# ![@jdcmedlock Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2363460824.png) @jdcmedlock James Medlock

James Medlock posts on X about money, elon musk, twitter, dems 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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[finance](/list/finance)  #1187 [us election](/list/us-election)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  #4517 [countries](/list/countries)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  #3138 [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies)  [stocks](/list/stocks)  [currencies](/list/currencies)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 

**Social topic influence**
[money](/topic/money), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) #179, [twitter](/topic/twitter), [dems](/topic/dems), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [tariffs](/topic/tariffs), [insurance](/topic/insurance), [kamala harris](/topic/kamala-harris), [joe biden](/topic/joe-biden), [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump)

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

"@AletheiaAtheos Yea thats fair. Hes a good person to hold up for potential conservative converts to UBI. And yea I think the welfare state would need to be re-arranged a bit with UBI but its important to include top offs and things like health care benefits"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1107709705575518208)  2019-03-18T18:25Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"hot stock tip: with a million kids set to lose access to free school lunch now's a good time to buy $GPN as their subsidiary MySchoolBucks is a leader in school lunch payment processing services"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1202670687426510848)  2019-12-05T19:26Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Average out-of-pocket spending for a day in the hospital US: $1013 Austria: $22 Germany: $11 Sweden: $11 Estonia: $2 Norway: Free Denmark: Free Canada: Free Italy: Free United Kingdom: Free Portugal: Free Spain: Free Israel: Free Iceland: Free Poland: Free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1207012615467126785)  2019-12-17T19:00Z 111.8K followers, 18.6K engagements


"Michael Bloomberg appears to be to the right of Mitt Romney on the Child Tax Credit supporting a faster phase in but not making it available to parents without any earnings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1211868258543865856)  2019-12-31T04:34Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"What is a kangaroo anyway"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1220456876082716679)  2020-01-23T21:22Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"This is the best political spectrum scale I've ever seen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1220458680694583297)  2020-01-23T21:29Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Schumer is right about this one. The most important immediate step should be unemployment insurance that keeps people attached to their jobs but not working. Universal cash should go on top of that. Schumer says instead of unemployment insurance the system needs to be recast of coronavirus as "employment insurance" with lost salaries totally replaced and quick and east to access "That goes to the people who need help." Schumer says instead of unemployment insurance the system needs to be recast of coronavirus as "employment insurance" with lost salaries totally replaced and quick and east to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1240743207983411200)  2020-03-19T20:53Z 114.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Olof Palme: "The aim of society and of solidarity is that everyone shall have access to resources so that they will be able to realize the essential undertakings of human life the great life projects. These are the aims that have formed the foundation of the welfare society.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1257375400889667584)  2020-05-04T18:23Z 115.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This is such a weird situation to invoke the Hayekian knowledge problem for. A pandemic response strikes me as an ideal case for technocratic central planning A scientist may know a viruss characteristics but he doesnt know a communitys characteristics: how they feel eat shop work and operate businesses. These items constitute the most useful kind of knowledgeavailable only locally and crucial to limiting the viruss spread. A scientist may know a viruss characteristics but he doesnt know a communitys characteristics: how they feel eat shop work and operate businesses. These items constitute"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1260730740234285057)  2020-05-14T00:36Z 111.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@jfeldzy @Noahpinion We should extend it but state UI systems are still terrible so we should do universal cash in addition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1262840681405353984)  2020-05-19T20:20Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"The most notable thing is the *massive* variation on the low end of the income spectrum. This is your welfare state on means-testing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1263510143389413377)  2020-05-21T16:41Z 114.8K followers, [---] engagements


"There is no place however high the cost of living where making $300k is just barely enough to make ends meet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1263878416857620482)  2020-05-22T17:04Z 115.6K followers, [---] engagements


"This is one reason I think collective wealth ownership property owning democracy. Mass individual asset ownership (particularly illiquid assets like homes) seems more likely to lead to exclusionary reactionary politics @ColinJMcAuliffe I mean mass homeownership was explicitly crafted as an anticommunist political strategy in the US to create a mass capital-owning class. And skin in the game of home values leads pretty quickly to NIMBYism @ColinJMcAuliffe I mean mass homeownership was explicitly crafted as an anticommunist political strategy in the US to create a mass capital-owning class. And"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1266046053993771010)  2020-05-28T16:37Z 115.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@_Jason_Dean_ Just do: universal cash payments payroll tax capped at the total value of the UBI at a rate equal to the planned NIT phase-out whatever taxes you were planning for the NIT It's the same as an NIT but avoids the pitfalls"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1274973416815128577)  2020-06-22T07:52Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Still baffles me that some segments of the left considered the CARES Act to be the worst bill in [--] years. Some of us were out here on day one saying it was mostly awesome It's interesting how the Conventional Wisdom among left commentators has shifted on the CARES Act from being "Yup another big corporate giveaway" to "This is a great model for how we can fight poverty in America" It's interesting how the Conventional Wisdom among left commentators has shifted on the CARES Act from being "Yup another big corporate giveaway" to "This is a great model for how we can fight poverty in America""  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1275453378785456128)  2020-06-23T15:39Z 112.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ne0liberal This is often referred to as a NIT but I think the difference is pretty illusory with a NIT being distinctly worse administratively. You have to build a separate apparatus to claw back the money as people earn more but we already have taxes for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1281438995382075393)  2020-07-10T04:03Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@ne0liberal Instead of trying to means test the UBI do: universal cash payments payroll tax capped at the total value of the UBI at a rate equal to the planned NIT phase-out whatever taxes you were planning for the NIT Distributionally equivalent but administratively simpler"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1281439247883370499)  2020-07-10T04:04Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Mller was concerned with the long term sustainability of his policies believing that more universal programs would command stronger electoral support. He was uninterested in the population question except insofar as it was an opportunity to build support for social programs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1285756604663492609)  2020-07-22T02:00Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"In policy terms the distinction was that Myrdal pushed for the in-kind line essentially single-payer food clothes shoes and more targeted at the truly needy. Meanwhile Mller pushed for universal cash benefits trusting people to use the money well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1285756615447113729)  2020-07-22T02:00Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"For the record a 60% marginal tax rate over $100k is a great idea. The Nordics have their top marginal rates kick in around that level. Sweden's statutory top rate is 57% 76% when you include payroll and VAT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1287439483198009344)  2020-07-26T17:27Z 116K followers, [--] engagements


"@MattZeitlin Weirdest thing about yang to me was that he was a big cash transfer guy but didnt support the most obvious short term universal cash transfer a child allowance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1293234511778521089)  2020-08-11T17:15Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Interesting paper that looks at [--] real world examples of means-tested benefit programs for working aged adults and how they handle things like payment timing and over-payments https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/jpsj/2020/00000028/00000001/art00001# https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/jpsj/2020/00000028/00000001/art00001#"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1296897361289986049)  2020-08-21T19:50Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"The first program they look at is the UK's tax credits (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit). They take a 'pay now establish entitlement later' approach where they pay a benefit based on your last [--] months of earnings and then reconcile after [--] months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1296897362586083329)  2020-08-21T19:50Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@SecretNeoLib @jharrison2156 @wwwojtekk Redistributing the money in universal cash payments would make it progressive on net since the rich consume more than the poor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1297688445335138305)  2020-08-24T00:13Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Overview of the pros and cons of various Active Labor Market Policies https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfmabstract_id=3324615 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfmabstract_id=3324615"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1300197885313597440)  2020-08-30T22:25Z 114.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@NathanTankus The argument against employer provided healthcare is your health coverage shouldn't depend on your employment status. But tautologically speaking your employment status does depend on your employment status"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1304977632627290118)  2020-09-13T02:58Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@NathanTankus We both want a world where you can tell a bad boss to shove it I just think it'd be better achieved with universal cash benefits and a big public sector. I'm skeptical that a JG could provide meaningful access to means of production"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1304978091471564800)  2020-09-13T02:59Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@fedtanyl You are usually better than this the zero net jobs is a super misleading stat that counts a big recession caused by a housing bubble. It's like saying the US created no jobs between 2002-2009 because you're counting the great recession https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/03/02/fareed-zakaria-is-completely-ignorant-about-the-nordics/ https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2020/03/02/fareed-zakaria-is-completely-ignorant-about-the-nordics/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1305939537676218368)  2020-09-15T18:40Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@sensiblemoderat I definitely grant that its probably easier to implement that way but I also think itd be more prone to things like work requirements phase-ins and exclusion errors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1309930852239908864)  2020-09-26T19:00Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@mileskimball Seems like a good reason not to propose early retirement programs but is it a good reason to oppose universal cash transfers https://www.nber.org/papers/w24312 https://www.nber.org/papers/w24312"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1311067330701451264)  2020-09-29T22:16Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"@arindube @wsbgnl Seems less than optimal use of funds to go beyond $600/week UI when there are people with short hours or low wages making much less than that who really need help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1312155014706552832)  2020-10-02T22:18Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@arindube @wsbgnl I think maintaining the $600 should be the priority but going forward universal cash would probably reduce poverty more than UI http://covid.ubicenter.org/fpuc.html http://covid.ubicenter.org/fpuc.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1312155432681570305)  2020-10-02T22:20Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Tax pyramiding can be confusing but consider two soap companies. One is vertically integrated from ingredient production to manufacturing to consumer sales. On $100 worth of sales with a 5% GRT they pay $5 (ignoring profit for simplicity's sake) They cause tax pyramiding where vertical integration is favored because you tax each point of production (without crediting taxes paid like you do with a VAT). And they tax certain industries heavier (those where products pass through more hands) They cause tax pyramiding where vertical integration is favored because you tax each point of production"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1318400983349690374)  2020-10-20T03:57Z 114.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Now consider a non-vertically integrated set of businesses. A soap manufacturer buys $100 worth of ingredients and pays $5 in GRT. They sell this to a retailer who pays $5.25 in GRT. And then the retailer sells it to a consumer who pays $5.51 in GRT. Total tax paid is $15.76"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1318400987296526337)  2020-10-20T03:57Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Republicans and expressing childlike awe at the sight of large amounts of paper name a more iconic duo Handing Lesley Stahl just a small part of what President @realDonaldTrump has done for healthcare in the United States. She couldnt believe how HUGE it was and said I can hardly lift this https://t.co/RSWrzKo1or Handing Lesley Stahl just a small part of what President @realDonaldTrump has done for healthcare in the United States. She couldnt believe how HUGE it was and said I can hardly lift this https://t.co/RSWrzKo1or"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1318752328879464448)  2020-10-21T03:13Z 115.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@t0asteds0up @hasanthehun Wait until he finds out UBI is a public program too 🤔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1319163257433718784)  2020-10-22T06:26Z 115.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@GravelInstitute https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1311071038810157062s=20 That's right. https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1311071038810157062s=20 That's right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1320972634687823872)  2020-10-27T06:16Z 114.7K followers, [--] engagements


"@Noahpinion @LogicalAnalysis The Noah's Rule of Policy Arguments is indeed a good rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1321192439202279424)  2020-10-27T20:49Z 115.6K followers, [--] engagements


"George Bush's rhetoric around the "ownership society" is how we sell index fund socialism to the masses"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1325569850350006273)  2020-11-08T22:44Z 115K followers, [---] engagements


"@wsbgnl @wb_thorne @besttrousers Yea UI is itself an automatic stabilizer by it's very nature in an ideal world there should be no changes necessary to it at times of recession and then separately we should have universal cash sent out triggered via the Sahm rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1340058898116407296)  2020-12-18T22:18Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Lets do it. @RashidaTlaib and I already co-wrote the COVID amendment for $2000 checks so its ready to go. Glad to see the President is willing to support our legislation. We can pass $2k checks this week if the Senate GOP agrees to stand down. https://t.co/nFFs1ExqCK Lets do it. @RashidaTlaib and I already co-wrote the COVID amendment for $2000 checks so its ready to go. Glad to see the President is willing to support our legislation. We can pass $2k checks this week if the Senate GOP agrees to stand down. https://t.co/nFFs1ExqCK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1341574521514389505)  2020-12-23T02:41Z 116.2K followers, [---] engagements


"West Virginia after we're done bribing Joe Manchin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1346685188382752769)  2021-01-06T05:09Z 115.8K followers, 20.5K engagements


"@pspoutz Mark to market could just apply to liquid assets but you can also do retrospective accrual taxes for non publicly traded assets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1349448879897382912)  2021-01-13T20:10Z 114.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@ProleBrain @AyubiRaymond @memeguider @TheOmniLiberal A universal social insurance program is a different thing than a universal cash transfer so the distinction is relevant to the question"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1358926942188105729)  2021-02-08T23:53Z 115.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Seeing backlash to the takes that the ARP was a transformational bill and I think the right answer is that we dont totally know yet. It could range from very good one-off relief to the beginning of a fundamental shift in welfare politics depending on what is made permanent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1372989777214017536)  2021-03-19T19:14Z 115.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Someone call the wamulance Ron Klain doesn't want to do austerity Collins in @wsj interview: Why they would want to alienate the Republican most likely to work with them to find common ground is truly a mystery to me. And its obviously a very poor strategy. https://t.co/oxo3oQr0yq Collins in @wsj interview: Why they would want to alienate the Republican most likely to work with them to find common ground is truly a mystery to me. And its obviously a very poor strategy. https://t.co/oxo3oQr0yq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1373346077512933376)  2021-03-20T18:49Z 116.2K followers, [---] engagements


"The Amazon union results were disappointing but these things take time. In the meantime we should consider the regulatory tools at our disposal to help workers immediately. Things like wage boards and expanded OSHA could make a big impact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1381069082049454082)  2021-04-11T02:18Z 111.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Me as I prepare to abolish the tax bracket"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1387108692252762113)  2021-04-27T18:17Z 116K followers, [--] engagements


"@niawag1 Yea that's absolutely something we should do at the same time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1390800739123949568)  2021-05-07T22:48Z 111.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Some of the smartest minds from the top schools engineered the mortgage-backed securities and credit default swaps that led to the GFC not a great yardstick to judge things by For all those thinking crypto is a bubble like @TheStalwart how do you reconcile all the best engineering minds from the best schools being attracted to the space Can they all be that wrong or is it just that price got way ahead of value in your opinion For all those thinking crypto is a bubble like @TheStalwart how do you reconcile all the best engineering minds from the best schools being attracted to the space Can"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1399546182276313092)  2021-06-01T01:59Z 114.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Major yikes on this one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1400192282498768896)  2021-06-02T20:47Z 114.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Very cool to see some precise details but the results also seem pretty obvious - we know that unrealized capital gains aren't taxed as income and that capital income is a huge source of inequality .@ProPublica has obtained IRS data on thousands of Americas wealthiest people providing an unprecedented look inside the finances of titans like Jeff Bezos Elon Musk Warren Buffett Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg. (Thread) .@ProPublica has obtained IRS data on thousands of Americas wealthiest people providing an unprecedented look inside the finances of titans like Jeff Bezos Elon Musk Warren Buffett"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1402434743363203072)  2021-06-09T01:17Z 115.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The logistics of taxing unrealized capital gains are probably easier than the politics of getting regular taxes higher so we should try the former. You don't really even need mark-to-market we can get boat loads of revenue from regular capital gains"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1402457805508931584)  2021-06-09T02:49Z 114.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Arizona Diamondbacks out here tweeting like an emo teenager"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1405400151150141444)  2021-06-17T05:41Z 116K followers, [---] engagements


"Doing some shopping to prepare for the Child Tax Credit Awareness Day party tomorrow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1406706887228235776)  2021-06-20T20:13Z 115.6K followers, [---] engagements


"JD Vance's schtick is boring at this point (we get it you want the libs to dunk on you so you can differentiate yourself in the primary) but it's still extremely funny that Glenn Greenwald said he adopted anti-imperialist politics. The guy is funded with Palantir money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1414059498738634756)  2021-07-11T03:10Z 113.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Biden should rebrand the Child Tax Credit as Child #PassiveIncome to win over the success mindset guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1420546524304445441)  2021-07-29T00:47Z 111.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Really hope they dont weaken the crypto tax reporting requirements The amendments being considered would gut the provisionlimiting who it applies to (and with holes in the process it becomes much less effective) and delaying the implementation. It would be a real shame if lobbying on behalf of tax evasion succeeded. The amendments being considered would gut the provisionlimiting who it applies to (and with holes in the process it becomes much less effective) and delaying the implementation. It would be a real shame if lobbying on behalf of tax evasion succeeded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1423316503563161601)  2021-08-05T16:14Z 114.7K followers, [--] engagements


"I'm a fan of Lula but Bolsa Familia is overrated. The real hero of the Brazilian welfare state is the pensions tied to the minimum wage https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9-PathwaysPerspective-BOLSA-unFAMILIAr-Final.pdf https://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/9-PathwaysPerspective-BOLSA-unFAMILIAr-Final.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1437129658869239810)  2021-09-12T19:03Z 115.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Brazil could do a revenue neutral consolidation of Bolsa Familia Salario Familia and the child income tax deduction into a flat child allowance that would reduce child poverty Or they could spend less than 1% of GDP and crush child poverty even more http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCPolicyResearchBrief27.pdf http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/IPCPolicyResearchBrief27.pdf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1437130664554340354)  2021-09-12T19:07Z 116K followers, [--] engagements


"Already own a pizza from Dominos Collateralize it. Secure a loan financing another pizza. That pizza Collateralize it too. There's no end to the number of pizzas you can buy. The bank bundles its interests into a Pizza Backed Security and sells it. EVERYONE WINS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1449442867374559239)  2021-10-16T18:31Z 114.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Price controls on gasoline at $.99 cents/gallon strikes the perfect balance of expressing surface level concern about gas prices and decimating the fossil fuel industry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1463204193515163648)  2021-11-23T17:53Z 115.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Left Twitter contains within it the best tweets but also the worst viral tweets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1479282942203416581)  2022-01-07T02:45Z 115.6K followers, [---] engagements


"The I dont drink carbonated beverages - La Croix - Spindrift - Olipop pipeline"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1482911184017715204)  2022-01-17T03:02Z 113.5K followers, [--] engagements


"It's so funny to think about a firm trying and failing to convince consumers to adopt their own stated preferences"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1482977891847585796)  2022-01-17T07:27Z 111.8K followers, [---] engagements


"If you think a food is so unhealthy that it should be banned for food stamp recipients you should support banning it for richer people too. Otherwise you either support poisoning the middle class or you're just trying to further control and complicate poor people's lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1486418890238283776)  2022-01-26T19:20Z 114.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Debasement of the money supply More like "da based minting" of the money supply imho"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1486427209493479425)  2022-01-26T19:53Z 115.7K followers, [--] engagements


"I think there was a mixup at some point where people mistook the green movement to literally be about maximizing the color green This isn't #green. This isn't #renewable. It is environmental vandalism and a waste of the earth's limited resources. https://t.co/7sIzvXZW4d This isn't #green. This isn't #renewable. It is environmental vandalism and a waste of the earth's limited resources. https://t.co/7sIzvXZW4d"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1512977208234500101)  2022-04-10T02:14Z 111.6K followers, 240.3K engagements


"Taxes mostly go to social security healthcare and education"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1519130265481670657)  2022-04-27T01:44Z 116K followers, [----] engagements


"Honestly dems should trade for Juan Soto at the deadline Jon Ossoff is one of the Democrats' best baseball players. He had [--] errors hit a batter and got thrown out at 3rd for a first out. Final score: GOP 10-0 Dems. NRCC quote: "And November is going to be worse." Jon Ossoff is one of the Democrats' best baseball players. He had [--] errors hit a batter and got thrown out at 3rd for a first out. Final score: GOP 10-0 Dems. NRCC quote: "And November is going to be worse.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1553055020202881025)  2022-07-29T16:29Z 115.6K followers, [---] engagements


"I've seen takes that we will abolish restaurants after the revolution and I've seen takes that we will abolish home cooking after the revolution. I'm not sure which is right but what's clear is one's gotta go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1558981787740545024)  2022-08-15T00:59Z 115.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@arindube @ihsaanbassier That third one sounds exciting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1559377908182855682)  2022-08-16T03:13Z 114.9K followers, [--] engagements


"People need to stop getting useless business degrees and instead go to where the money is at in philosophy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1562212590364700672)  2022-08-23T22:58Z 115.7K followers, [----] engagements


"No one has a right to your labor in particular but as a society we can decide people have a right to a given thing (a lawyer healthcare etc) and set up our institutions to compensate people for providing labor that fulfills these rights. Its pretty cool nobody has a right to your labor and you don't have a right to anyone else's nobody has a right to your labor and you don't have a right to anyone else's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1566941790996795392)  2022-09-06T00:10Z 115.9K followers, [----] engagements


"So did Modi hold Elon at gunpoint or what 🚨🚨@ElonMusk complied when Indias right-wing prime minister asked him to block a BBC documentary critical of him and even deleted MP tweets https://t.co/l7LBB6xhDa by me & @mazmhussain 🚨🚨@ElonMusk complied when Indias right-wing prime minister asked him to block a BBC documentary critical of him and even deleted MP tweets https://t.co/l7LBB6xhDa by me & @mazmhussain"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1618057170322612228)  2023-01-25T01:24Z 115.7K followers, 2.6M engagements


"JP Morgan is a fortress JP Morgan is a fortress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1634271980034854912)  2023-03-10T19:16Z 112.4K followers, 24.7K engagements


"Absurdity of the specifics aside I'm always amazed people who say this don't realize that if you're "just getting by" making $400k it must be an *urgent crisis* to be making $40k in the same city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1634278338968821760)  2023-03-10T19:41Z 112.2K followers, 977.1K engagements


".@balajis ready to do this @jdcmedlock I wasnt joking earlier I have 1btc I can send to the escrow on your behalf tonight. If youre donating 70% to give directly Ill take all of downside if you lose and none of the upside if you win. @jdcmedlock I wasnt joking earlier I have 1btc I can send to the escrow on your behalf tonight. If youre donating 70% to give directly Ill take all of downside if you lose and none of the upside if you win"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1636891312850079748)  2023-03-18T00:44Z 111.4K followers, 985.3K engagements


"Its funny how much lower the tax burden is in California than Texas (for someone with the median US household income)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1638571512914657280)  2023-03-22T16:01Z 116.1K followers, 888.7K engagements


"Bet update: @balajis has still not submitted the money into escrow says he's having lawyers work on how to make the bet legal (see Levine's newsletter). Backup is to give the $1 million directly to charity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1639359402737295361)  2023-03-24T20:11Z 114.9K followers, 1.7M engagements


"I've not read the paper yet so I can't speak to study design but this has been a point of contention over the years ("why push to raise taxes it won't go to more spending") so notable to see someone has investigated this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1660054502693806082)  2023-05-20T22:46Z 98.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Answer: SB466 to legalize rent control on buildings over [--] years old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1660726832965259264)  2023-05-22T19:18Z 98.4K followers, 33.9K engagements


"I find it funny because [--]. YIMBYs are often called developer shills but here they are on the opposite side (to be fair a lot of YIMBYs also skeptical of rent control) [--]. The AIDS healthcare foundation. developer shill"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1660728116078350336)  2023-05-22T19:23Z 98.4K followers, 25.4K engagements


"@R0b0tSp1der @sheengoloid_ Here's the price of ground beef over the last [--] years. From $3.88 to $4.80 a substantial price increase consistent with 8% YoY inflation. If your claim of 50% inflation was correct it'd be $13.10 right now. How much do you see it at the grocery store for typically"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1665500281310724097)  2023-06-04T23:26Z 98.4K followers, [---] engagements


"All functional retirement schemes public or private pre funded or pay as you go are claims on future production - there's just no way at scale of storing current production for use during retirement https://ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/lseppr.40 https://ppr.lse.ac.uk/articles/10.31389/lseppr.40"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1666904784794972161)  2023-06-08T20:27Z 113.8K followers, 74K engagements


"He that does not like civil society on these terms let him retire and live among savages. He can have no right to the benefits of society who will not pay his club towards the support of it. - Benjamin Franklin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1669456289381117953)  2023-06-15T21:26Z 104.6K followers, 222.2K engagements


"Are we experiencing hyper deflation I got $1 million for doing nothing as part of a bitcoin bet $800k for doing an interview with a dumb person feels like a massive lowball"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1670318272695394305)  2023-06-18T06:31Z 98.4K followers, 182.2K engagements


"87-year-old Floridian eligible for Medicaid kicked off anyway https://t.co/47DHogfMIO 87-year-old Floridian eligible for Medicaid kicked off anyway https://t.co/47DHogfMIO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1670832250500583424)  2023-06-19T16:33Z 115.7K followers, 221.6K engagements


"This is Ron DeSantis Florida"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1670833343964004353)  2023-06-19T16:38Z 115.7K followers, 24.9K engagements


"This kind of smart walkable mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in many American cities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1672450091607818242)  2023-06-24T03:42Z 112K followers, 3.8M engagements


"Top tier bait never would have guessed such an offline president would be so good at shitposting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1673879655471009792)  2023-06-28T02:40Z 98.4K followers, 860.9K engagements


"Why did the Expand Child Tax Credit have a +22 point swing over the last year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674134824091791360)  2023-06-28T19:18Z 98.4K followers, 73.7K engagements


"Whats the status on affirmative action for rich people (legacy admissions)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674439150232281095)  2023-06-29T21:22Z 98.4K followers, 380.1K engagements


"The Supreme Court is going to ____ student debt forgiveness and that's ____"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674490716289110016)  2023-06-29T18:57Z 98.4K followers, 41.2K engagements


"@bengrossbg Not to pull a No True Socksman but they aren't socks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674530057472327680)  2023-06-29T21:44Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@born_a_joneser Considering implementing this policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674536659541725184)  2023-06-29T21:56Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Considering sending my first tweet ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674538080462860289)  2023-06-29T22:04Z 98.4K followers, 32.4K engagements


"Every day a new basic feature of this site breaks. I really miss being able to search twitter based on people I follow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674538378539438081)  2023-06-29T23:05Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm skeptical of the Baby Bond programswhat children in poverty need is cash not to be thrust into high-stakes global espionage with a Walther PPK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674554365091414018)  2023-06-29T23:06Z 98.4K followers, 101.7K engagements


"My serious take is that a cash during childhood should clearly be higher priority. A cash benefit for young adults is not a bad idea - but no need to wait [--] years to start sending checks or to restrict it to things like buying a home or starting a business"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674561635946745856)  2023-06-29T23:38Z 98.4K followers, 20K engagements


"@JohnBombMcDon Some truth to that medical debt would be best imo but also worth remembering a surprisingly large share with student debt never graduated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674565112970215425)  2023-06-29T23:57Z 98.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@ElijahRavitz True but 1) childhood poverty is worse and 2) baby bonds are a poorly designed way of dealing with wealth inequality. Universal inheritance is better plus social wealth fund"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1674607679191519232)  2023-06-30T02:38Z 98.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Twitter worked well for me for like [--] minutes and now Im back to rate limit purgatory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1675306974202953728)  2023-07-02T00:58Z 98.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@Rachael_Hamlet Very simple just grill some corn then put a mixture of mayo cojita cheese and lime on it and sprinkle with chipotle lime salt. A lot of recipes call for the mayo first then the cheese sprinkled on after but it's good mixing them first. You can also add sour cream or crema"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1676418193932562432)  2023-07-05T02:30Z 113K followers, [---] engagements


"Honestly will never forgive elon for making me download multiple apps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1676788916110897152)  2023-07-06T03:08Z 98.4K followers, 27.1K engagements


"This paper finds that California's rent control at CPI+5% on buildings [--] years or older should have no impact on housing supply while providing tenants with insurance against extreme rent increases https://www.pauljfisher.com/rent-control https://www.pauljfisher.com/rent-control"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1677034814921388033)  2023-07-06T19:20Z 107.2K followers, 276.5K engagements


"NIMBYs only know how to do two things: [--]. oppose market rate housing [--]. lie about supporting affordable housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1677086332815024128)  2023-07-12T23:24Z 96.4K followers, 93.8K engagements


"If Next Generation Delivery Vehicle has a million fans I am one of them. If NGDV has ten fans I am one of them. If NGDV has only one fan and that is me. If NGDV has no fans that means I am no longer on earth. If the world against the NGDV I am against the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1677710841976860673)  2023-07-09T02:08Z 98.4K followers, 153.5K engagements


"Life goals honestly A shirtless Joe Biden enjoys a relaxing day at the beach. Biden has spent [---] days 39.2% of his presidency on vacation. https://t.co/1IpnjlNglS A shirtless Joe Biden enjoys a relaxing day at the beach. Biden has spent [---] days 39.2% of his presidency on vacation. https://t.co/1IpnjlNglS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1677848184939499523)  2023-07-09T01:12Z 116K followers, 275.4K engagements


"First the orcas now the otters. The ocean is turning on us This may seem cute but its not this sea otter was very aggressive and the surfer actually abandoned his board and swam to shore. I believe this is the same otter as in my previous photos though I understand there was a second otter on the board at first 1/2 https://t.co/VtCeOVQ9tm This may seem cute but its not this sea otter was very aggressive and the surfer actually abandoned his board and swam to shore. I believe this is the same otter as in my previous photos though I understand there was a second otter on the board at first 1/2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1677863643361460224)  2023-07-09T02:14Z 116K followers, 55.8K engagements


"We must produce more seed oils to increase life expectancy (h/t @sadBusdriver)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678437220297080833)  2023-07-10T16:46Z 98.4K followers, 31.8K engagements


"It's bad when we impose scarcity on a thing to make it a better investment. We should stop doing that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678440210403831810)  2023-07-10T16:37Z 98.4K followers, 116.3K engagements


"Shoutout to the people in the 4th individual earnings quintile and also the 1st (lowest) household income quintile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678512810416898052)  2023-07-10T21:29Z 98.4K followers, 31.5K engagements


"Our moral panics these days feel especially dumb (and they are) but part of it is I've just memory-holed all the dumb moral panics of past eras"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678630187519320064)  2023-07-11T05:30Z 98.4K followers, 54.7K engagements


"And let's dispel once and for all with this fiction that Joe Biden doesn't know what he's doing. He knows exactly what he's doing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678640769555484675)  2023-07-11T05:48Z 98.4K followers, 133.2K engagements


"Classic median voter moment. All I want is small government oh and also a lot of pension education and healthcare spending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678778439833378825)  2023-07-11T14:55Z 98.4K followers, 216.3K engagements


"@kind_inkind I think the government is better at keeping health costs down that individuals and private insurance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678831967549419520)  2023-07-11T18:22Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a common view but it's not supported by the evidence - private insurance paying hospitals more does not subsidize Medicare. In some cases lower Medicare rates can even help lower private insurer reimbursement rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678885554031857664)  2023-07-11T23:00Z 96.7K followers, 26.4K engagements


"Interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678919118211391489)  2023-07-12T00:14Z 98.4K followers, 122.7K engagements


"Tomorrow is the day I officially get to say "I win" per my contract with balaji It's been [--] days since this tweet Technically our agreement wasn't signed until April 13th so I don't get to officially say "I told you so" until July [--]. But I already got paid and I'm liking my chances. It's been [--] days since this tweet Technically our agreement wasn't signed until April 13th so I don't get to officially say "I told you so" until July [--]. But I already got paid and I'm liking my chances"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678975689859682304)  2023-07-12T03:52Z 114.4K followers, 1M engagements


"@thejb_stan Yea we could have just exchanged like that but we played it even safer and he just gave me the money straight up. Isaac didn't end up needing to put anything down"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1678990788997550081)  2023-07-12T04:52Z 114.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Live look at CA Fish & Wildlife trying to catch Otter 841"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1681826112236851202)  2023-07-20T01:54Z 98.4K followers, 20.4K engagements


"Its so cool how the median American is like were in a recession caused by corporate greed and high government spending and the only way to solve it is price controls and drilling more oil"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1681832260889350145)  2023-07-20T01:19Z 98.4K followers, 290.9K engagements


"Reminder that this is mostly just an unrelated correlation https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/07/reverse-voxsplaining-prison-and-mental-illness/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/03/07/reverse-voxsplaining-prison-and-mental-illness/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1683202420120371201)  2023-07-23T19:48Z 104K followers, 246.6K engagements


"Owning a home is no longer possible for the majority of Americans is a weird claim to make when the majority of Americans currently own a home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1685792002594713600)  2023-07-31T00:39Z 98.4K followers, 796.4K engagements


"@mitulkanji Yea many people have it genuinely rough. Though for current homeowners in the counterfactual where they didnt buy their homes and instead invested in an index fund theyd probably be doing pretty well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1685794463271272448)  2023-07-30T23:28Z 98.4K followers, 12.2K engagements


"I dont know why its happening but I think its a really good thing for society that fewer young people are operating dangerous heavy machinery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1685829627414282240)  2023-07-31T11:13Z 98.4K followers, 83.6K engagements


"@besttrousers #AhhhhhhhTANFisSoBroken"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1686807410487492608)  2023-08-02T18:33Z 115.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Government education and healthcare jobs are in fact real jobs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1687909625084211200)  2023-08-05T19:33Z 98.4K followers, 378.7K engagements


"Interesting stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1688416056552173568)  2023-08-07T05:05Z 98.4K followers, 78.5K engagements


"Worth emphasizing that the challenge for dems isnt to convince voters their experience with the economy is wrong its to convince them that their experience is more representative of the national economy than they realize"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1688732051699281921)  2023-08-08T02:01Z 98.8K followers, 159.4K engagements


"I will bet you $1 million dollars that robotic delivery will not be here by [----] at a scale to replace a significant share of UPS drivers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689091721513279488)  2023-08-09T01:50Z 98.4K followers, 640.8K engagements


"I'm tired of dunking on this sort of stuff but I do think it's important that we remember that we had the most generous unemployment insurance in world history for a moment there that was cool and we should savor the memory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689117881827786753)  2023-08-09T03:34Z 98.4K followers, 417.6K engagements


"Yea the issue with our pandemic response was not that it wasnt generous - its that it had to be wildly generous because weve spent decades purposely making welfare hard to access and hollowing out the administrative ability to calculate things like wage replacement rates"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689296902326747136)  2023-08-09T15:25Z 95.7K followers, 208.7K engagements


"@besttrousers To me that will always be peak twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689344147109609472)  2023-08-09T18:33Z 99.2K followers, 11.1K engagements


"If you want the privilege of having US citizenship you've got to pay your taxes simple as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689382658466525184)  2023-08-09T21:06Z 95.3K followers, 602.6K engagements


"Damn this is an insane chart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689393903991140353)  2023-08-09T21:51Z 98.4K followers, 146K engagements


"I still think we should tax very rich citizens if they live abroad but I've been convinced that the way we currently do this is not ideal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689406767493705728)  2023-08-09T22:42Z 114.7K followers, 28.8K engagements


"It's fun looking at the average real wealth of the bottom 50% over time and then adding each successive wealth group and watching the scale shift so dramatically that the original line is basically flat. (Next 40% is green top 10% is red top 1% is yellow top .01% is purple)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1689436705865211904)  2023-08-10T00:41Z 95.5K followers, 79.8K engagements


"That's right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690105771760259072)  2023-08-11T20:59Z 98.4K followers, 31.4K engagements


"It's over. We're so back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690118448536588288)  2023-08-11T21:50Z 98.4K followers, 20K engagements


"Sorry we're not allowed to have good sunscreen in the US until AOC presses the M4A button"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690166796085784576)  2023-08-12T01:02Z 98.4K followers, 179.1K engagements


"I love how any conceivable issue if it generates enough discourse will have at least one person chiming in about how it's all because of seed oils"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690170032264040448)  2023-08-12T01:15Z 98.4K followers, 28.7K engagements


"I'm not exactly sure where the line is but at some point in the process of amassing [--] traffic tickets this guy should have had his license taken away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690170914913267712)  2023-08-12T01:18Z 98.4K followers, 98.9K engagements


"Democrats are good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690537732140158977)  2023-08-13T01:36Z 98.4K followers, 141.9K engagements


"Framing the modernization of sunscreen regulations as deregulation is really missing the point. Only a third of US sunscreens would meet the EU standard. In some ways our regulation is more stringent but mostly its just dumber and slower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1690856056103272448)  2023-08-13T22:41Z 98.4K followers, 111.3K engagements


"I think its good wed try to keep society running in the event of a nuclear attack"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691137667495550976)  2023-08-14T17:20Z 98.4K followers, 447.1K engagements


"We desperately need to let republicans know that the trend towards massive pickup trucks is downstream of Obama's CAFE standards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691160893017722886)  2023-08-14T18:52Z 98.4K followers, 52K engagements


"@skeptic_stoic Things have gotten much better since we started the IRS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691166218068332549)  2023-08-14T19:13Z 95.5K followers, 10.3K engagements


"Remember protest songs win elections @pareene Did you know Barsuk Records McSweeney's *and* MoveOn all just teamed up to release this CD against Bush The Bright Eyes track is great there's no way he's going to win re-election. https://t.co/BT5iycriGq @pareene Did you know Barsuk Records McSweeney's *and* MoveOn all just teamed up to release this CD against Bush The Bright Eyes track is great there's no way he's going to win re-election. https://t.co/BT5iycriGq"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691176364739825665)  2023-08-14T19:54Z 115.7K followers, 325.9K engagements


"That [----] number"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691181775022886912)  2023-08-14T20:15Z 95.5K followers, 996.4K engagements


"@jesuisfromage Two things are true: - The labor market is genuinely good and it has enabled workers to bargain for higher wages - For some people the end of covid era welfare measures simply matter more than the hot labor market"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691190149860995073)  2023-08-14T20:48Z 98.4K followers, 174K engagements


"Its so cute how excited the right gets when they produce one (1) piece of relevant cultural output"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691255458026364928)  2023-08-15T01:08Z 95.6K followers, 562.8K engagements


"The checks were clearly a net good. Taking twelve million people out of poverty in [----] and nine million in [----] outweighs any inflationary impact"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691293122947670017)  2023-08-15T03:37Z 98.4K followers, 170.5K engagements


"PPP was clearly the worst of the big three aid programs. I think the approach was well justified given administrative constraints but if you had to cut somewhere that'd be the place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691295608760573954)  2023-08-15T03:47Z 98.4K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Obama was so real for this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691302812867829763)  2023-08-15T04:16Z 98.4K followers, 1M engagements


"It's sad because what China needs most is higher property taxes and cash transfers to boost demand and instead CCP is to the right of Joe Biden on fiscal policy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1691518676888064000)  2023-08-15T18:34Z [--] followers, 74.2K engagements


"So much housing discourse is just people who think "zoning reform IS NECESSARY but not sufficient" arguing with people who think "zoning reform is necessary BUT NOT SUFFICIENT""  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691570908417421566)  2023-08-15T22:01Z 98.4K followers, 152.2K engagements


"Stumbling into a different part of twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1691665303829389789)  2023-08-16T04:16Z 98.4K followers, 120.7K engagements


"Thats right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692029905092169894)  2023-08-17T04:25Z 98.4K followers, 139.3K engagements


"The most California way of dealing with fentanyl is subsidizing demand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692201524150358016)  2023-08-17T15:47Z 98.4K followers, 258.8K engagements


"@std_devi8tion Punk rock was not conservative lmao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692240859843224024)  2023-08-17T18:23Z 98.4K followers, 90.2K engagements


"@jon_m_rob @hanlonbt @Noahpinion @std_devi8tion I owned this album But my first punk show was NOFX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692264365939105921)  2023-08-17T19:57Z 98.4K followers, [---] engagements


"The Inflation Reduction Act funding brought IRS customer service hold times down to [--] minutes in 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692286040512577987)  2023-08-17T21:23Z 98.4K followers, 1.2M engagements


"How it started How it's going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692287238691013113)  2023-08-17T21:28Z 98.4K followers, 332.1K engagements


"Lets hear it for the IRS agents that caught a millionaire using funds owed to the government to buy a Maserati and Bentley 🫡 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1614 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1614"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692290072924807597)  2023-08-17T21:39Z 115.6K followers, 59.1K engagements


"Meanwhile in DeSantis' Florida"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692298693163270413)  2023-08-17T22:13Z 98.4K followers, 32.9K engagements


"We need more centralization in policymaking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692626342255198347)  2023-08-18T19:55Z 98.4K followers, 149.4K engagements


"As a society we should not default to youre dead to me forever. Not healthy. Good argument against life in prison without parole not a good argument for reconnecting with HitlerLover69 after [--] months to see if theyve developed any insightful takes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692935866757390626)  2023-08-19T16:25Z 98.4K followers, 127.4K engagements


"@binarybits I love how the crowd was slow to react to stabilize the US dollar against gold silver and then he drops nickel in there and the crowd goes wild"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1692970920590102762)  2023-08-19T18:44Z 98.4K followers, 15.1K engagements


"I wear my seatbelt when I damn well please because Im a free American"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1693068807147774404)  2023-08-20T01:13Z 98.8K followers, 47.8K engagements


"I think its good YIMBYs are sticking up for building homeless shelters - if they didnt they wouldnt deserve the name. There is no more moral imperative for a housing advocacy movement than to get everyone in housing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1693645467887014361)  2023-08-21T15:25Z 98.4K followers, 316.3K engagements


"Its funny this discourse seems driven by a small crowd mad that YIMBYs have moved left in the last few years. But since theyve become awful theyve also been winning a lot of substantive policy fights in diverse political contexts. I think its Good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1693651751029850117)  2023-08-21T15:50Z 98.4K followers, 29.3K engagements


"Fascinated by what people think marxism means"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1694077128424464594)  2023-08-22T20:00Z 115.6K followers, 162.8K engagements


"Ive got my issues with America but imposing these sorts of economic sanctions on us seems overly punitive New: Trump is vowing an "automatic" 10% tariff on *ALL* imports to US Calls for "ring" around US economy Would likely mean global trade war far surpassing his 1st term's Came up at Bedminster dinner last week w/ top aides including Kudlow & Gingrich https://t.co/9Sqc3Ye4tJ New: Trump is vowing an "automatic" 10% tariff on *ALL* imports to US Calls for "ring" around US economy Would likely mean global trade war far surpassing his 1st term's Came up at Bedminster dinner last week w/ top"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1694127193360887817)  2023-08-22T23:19Z 116.2K followers, 197.4K engagements


"Really interesting tax policy design using adverse selection for good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1694419715874308287)  2023-08-23T18:41Z 98.4K followers, 49.3K engagements


"What is the actual answer to this More guns"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1694421358015570062)  2023-08-23T18:48Z 98.4K followers, 411.4K engagements


"Incredible content no notes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1694755900018524543)  2023-08-24T16:57Z 98.4K followers, 404.2K engagements


"The punk understander has logged on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1695072434615926858)  2023-08-25T13:55Z 98.4K followers, 173.4K engagements


"Gotta hand it to em"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1695844383080456402)  2023-08-27T17:03Z 98.4K followers, 18.8K engagements


"Shut up shut up shut up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1695969026739163428)  2023-08-28T01:18Z 98.4K followers, 1.2M engagements


"I think media explains part but not all of this disconnect. Another big part is people who genuinely prefer a high unemployment economy because it makes labor cheaper for them even if they dont recognize it explicitly in those terms"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696168611704934651)  2023-08-28T14:31Z 98.4K followers, 65.1K engagements


"I feel like this chart makes the opposite point as intended. In the 80s when inflation was 13% people thought the economy was better than in the 2020s when it was 8% Inflation obviously matters but sentiment is much worse now than would be expected based on inflation alone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696689090866106558)  2023-08-30T00:59Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"I checked the first drug on the list and sure enough Pharma would like to be able to arbitrarily set prices with little accountability via government enforced monopoly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696693490070217184)  2023-08-30T01:17Z 98.4K followers, 78.7K engagements


"Giving people money is good. I'm beyond proud that our paper "Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness" is published at @PNASNews today This is the most ambitious project I've ever done and it truly took a village for the last [--] years 🥳❤🧵 https://t.co/2RJlRVbXbS I'm beyond proud that our paper "Unconditional cash transfers reduce homelessness" is published at @PNASNews today This is the most ambitious project I've ever done and it truly took a village for the last [--] years 🥳❤🧵 https://t.co/2RJlRVbXbS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696696268503064602)  2023-08-30T01:28Z 114.9K followers, 240.6K engagements


"Administrative burdens to access free school lunch weren't enough they're doing administrative burdens on nicknames now 😭"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696701632153841994)  2023-08-30T01:49Z 98.4K followers, 54.9K engagements


"Next we're gonna have nickname recertifications you can have a free nickname if your family is on TANF but only if they fill out a [--] page application and if their income goes to high there's a nickname clawback"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696702966961733727)  2023-08-30T01:54Z 115.7K followers, 10.6K engagements


"@Boomer_Approved @chrislhayes This is wildly incorrect"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696729236806226043)  2023-08-30T03:39Z 98.4K followers, [---] engagements


"@Boomer_Approved @chrislhayes The blog I linked Full Stack Economics was literally co-founded by a Republican economist who worked for Mike Lee not exactly a progressive eco chamber"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696731407723491484)  2023-08-30T03:47Z 98.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@MatthewW_eacc @MarkGom31761978 @luxeprogressive "Adjusted for inflation the average US household makes less money than the average household in 1932" source"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1696948866002911688)  2023-08-30T18:11Z 115.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Ah the discourse"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1697645133741899908)  2023-09-01T16:18Z 98.4K followers, 900.1K engagements


"I think these things are worth celebrating It's also bad that child poverty is higher this year because of the expiration of the expanded CTC and millions of people are getting kicked off Medicaid A strong labor market is vital but it doesn't make up for a weak welfare state"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1697698554922537131)  2023-09-01T19:50Z 98.4K followers, 185K engagements


"Its so funny that the right wing narrative about the labor market (none of these snowflakes want to work anymore) is only actually true about cops"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1698092818156474494)  2023-09-02T21:57Z 98.4K followers, 81.7K engagements


"Love how libertarians suddenly transform into Michael Bloomberg style paternalists when food stamps come up. Just make it cash so people are free to spend it on things other than food Cato has released a new study on the $120 billion food stamp program also called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program does not deliver nutrition. One-quarter of the benefits are junk food. https://t.co/efDktpYbWX https://t.co/rsTP8jWNCd Cato has released a new study on the $120 billion food stamp program also called Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program does not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1698103652479836176)  2023-09-02T22:40Z 115.7K followers, 203K engagements


"An exquisite carrot capitalism has invented. Workers who have fought for more vacation time over the last century:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1698164686565658935)  2023-09-03T02:43Z [--] followers, 121.5K engagements


"So many good names for metal bands in this one tweet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1698349164722377080)  2023-09-03T14:56Z 98.9K followers, 26.9K engagements


"@GroverNorquist Did you remember to pack any BOFA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1698367096680591716)  2023-09-03T16:07Z 98.4K followers, 16.3K engagements


"On top of all this we're about [--] weeks away from [--] million kids losing their childcare spots as American Rescue Plan funds run out. Not good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jdcmedlock/status/1698501303595302950)  2023-09-04T01:00Z 98.4K followers, 44.3K engagements

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