co/u2KpvDXlRD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2018015201480585603)  2026-02-01T17:34Z 60.2K followers, 58.5K engagements


"If your metric is saying the [--] month inflation average dropped by 0.38% in a day you are just saying that your measure is inaccurate. https://x.com/truflation/status/2017906187757592800 US CPI inflation dropped significantly today from 1.24% to 0.86% in our independent price data the lowest since [----]. Truflation US CPI today: 0.86% Y/Y The biggest downward drivers were: [--]. Utilities down -0.13% [--]. Clothing -0.08% [--]. Housing -0.05% [--]. Transport -0.05% [--]. Food https://t.co/HFef56JGyl https://x.com/truflation/status/2017906187757592800 US CPI inflation dropped significantly today from 1.24% to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2018019709438873864)  2026-02-01T17:52Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A quick ballpark estimate - if you want to include the effects of the descendents of immigrants I'd estimate that government revenue would be $5.23 trillion lower. This stuff from Cato is getting really silly. This is based on self-reporting combines legal and illegal immigrants and does not include benefits for the CHILDREN of immigrants who are often citizens. This stuff from Cato is getting really silly. This is based on self-reporting combines legal and illegal immigrants and does not include benefits for the CHILDREN of immigrants who are often citizens"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019100200581886366)  2026-02-04T17:26Z 60.2K followers, 24.6K engagements


"@wil_da_beast630 Calling the CPS "self reporting" is silly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019101760736928109)  2026-02-04T17:32Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@Oilfield_Rando @David_J_Bier I'm pretty sure the answer to your question is in the graph he posted above"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019163463461802379)  2026-02-04T21:37Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"Lots of umbrage about this chart using consumption data instead of income data. But when you are talking about the poor in a *global* perspective you very much want to use consumption data. Lots of the global poor are subsistence farmers. They don't have an "income" by def. Narrative violation: The world is becoming less unequal. https://t.co/1t2FbxX2fd Narrative violation: The world is becoming less unequal. https://t.co/1t2FbxX2fd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019394489874591961)  2026-02-05T12:55Z 60.3K followers, 37.1K engagements


"A lot of this data is stuff like "did this household eat any meat in the last month" or "do they have a thatched or aluminum roof""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019395693144944952)  2026-02-05T13:00Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@DavidArnaud5140 No; the graph is a better demonstration of the second claim than the first. ie it is looking at *shares* over time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019483945604198727)  2026-02-05T18:51Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements


"This is not true. (The report being referenced is about defined contribution plans not savings). https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf The median amount a U.S. worker has in savings is $955. https://www.nirsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/NIRS_2026-Retirement-in-America-FINAL.pdf The median amount a U.S. worker has in savings is $955"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019795512522690739)  2026-02-06T15:29Z 60.3K followers, 24.5K engagements


"(I'll note that this is still concerning as DC plans - the median worker is [----] and should have 3x their salary in retirement savings 😶)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019818270828949624)  2026-02-06T16:59Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@Kazanjy @thebenzifrenzi @Larry0584939597 The graph does not show this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019828025945452865)  2026-02-06T17:38Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@JerusalemDemsas What would such an audit look like"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019873174322884952)  2026-02-06T20:37Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@Mkessy @Lovenature0922 @yhdistyminen Being sympathetic to dismantling the administrative state is just conservatism though. Like you can think it is a bad idea but it's not like there isn't lots of non-Yarvin people who have written on eg Chevron"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019882006730162577)  2026-02-06T21:12Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@Mkessy @Lovenature0922 @yhdistyminen Fuentes and Musk are different actors. Failing to differentiate them is going to obscure things"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019890336093397449)  2026-02-06T21:45Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements


"@joewrote Which of these messages do you think maps to Abundance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019892830332756299)  2026-02-06T21:55Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@HannahDCox What mass layoffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020200918524841990)  2026-02-07T18:20Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm all for expanded UI caps but there have not been especially high layoffs the last few months and we shouldn't pretend that there were. (The average month has [---] million layoffs. Announcements of a few thousand from any given company shouldn't shift your expectations). I have very fortunately never had to go on unemployment. But given the mass layoffs last month I looked into what people are actually paid. In Georgia the CAP is $365 per week - and thats before taxes. That doesnt even cover most peoples rents. So Trump is wrecking the I have very fortunately never had to go on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020201870921462215)  2026-02-07T18:23Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@jeffreytucker This blemish true or not lasts a lifetime breeding anger all around. What's the best evidence for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020208215993270374)  2026-02-07T18:49Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Incredibly goofy to call CPS data "self reported". The Cato study is completely bogus. It is based on self-reported survey data says immigrants generate fiscal surplus by *increasing property taxes paid by American citizens* and explicitly *excludes* all taxpayer costs related to their children. The Cato study is completely bogus. It is based on self-reported survey data says immigrants generate fiscal surplus by *increasing property taxes paid by American citizens* and explicitly *excludes* all taxpayer costs related to their children"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020475723895492762)  2026-02-08T12:32Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@JeremiahDJohns .does he think "Arnold Ventures" is venture capitalists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020531078818074638)  2026-02-08T16:12Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The other thing I think is interesting here is that for the vast majority of people optimal "personal finance" is just "follow a bunch of simple heuristics like save 5% of income. A big problem for uptake is that it doesn't *feel* personalized. Personal finance stuff is an amazing sweet spot for AI right now because: -There's broad expert consensus on how to be basically responsible with money the AI can defer to -It's otherwise monotonous repetitive and sometimes unpleasant to think about on your own -You can set it Personal finance stuff is an amazing sweet spot for AI right now because:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020577266259095660)  2026-02-08T19:15Z 60.3K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Here's a notecard with personal finance advice that basically does 90% of the job for 90% of people. (by @haroldpollack)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020577941491437949)  2026-02-08T19:18Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@haroldpollack An AI use case is just "make this generic advise SEEM very personalized""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020578125873303768)  2026-02-08T19:19Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@haroldpollack (Personal finance has it's own "bitter lesson" - most optimization is trumped by "save more money" and "save more money" is trumped by "earn more money")"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020578866851356833)  2026-02-08T19:21Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@carney (Also I think his claim is best "theater/choreography" which seems plausible)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020864698879459505)  2026-02-09T14:17Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@carney "and carry $100000 in student debt for a degree that was supposed to be the ticket to the middle class" This is 3x average debt at graduation (and of course many people don't go to college/don't take on debt)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020895825837088842)  2026-02-09T16:21Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@yhdistyminen Eh there's some research on this that got some play - ie evidence that obesity reduces all-cause mortality. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1555137 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/1555137"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020975574592913506)  2026-02-09T21:38Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@yhdistyminen (that said this was mostly nutritional epi inside baseball)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020977748043497524)  2026-02-09T21:46Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@DLaurence401 Conditional average excluding people with no debt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021231474804981974)  2026-02-10T14:35Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@ThreadbareModel @yhdistyminen I would expect no difference as there is substantial selection on the dependent variable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021273675488456891)  2026-02-10T17:22Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@ahardtospell Is it my birthday Did you and @alixgouldwerth coordinate this in the "Alex/Alix group chat""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021274340189143148)  2026-02-10T17:25Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@TheStalwart This is a disgusting use of Havelock. Marriage ceremonies are sacred. It demands a human orality detector"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021274990943854695)  2026-02-10T17:28Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@zackbeauchamp I DEMAND that American History be taught using the standard Ken Burns narrative"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021317943422824601)  2026-02-10T20:18Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@swinshi "This is different from every previous wave of automation and I need you to understand why. AI isn't replacing one specific skill. It's a general substitute for cognitive work.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021379947076419868)  2026-02-11T00:25Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@JPFreire @JStein_WaPo These numbers are inaccurate (if he was born in [----] he would not have been able to interview John Brown)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021602782340427811)  2026-02-11T15:10Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@FuckedUpYogis @PetarJovovic3 @maiamindel stares into the middle distance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021689107643076755)  2026-02-11T20:53Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@ModeledBehavior One thing that they could do is stop mandating that blue collar industries such as construction pay higher UI taxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021959118832251315)  2026-02-12T14:46Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@AlanMCole @BarneyFlames Wait - do you think there's a plausible counterfactual where we don't see this sort of increase in CNAs/HHAs Like to me this mostly reads as "the baby boom happened [--] years ago""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021979223808938279)  2026-02-12T16:06Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@AlanMCole @BarneyFlames (I think that the causality wrt fraud is mostly going in the other direction. There's fraud *because* it's a huge growth area. Similar to housing bubble.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021979842464600398)  2026-02-12T16:08Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@3firsts @isaiah_bb True - but I would say that "the economy" is perhaps the gestalt which is *least* vulnerable to that critique"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022351975745253436)  2026-02-13T16:47Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Gotta say better Jobs Day content in BlueSky today:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021628075268825351)  2026-02-11T16:51Z 60.3K followers, 86.8K engagements


""If the new abundance groups springing up begin pretending without evidence that they have amassed a mass-membership base then critics are right to pounce. But.abundance groups have been.self-aware that they are arguing about policy on the merits not mass public opinion." I think lots of people are missing what the "groups" critique is about. https://t.co/WwMD65hARC I think lots of people are missing what the "groups" critique is about. https://t.co/WwMD65hARC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021678733430861900)  2026-02-11T20:12Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"@mean_field_zane I didn't. The one thing I wrote about him was about how the bus evaluation math was wrong https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-free-buses-safety https://www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-zohran-mamdani-free-buses-safety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022793462907584917)  2026-02-14T22:01Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@ATabarrok @rgeiger24 On a quick skim the paper doesn't support the claim above"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2020544657776648410)  2026-02-08T17:06Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@isaiah_bb I guess I can't think of anyone who would make the opposite claim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022350141039190442)  2026-02-13T16:40Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@itaisher (I know he spent a lecture on this in his micro course two decades ago.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2019829468899189181)  2026-02-06T17:44Z 60.3K followers, [---] engagements


"@carney If government payrolls go down and are not absorbed by the private sector that's bad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022034038647926897)  2026-02-12T19:44Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"But you should not exclude healthcare. If you exclude Healthcare jobs the U.S. Labor Market has declined for [--] months. Everything is not fine. https://t.co/BRNrf5fII7 If you exclude Healthcare jobs the U.S. Labor Market has declined for [--] months. Everything is not fine. https://t.co/BRNrf5fII7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2021982695988113418)  2026-02-12T16:20Z 60.3K followers, 10.4K engagements


"@RishiRamaraju @maxdubler Right but that's demand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022814259281842446)  2026-02-14T23:24Z 60.3K followers, [--] engagements


"@ltWasRed I don't think you can since it's only polling Democrats. Need to look at a broader range including independents at least"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2022822060271997178)  2026-02-14T23:55Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements


"I swear this account lacks object permanence. (The US is less involved in overseas wars now than it was [--] years ago) At least we don't have mean tweets https://t.co/PE6a7qOTS1 At least we don't have mean tweets https://t.co/PE6a7qOTS1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716922137574027768)  2023-10-24T20:58Z 60.3K followers, 214.3K engagements


""first recession" Gen-Z is losing their minds in their first recession Ive been through three of these as an adult they suck they last a couple of years but they make you stronger. Just focus on adding skills and put in [--] more hours a day than your hardest working peers and youll come Gen-Z is losing their minds in their first recession Ive been through three of these as an adult they suck they last a couple of years but they make you stronger. Just focus on adding skills and put in [--] more hours a day than your hardest working peers and youll come"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1717524512537809384)  2023-10-26T12:52Z 60.3K followers, 345.3K engagements


"We need causal inference classes in high school. 80% of Covid patients put on ventilators died. This is probably most shocking revelation unknown to the public. https://t.co/MjAnwXw1VS 80% of Covid patients put on ventilators died. This is probably most shocking revelation unknown to the public. https://t.co/MjAnwXw1VS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1719693883838177743)  2023-11-01T12:32Z 60.3K followers, 2.6M engagements


"Imma let you finish but Jerome Powell had one of the softest landings of all time One of the softest landings of all time Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) is TIME's [----] Person of the Year https://t.co/oyjR55azCZ https://t.co/m2qbIbd5TX Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) is TIME's [----] Person of the Year https://t.co/oyjR55azCZ https://t.co/m2qbIbd5TX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1732468326876459051)  2023-12-06T18:33Z 60.3K followers, 501.5K engagements


"UK economy seems like things are going well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1735152737627611191)  2023-12-14T04:20Z 60.3K followers, 386.7K engagements


"This is perhaps the worst economic reasoning I have ever seen I argue the claim "immigration is good for the economy" is so vague as to be meaningless: https://t.co/9AfBnC1kAg I argue the claim "immigration is good for the economy" is so vague as to be meaningless: https://t.co/9AfBnC1kAg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1737460902377443538)  2023-12-20T13:12Z 60.3K followers, 784.1K engagements


""63% of Americans do not have $500 in the bank to pay for an emergency healthcare bill." This is inaccurate. Median household net worth is $192k including $8k in checking accounts. Last year the richest 0.05% those who own at least $100 million in wealth made a combined profit of $8.5 trillion on their investments that will go untaxed. Meanwhile 63% of Americans do not have $500 in the bank to pay for an emergency healthcare bill. We need a wealth tax. Last year the richest 0.05% those who own at least $100 million in wealth made a combined profit of $8.5 trillion on their investments that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1743658533801824523)  2024-01-06T15:39Z 60.3K followers, 2M engagements


"The good old days when the immigrant share of the United States was only 11% instead of today's startling 13%. This is what the world looked like before mass immigration widespread racial and gendered guilt activism and before bankers had totally screwed the economy for their own gain. People were just allowed to be themselves and they did fun wholesome things for their own sake. This is what the world looked like before mass immigration widespread racial and gendered guilt activism and before bankers had totally screwed the economy for their own gain. People were just allowed to be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1748717185713774977)  2024-01-20T14:40Z 60.3K followers, 265.2K engagements


"This is interesting but I would not be surprised if stuff like this ends up giving managers *distorted* views of individual productivity that actually makes management worse. Dystopian. This coffee shop uses AI to measure the productivity of their employees & also the time spent in the shop per customer. ☕ https://t.co/6ZecOq9ZXA Dystopian. This coffee shop uses AI to measure the productivity of their employees & also the time spent in the shop per customer. ☕ https://t.co/6ZecOq9ZXA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1753461558896709787)  2024-02-02T16:53Z 60.3K followers, 414.4K engagements


"Which is about $2/person and 0.00002751572% of GDP. The solar eclipse will cost America almost $700 million in lost productivity https://t.co/vSgPCc4fgF https://t.co/312XEqRDSY The solar eclipse will cost America almost $700 million in lost productivity https://t.co/vSgPCc4fgF https://t.co/312XEqRDSY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1777668255743705368)  2024-04-09T12:01Z 60.3K followers, 712.3K engagements


"Worth remembering that this is standard operating practice in Scandinavia (even during the winter). Yall some girl left her NEW BORN INFANT BABY in a stroller outside the dispensary my husband works at to buy weed. Children shouldnt even be on the premises. They called the cops and banned her. If you cant get a baby sitter to go buy weed then you cant buy weed. Yall some girl left her NEW BORN INFANT BABY in a stroller outside the dispensary my husband works at to buy weed. Children shouldnt even be on the premises. They called the cops and banned her. If you cant get a baby sitter to go buy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1778480654335844855)  2024-04-11T17:50Z 60.3K followers, 417.9K engagements


"@johnjhorton You just got automated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1778491491205193903)  2024-04-11T18:33Z 60.3K followers, 284.5K engagements


"Hey folks I have a new big paper up at @niskanencenter. It's about the weird way that the USA finances our unemployment insurance system and how it is RUINING THE LABOR MARKET"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1782804104466559053)  2024-04-23T16:09Z 60.3K followers, 523.6K engagements


"A minor note - if you want to run a bookstore you don't have to have constantly increasing profits. Just cover your expenses. Like the world would undeniably be a happier place if every town had at least one [--] hour coffeeshop and bookstore (with a cat). People would go there all the time. But maybe not enough to make a constantly increasing profit. Maybe not even enough to pay extortionate rent. Like the world would undeniably be a happier place if every town had at least one [--] hour coffeeshop and bookstore (with a cat). People would go there all the time. But maybe not enough to make a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1790519333023891653)  2024-05-14T23:07Z 60.3K followers, 346.9K engagements


"i dont know a single person who had their student loans cancelled i dont know a single person who had their student loans cancelled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1794391476421714372)  2024-05-25T15:34Z 60.3K followers, 202.4K engagements


"This would imply that after the minimum wage was passed job churn was slightly lower than normal. Great work as always libs 🤡🌎 https://t.co/oIbZaZR8i9 Great work as always libs 🤡🌎 https://t.co/oIbZaZR8i9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1799802535072665932)  2024-06-09T13:55Z 60.3K followers, 436.1K engagements


"@bengrossbg That was the entire premise of Facebook initially"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1805687984442032198)  2024-06-25T19:42Z 60.3K followers, 149K engagements


"This is also my impression of what went wrong with Marvel. "Winter Soldier" was a 1970s spy drama "Ant Man" was a heist movie. Now they are all trying to be "Marvel movies". This is also why the Lucas films for all their flaws work in ways that everything since the Disney sale haven't. His films reflected a love of samurai movies & Westerns & sci-fi serials & WW2 films; post-Lucas Star Wars just loves Star Wars This is also why the Lucas films for all their flaws work in ways that everything since the Disney sale haven't. His films reflected a love of samurai movies & Westerns & sci-fi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810327978213319115)  2024-07-08T14:59Z 60.3K followers, 4.2M engagements


"These are not "skills" that can be taught. "How to buy a house" is a contingent phenomena that changes generation to generation. Now this I can agree with. Do you https://t.co/aTsFiRUegX Now this I can agree with. Do you https://t.co/aTsFiRUegX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810599599104549073)  2024-07-09T08:59Z 60.3K followers, 906.1K engagements


"Krugman was right in [----]. The economic transformation of the internet was substantially lower than people in [----] anticipated. New Krugman just dropped https://t.co/buC8pxpcyZ New Krugman just dropped https://t.co/buC8pxpcyZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1810776976753578107)  2024-07-09T20:44Z 60.3K followers, 690.1K engagements


"Hot take: very few events in the last few months are sufficiently noteworthy to make it into history books. we really living in the the most difficult section of someones AP gov exam in [----] we really living in the the most difficult section of someones AP gov exam in 2053"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815383056062054544)  2024-07-22T13:47Z 60.3K followers, 7.3M engagements


"@a60483647 There will be one sentence about how he did not run again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815390410400743915)  2024-07-22T14:16Z 60.3K followers, 409.7K engagements


"@rwlesq Did your AP history classes cover failed assassinations My did not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815396169352204788)  2024-07-22T14:39Z 60.3K followers, 255.1K engagements


"These numbers suggest that the turnover rate for Harris's staff over the last [--] years is roughly equivalent to the average turnover rate nationwide (3.8% per month). AXIOS: "Much of Harris' staff has turned over in the past [--] years. Of the [--] Harris staffers listed in [----] only [--] still worked for her as of this spring. the high turnover is partly because of how the vice president treats her staff." https://t.co/eLDkUCg64M AXIOS: "Much of Harris' staff has turned over in the past [--] years. Of the [--] Harris staffers listed in [----] only [--] still worked for her as of this spring. the high turnover"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1815743024866930757)  2024-07-23T13:37Z 60.3K followers, 320.6K engagements


"Most Americans do not live paycheck-to-paycheck: - The median American household has a net worth of $193k - The median American household holds $8k in transaction accounts (checking/savings) - 54% of adults claim to have cash savings that could pay for [--] months of expenses Bernie says calling Republicans weird is not my cup of tea. [--] percent of people are living paycheck to paycheck. We have to focus on issues facing where people are. Is Donald Trump weird Is his behavior weird Yeah. We've known that for the last many years. Bernie says calling Republicans weird is not my cup of tea. 60"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1818693589268152767)  2024-07-31T17:01Z 60.3K followers, 730.2K engagements


"Controlling for "all the variables" is inappropriate and results in an analysis with no valid causal interpretation. You should not control for variables that are outcomes of the variable of interest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1825211336185491744)  2024-08-18T16:41Z 60.3K followers, 485.9K engagements


"Most Americans do not live paycheck-to-paycheck: - The median American household has a net worth of $193k - The median American household holds $8k in transaction accounts (checking/savings) - 54% of adults claim to have cash savings that could pay for [--] months of expenses Bernie Sanders admits Americans are suffering under a Biden-Harris administration: "60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck." https://t.co/TQ4bIQcLXi Bernie Sanders admits Americans are suffering under a Biden-Harris administration: "60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck." https://t.co/TQ4bIQcLXi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1826076082056876510)  2024-08-21T01:57Z 60.3K followers, 1.3M engagements


"It is very typical to not list high school jobs in your post college resume. NEW: Kamala Harriss missing summer job at McDonalds job. Her resume and job application a year after graduating college @FreeBeacon obtained through FOIA dont mention it. Neither do either of her books or either of the biographies on her. @SaysSimonson @ChuckRossDC and https://t.co/so0fNA6rNG NEW: Kamala Harriss missing summer job at McDonalds job. Her resume and job application a year after graduating college @FreeBeacon obtained through FOIA dont mention it. Neither do either of her books or either of the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1829114379540824234)  2024-08-29T11:10Z 60.3K followers, 4.4M engagements


"@peterjhasson @FreeBeacon @SaysSimonson @ChuckRossDC How does this piece have three authors and none of them appear to be familiar with the process of "applying for a job""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1829117412014162299)  2024-08-29T11:22Z 60.3K followers, 178.3K engagements


"@SaysSimonson You don't list freshman summer jobs either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1829120075002957851)  2024-08-29T11:33Z 60.3K followers, 129.1K engagements


""have insurance companies cover the cost" is hilarious. Former President Trump tells NBC News that if hes re-elected his administration would not only protect access to IVF but would have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost of it. More: https://t.co/ByO77cGtx8 https://t.co/Liv2FgO2XT Former President Trump tells NBC News that if hes re-elected his administration would not only protect access to IVF but would have either the government or insurance companies cover the cost of it. More: https://t.co/ByO77cGtx8 https://t.co/Liv2FgO2XT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1829305542960902589)  2024-08-29T23:50Z 60.3K followers, 184.1K engagements


"If youre born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us then thats unpatriotic. Thats it. If youre born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us then thats unpatriotic. Thats it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1835832295321641115)  2024-09-17T00:05Z 60.3K followers, 990.3K engagements


""Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%." #Kamalanomics continues to FAIL the American people: ❌Over [---] million Americans are unemployed. ❌Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%. ❌Since Biden and Harris took office inflation has risen by 20.3%. #Kamalanomics continues to FAIL the American people: ❌Over [---] million Americans are unemployed. ❌Unemployment rate remains high at 4.1%. ❌Since Biden and Harris took office inflation has risen by 20.3%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1842329910431436813)  2024-10-04T22:24Z 60.3K followers, 297.2K engagements


"There are only [--] metro areas where median rent is $2000 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley CA Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura CA Santa Cruz-Watsonville CA San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad CA Rent is $2000 and [--] eggs are $8 Rent is $2000 and [--] eggs are $8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1843077567374586312)  2024-10-06T23:55Z 60.3K followers, 474.1K engagements


"One of the problems with this belief is that if you ask Americans how much they are spending eating out at restaurants it is at record highs. This is why Harris is losing. She and the political press reside in the same bubble where everything is fine while the rest of America has had to cut back because of gas and groceries over the last three years. This is why Harris is losing. She and the political press reside in the same bubble where everything is fine while the rest of America has had to cut back because of gas and groceries over the last three years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1844700987715416076)  2024-10-11T11:26Z 60.3K followers, 273.9K engagements


"The results shocked everyone: Inflation dropped from 17000% to 2.4% Achieved the first surplus in [---] years. The economy started growing again. https://t.co/G5HYEUCvCI The results shocked everyone: Inflation dropped from 17000% to 2.4% Achieved the first surplus in [---] years. The economy started growing again. https://t.co/G5HYEUCvCI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1859222576049926415)  2024-11-20T13:09Z 60.3K followers, 308.7K engagements


"Oh good. Tariffs dont *always* lead to inflation. https://t.co/zz53vqUM4y Tariffs dont *always* lead to inflation. https://t.co/zz53vqUM4y"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1861560947380244846)  2024-11-27T00:01Z 60.3K followers, 165K engagements


"You have to be effectively innumerate to think the draw is the US welfare system and not the US labor market 90% of the immigration problem would resolve itself If we stopped giving them welfare 90% of the immigration problem would resolve itself If we stopped giving them welfare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1874606756791521525)  2025-01-02T00:00Z 60.3K followers, 449.1K engagements


"This doesn't work. In equilibrium American firms raise their prices to match. If you dont want to pay higher prices on tariffed goods then buy American made products. Pretty simple. If you dont want to pay higher prices on tariffed goods then buy American made products. Pretty simple"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1886065723124154848)  2025-02-02T14:54Z 60.3K followers, 732K engagements


""Doge Dividend Checks aren't like stimulus checks" Jesse Waters speaks truth on our DOGE Dividend Proposal for President Trump: "DOGE Dividend checks aren't stimulus checks like where we printed money and mailed them out. These are savings. Costs us nothing. It's a dividend payment that Americans deserve. We'll take the https://t.co/1H1jzZqeP9 Jesse Waters speaks truth on our DOGE Dividend Proposal for President Trump: "DOGE Dividend checks aren't stimulus checks like where we printed money and mailed them out. These are savings. Costs us nothing. It's a dividend payment that Americans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1892188088069222548)  2025-02-19T12:22Z 60.3K followers, 156K engagements


"Sort of feels like he keeps turning over rocks not finding substantial fraud and concluding that the fraud must be under the next rock. They are covering immense fraud They are covering immense fraud"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1893681725902835772)  2025-02-23T15:18Z 60.3K followers, 160.3K engagements


"Since about 18% of Americans are millionaires this suggests that federal civil service employees are millionaires at a lower rate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1893779283312582858)  2025-02-23T21:45Z 60.3K followers, 274.9K engagements


"Elon Musk has discovered the existence of non-laptop class workers. Many do not read their email at all Many do not read their email at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1893785243733131742)  2025-02-23T22:09Z 60.3K followers, 299.7K engagements


"Twitter is incredible. People are out here using ten year rolling averages to interpret recent events. Doctors often claim that measles is making a comeback because of "antivaxers". So I plotted measles cases as a ten-year rolling average using CDC data. And I found that measles is actually not making a comeback. These "doctors" and "experts" are simply lying to everyone. https://t.co/YLqjHTqJyU Doctors often claim that measles is making a comeback because of "antivaxers". So I plotted measles cases as a ten-year rolling average using CDC data. And I found that measles is actually not making"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1895378616093155385)  2025-02-28T07:40Z 60.3K followers, 1.3M engagements


""I don't know why everyone is so concerned about inflation. Looking at the [--] year rolling average it's pretty low""  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1895379594871742635)  2025-02-28T07:44Z 60.3K followers, 71.1K engagements


"WOW The US Debt Clock has now been updated to not only include DOGE but also savings per taxpayer: DOGE Savings: $175 billion Savings Per Taxpayer: $1558 Thank you @elonmusk this is historic. https://t.co/KizKiBey8K WOW The US Debt Clock has now been updated to not only include DOGE but also savings per taxpayer: DOGE Savings: $175 billion Savings Per Taxpayer: $1558 Thank you @elonmusk this is historic. https://t.co/KizKiBey8K"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1898214879980368030)  2025-03-08T03:31Z 60.3K followers, 140K engagements


"I think people have lost track of the dispute. The reason I object to the "60% of Americans are paycheck to paycheck" factoid isn't because of linguistic prescriptivism. It's because the factoid comes from a payday lender arguing that we should deregulate payday lending. Paycheck to paycheck debate is boring. Abundance liberal guys insist on the literal meaning of no savingsAmerikkkan exurbanites use it to mean I contribute to my 401k and have a [--] months liquid but my liquid savings arent growing everyone else in between. Yawn. Paycheck to paycheck debate is boring. Abundance liberal guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902325397791904198)  2025-03-19T11:44Z 60.3K followers, 218.3K engagements


"Yikes not a good look"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902409147628335365)  2025-03-19T17:17Z 60.3K followers, 393.1K engagements


""All I have left is UPenn Stanford and UMD." College admissions is so competitive kids are just crashing out https://t.co/oj4Tjzqfdt College admissions is so competitive kids are just crashing out https://t.co/oj4Tjzqfdt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1906409731348164883)  2025-03-30T18:14Z 60.3K followers, 1.1M engagements


"John Adams: "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." Your great grandfather worked the mines your grandfather worked a steel plant and you thought you thought you could be a "product manager" LOL Buddy https://t.co/UjgO77VLCW Your great grandfather worked the mines your grandfather worked a steel plant and you thought you thought you could be a "product manager" LOL Buddy https://t.co/UjgO77VLCW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1908284816623301070)  2025-04-04T22:25Z 60.3K followers, 113.6K engagements


"It's not a stock market correction The tariffs are going to affect the *real* economy and the stock market declines are *anticipating* that. Maybe its just me but why is a stock market correction existential to the economy Kinda proves Trumps point that we overly financialized the economy Maybe its just me but why is a stock market correction existential to the economy Kinda proves Trumps point that we overly financialized the economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1909801728712531970)  2025-04-09T02:53Z 60.3K followers, 343.4K engagements


"Wow what a crazy development for Capital to happen now In The Twenty First Century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1912686305214898449)  2025-04-17T01:55Z 60.3K followers, 164.4K engagements


"A supply shock without a corresponding increase in prices NEW: Lutnick says 10% tariffs here to stay but insists consumers won't pay for it https://t.co/0DJxtmq6Tl NEW: Lutnick says 10% tariffs here to stay but insists consumers won't pay for it https://t.co/0DJxtmq6Tl"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1921655231030366694)  2025-05-11T19:54Z 60.3K followers, 312.2K engagements


"Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after [--] years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents https://t.co/zv1NfR580J Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after [--] years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents https://t.co/zv1NfR580J"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1936951615019188393)  2025-06-23T00:57Z 60.3K followers, 297.1K engagements


""that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along" oh nooo AI is gonna automate all the jobs and there will be no real jobs left brother there are already no real jobs left 75% of these people work fake jobs that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along oh nooo AI is gonna automate all the jobs and there will be no real jobs left brother there are already no real jobs left 75% of these people work fake jobs that exist solely to keep the economy chugging along"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939655245551841580)  2025-06-30T12:00Z 60.3K followers, 778.9K engagements


"@sporadica "but are a sort of UBI to pay people to exist" Why would a company do this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1939699273395994837)  2025-06-30T14:55Z 60.3K followers, 41K engagements


"Yes This is a big problem with federalized programs. No one is covered by "Medicaid". They have "SoonerCare" or "Denali Care" or "HuskyHealth". @besttrousers The problem is that Medicaid mostly isnt called Medicaid so the disadvantaged people using it have no clue what the fuss is about . https://t.co/cTDVFo88CC @besttrousers The problem is that Medicaid mostly isnt called Medicaid so the disadvantaged people using it have no clue what the fuss is about . https://t.co/cTDVFo88CC"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1940080933740437588)  2025-07-01T16:11Z 60.3K followers, 257.5K engagements


"95% of people who lost coverage when Arkansas instituted "work requirements" had jobs. You have to look at what policies *do* not what they are *called*. Rep. Andy Harris: "Look if you're able-bodied without dependents and you choose not to work well you shouldn't be on a public welfare program. That's the bottom line . you should be off the public dole. Yes you will lose your Medicaid coverage. Get a job." https://t.co/2ZgC47Kc2f Rep. Andy Harris: "Look if you're able-bodied without dependents and you choose not to work well you shouldn't be on a public welfare program. That's the bottom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1940743652021764347)  2025-07-03T12:05Z 60.3K followers, 320.9K engagements


"Median expert here: "lower end of the median" does not make sense. The median is a point not a range"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1942592597827973586)  2025-07-08T14:32Z 60.3K followers, 215.1K engagements


"This isn't a "myth" - it is based on what *actually happens* when states have imposed work requirements. When states have imposed work requirements in the past most of the people who lose their health insurance were working. Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act https://t.co/kZgDHwCAJL Five myths about Medicaid reform in Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act https://t.co/kZgDHwCAJL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1947286089087013318)  2025-07-21T13:22Z 60.3K followers, 257.9K engagements


""Americans have to spend 15% more to purchase stuff from Europe. Europeans face no such penalty when purchasing stuff from the US." Seem pretty easy tbh. The Democrats and Media trying to explain how America imposing a 15% tariff on EU imports and the EU imposing a 0% tariff on American imports is a loss for President Trump and Americans. https://t.co/fvzUAY7f3s The Democrats and Media trying to explain how America imposing a 15% tariff on EU imports and the EU imposing a 0% tariff on American imports is a loss for President Trump and Americans. https://t.co/fvzUAY7f3s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1949808709321814194)  2025-07-28T12:26Z 60.3K followers, 2.7M engagements


"This is not what Econ [---] says. @sdwinkler Dude- Econ [---] says you cut interest rates when inflation goes down. Paul has said the uncertainty under tariffs in regards to inflation was keeping him from doing so He has zero excuse now. @sdwinkler Dude- Econ [---] says you cut interest rates when inflation goes down. Paul has said the uncertainty under tariffs in regards to inflation was keeping him from doing so He has zero excuse now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950681888986906695)  2025-07-30T22:16Z 60.3K followers, 176.3K engagements


"Banana Republic hours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1951345730448503253)  2025-08-01T18:14Z 60.3K followers, 1.1M engagements


"It's weird "In Germany if you lose your job the government replaces 60% of income" is presented as something that break Americans' brains. In America if you lose your job the government replaces 47% of income. In Germany if you lose your job the government pays you 60% of your salary for up to a year. https://t.co/N8eR66BwRp In Germany if you lose your job the government pays you 60% of your salary for up to a year. https://t.co/N8eR66BwRp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953112832913883501)  2025-08-06T15:16Z 60.3K followers, 288.5K engagements


"The Federal Reserve 1.) Explains their reasoning 2.) Takes questions 3.) Publishes the *transcript* of their meetings The real scandal is not the Federal Reserve blowing $3.1 billion on an extravagant headquarters. It's that the Fed is keeping interest rates at a 20-year highand no one at the Fed can be bothered to explain why. They dont take questions. They dont answer to the public. They https://t.co/CngMxnxbv7 The real scandal is not the Federal Reserve blowing $3.1 billion on an extravagant headquarters. It's that the Fed is keeping interest rates at a 20-year highand no one at the Fed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953152071542423847)  2025-08-06T17:51Z 60.3K followers, 145.5K engagements


".@ZohranKMamdani has a nice bit on the difference between universal and means-tested programs here: On the subject of a rent freeze: Earlier this year Zohran Mamdani was asked whether he personally needs one. Here's his reply. https://t.co/KTtKd4wzwA https://t.co/TRvyzQyRC4 On the subject of a rent freeze: Earlier this year Zohran Mamdani was asked whether he personally needs one. Here's his reply. https://t.co/KTtKd4wzwA https://t.co/TRvyzQyRC4"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1953535837695529288)  2025-08-07T19:16Z 60.3K followers, 459K engagements


"Yeah they learn "most Americans live paycheck to paycheck" and "Blackrock bought all the housing." My god. https://t.co/KuqlZ3eVb7 My god. https://t.co/KuqlZ3eVb7"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1958302914448908578)  2025-08-20T22:59Z 60.3K followers, 253.9K engagements


"Would be good if people actually read the study so they knew what the graph means. https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-019-12227-0/MediaObjects/41467_2019_12227_MOESM1_ESM.pdf https://t.co/WcmRGCmCha https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41467-019-12227-0/MediaObjects/41467_2019_12227_MOESM1_ESM.pdf https://t.co/WcmRGCmCha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1960376209507774682)  2025-08-26T16:18Z 60.3K followers, 210.1K engagements


"This is not what the heatmap shows. Heatmap: liberals love their grandmother a stranger and a snake the same way. Liberal: but I love snakes as much as I love my grandmother I have infinity love No you dont. You have a horrifying calculated emotion that youve decided to pretend is love. Real love is finite Heatmap: liberals love their grandmother a stranger and a snake the same way. Liberal: but I love snakes as much as I love my grandmother I have infinity love No you dont. You have a horrifying calculated emotion that youve decided to pretend is love. Real love is finite"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1961136001037828502)  2025-08-28T18:37Z 60.3K followers, 138.4K engagements


"Alright Jerome Powell is ignoring an order from the President of the United States. https://t.co/JSP291OeB2 Jerome Powell is ignoring an order from the President of the United States. https://t.co/JSP291OeB2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1964429811792953428)  2025-09-06T20:45Z 60.3K followers, 148.1K engagements


"The median household in the United States has $8000 in their checking account owns their home and has a net worth of $193000. A country $37 Trillion in debt where 50% of its population cannot handle a $1000 emergency - has NO BUSINESS giving away $100s of Billions to foreign countries A country $37 Trillion in debt where 50% of its population cannot handle a $1000 emergency - has NO BUSINESS giving away $100s of Billions to foreign countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965074105495146562)  2025-09-08T15:25Z 60.3K followers, 2M engagements


"@drcc_art You're confusing median and average. Under the situation you referred to the median person is broke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1965141347251487113)  2025-09-08T19:53Z 60.3K followers, 106.6K engagements


""we tried magic and it didn't work" Elon Musk: "The Government Is Basically Unfixable" "Yeah that was a hell of a side quest." "If AI and robots dont solve our national debt were toast." https://t.co/hEhrG0kmRi https://t.co/PAEVzTviM2 Elon Musk: "The Government Is Basically Unfixable" "Yeah that was a hell of a side quest." "If AI and robots dont solve our national debt were toast." https://t.co/hEhrG0kmRi https://t.co/PAEVzTviM2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1968360353953431911)  2025-09-17T17:04Z 60.3K followers, 109.7K engagements


"it must be such a relief to believe that the Invisible Hand is the hand of God it must be such a relief to believe that the Invisible Hand is the hand of God"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1968793637560418392)  2025-09-18T21:45Z 60.3K followers, 248.8K engagements


"They have better access to the ancient ancestral memory of The Rock Women. Tourists who wanted to cross the glass-bottomed bridge could not convince their dogs. https://t.co/EdELWHGxmO Tourists who wanted to cross the glass-bottomed bridge could not convince their dogs. https://t.co/EdELWHGxmO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1973389884338372726)  2025-10-01T14:09Z 60.3K followers, 1.7M engagements


"It's sort of incredible how much the "college isn't worth it" narrative has taken off while the college wage premium just keeps ticking up. UNITED STATES: The share of Americans who say college education is 'very important' has fallen from 75% in [----] down to 35% in [----] according to Gallup research. https://t.co/Z7yvdr976x UNITED STATES: The share of Americans who say college education is 'very important' has fallen from 75% in [----] down to 35% in [----] according to Gallup research. https://t.co/Z7yvdr976x"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1974969567840760053)  2025-10-05T22:46Z 60.3K followers, 367.9K engagements


"Because farmers can only sell food immediately after the harvest - but need to buy food year round - they are interested in financial products that allow them to smooth consumption. WE WERE LITERALLY BORN ONTO A PLANET THAT GROWS FOOD HOW DID WE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT I GOT A CREDIT SCORE WE WERE LITERALLY BORN ONTO A PLANET THAT GROWS FOOD HOW DID WE FUCK UP SO BAD THAT I GOT A CREDIT SCORE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978601218986418673)  2025-10-15T23:17Z 60.3K followers, 115.8K engagements


"These people do not understand fractions. If 45% of Afghanistan immigrants are on food stamps that does not imply that 45% of food stamp beneficiaries are from Afghanistan. 59% of food stamp recipients arent even American https://t.co/BlFm7Dzdor 59% of food stamp recipients arent even American https://t.co/BlFm7Dzdor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1983970318151774683)  2025-10-30T18:52Z 60.3K followers, 132.4K engagements


""In fact the government shouldnt be sending them money at all; they should be getting a box with food items for the week." The acquisition storage and mailing of these items would make SNAP substantially more expensive than it is today. You know what Ill go ahead and say it: SNAP recipients shouldnt be getting luxury items. They should be getting the bare bones items in order to feed their family. In fact the government shouldnt be sending them money at all; they should be getting a box with food items for You know what Ill go ahead and say it: SNAP recipients shouldnt be getting luxury"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1984224509604548879)  2025-10-31T11:42Z 60.3K followers, 175.4K engagements


"Yeah the weekend being [--] hours is pretty abnormal. "My friend put a house up last Friday. Within [--] hours by Monday morning he had [--] offers. I dont think its normal https://t.co/W9K45R0VFf "My friend put a house up last Friday. Within [--] hours by Monday morning he had [--] offers. I dont think its normal https://t.co/W9K45R0VFf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1988023994516115479)  2025-11-10T23:20Z 60.3K followers, 1.7M engagements


"@RealLiveAxel Weekends *are* business hours in the real estate industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/1988054928129212641)  2025-11-11T01:23Z 60.3K followers, 74.4K engagements


"https://gwern.net/doc/sociology/1987-rossi.pdf The effect of immigration of native wages is [--]. The effect of a higher minimum wage on employment is [--]. Nothing ever happens https://t.co/UjUdhdHMqO https://gwern.net/doc/sociology/1987-rossi.pdf The effect of immigration of native wages is [--]. The effect of a higher minimum wage on employment is [--]. Nothing ever happens https://t.co/UjUdhdHMqO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/besttrousers/status/2018781451454742966)  2026-02-03T20:19Z 60.3K followers, [----] engagements

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