#  @BombadilJayJay JayJayBombadil JayJayBombadil posts on X about money, if you, investment, debt the most. They currently have [--] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::1858883529355997185/interactions)  - [--] Week [-----] -7.10% - [--] Month [------] -92% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1858883529355997185/posts_active)  ### Followers: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1858883529355997185/followers)  - [--] Week [--] -2.60% - [--] Month [--] +16% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::1858883529355997185/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) [countries](/list/countries) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [stocks](/list/stocks) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) [gaming](/list/gaming) **Social topic influence** [money](/topic/money), [if you](/topic/if-you), [investment](/topic/investment), [debt](/topic/debt), [inflation](/topic/inflation), [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk), [in the](/topic/in-the), [education](/topic/education), [countries](/topic/countries) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER)](/topic/$uber) [WORK (WORK)](/topic/work-work) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "@PkVeyz @brjimc @BrotherRasheed Youve got it wrong. Recognising a Palestinian State does not mean recognition of Hamas. Hamas is still designated a terrorist organisation by the British government. Any Palestinian State that is run by them will have no status" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1969836103864819958) 2025-09-21T18:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Duckhippyy @818Rod805 @0HOUR1__ Ye theres a really interesting point in the Arkansas one that states people who are exceptionally weak are more likely to be antagonistic insulting and combative ideologically" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1970504819107328367) 2025-09-23T15:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@joan_ant192 @MorePeasNorma @RobertJenrick 1) Labour are in power not the Tories. Any changes they made you think were problematic could have been reversed a long time ago. 2) The Mayor of London is responsible for policing not the central government. Khan sets the budget and priorities" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1971129664639762781) 2025-09-25T08:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@bitchesbeobese @RimdziusKatie No everything should be free. Anything less is fascist thinking. Theres no need for any tax dollars if all goods and services are FREE. Everything free also means more consumption which means more production. How is this so hard to understand" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973013089131139194) 2025-09-30T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@0Calamity @grok what is the net profit margin of uk energy suppliers as a percentage after tax" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973371309678837986) 2025-10-01T12:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@LePlonge @0Calamity @grok O&G is a huge part of our energy network and supply chain. If you nationalise UK energy you nationalise O&G assets. If O&G returns diminish that impacts your ROI. Please prove how you think nationalisation can be achieved with a single digit (years) ROI" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973393276695658503) 2025-10-01T14:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@NadiaWhittomeMP @grok are there any examples of countries implementing a wealth tax that successfully provided both economic growth and tax revenue increases over a meaningful period of time" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973543505223098676) 2025-10-02T00:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@nightingales2_2 @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ What exactly does the grid need to meet your storage expectations what will it cost and who pays for it" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973693446117585123) 2025-10-02T10:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ @grok what would it cost to upgrade the energy grid and introduce new storage to remove any and all bottlenecks renewables are currently facing and will face Who ultimately pays for that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973704626085249363) 2025-10-02T11:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Im sorry but Ive taken your argument in good faith the whole way accepted your various points and embarked to find the answers but now your dogmatic faith is making you maliciously dismissive. There is no ROI here not even close its a giant boondoggle" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973710898247418359) 2025-10-02T11:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MattWGraver @NiohBerg @grok please verify this claim" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973737875020943676) 2025-10-02T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Youre leaping from one silo to another. The outcomes are: 1) It costs more. 2) It does not solve all bottlenecks. 3) The savings are built on a lot of assumptions. 4) Direct government funding is also involved. If you want net zero energy - fine but it costs more" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973752298158587933) 2025-10-02T14:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JMPSimor @grok did Israel launch an attack on Great Thunbergs floatilla" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1974135387267449086) 2025-10-03T15:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Sugarma42618641 @stats_feed Every single one of those companies provide goods and services that make our lives better. Yes they make money but its a voluntary exchange" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1974576318550581253) 2025-10-04T20:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @GGozlo @stats_feed @grok is there not an inherent problem with Bitcoin in that it is physically nothing Gold as expensive as it is will always have useful commercial application" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1974791096086696283) 2025-10-05T10:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RivalsAssembled Netease when they find out youre having fun:" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975572927883227595) 2025-10-07T14:44Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@beidelu1 As a victim of kidnap youre being insensitive. Sure it was only a week and Virgin Atlantic dropped me off from where they picked me up and Barbados wasnt at all bad but they still KIDNAPPED ME ON A PLANE" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975589488194654606) 2025-10-07T15:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@nicrypto Because its slowing down. Most early adopters have already cashed out and the average retail investor is probably sitting on modest gains" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975591068998455395) 2025-10-07T15:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@robprogressive In addition a lot of what we spend our money on has VAT. If were responsible and invest with our after-tax income we pay capital gains tax. When we die 40% inheritance tax. To top it all off we have politicians telling us to pay our fair share" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975599330141872509) 2025-10-07T16:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AlexanderPHRose @koshercockney @Keir_Starmer The key question you need to ask yourself: Hamas could have ended the war before it started on Oct 6th by not launching their attack or any day since by surrendering and returning the hostages why didnt they" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975648161906692405) 2025-10-07T19:43Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@JamesDillo38690 @CutMyTaxUK I dont care about effective rate. Wealthy people pay more nominally and more of the total budget as a percentage. You can address my other question now. Ive addressed your points even though you @ me first" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975677802062991614) 2025-10-07T21:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BladeoftheS Class is just one axis of what is a rich tapestry of social interaction. Sarah might have more in common with a Jamaican-born brickie than Rees-Mogg but that same brickie has more in common with his fellow working class Jamaicans than Sarah" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975886529898954954) 2025-10-08T11:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BowesChay @grok how much money would the UK have saved by not going to war with Iraq" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975937591053586820) 2025-10-08T14:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@GillianMacMSP Its not about the landlords per se its the downstream effect of disincentivising investment in UK real estate. Were already behind in new housing start ups what happens when you remove investment" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975943174548856892) 2025-10-08T15:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@chelsea_dd96 @packetsniffer99 @GillianMacMSP Thats the crux of the problem you couldnt be more right. Anecdotally I am quite well invested in equities but would I invest in UK property Absolutely not. Even as it is today its too difficult for landlords. Can people still make money Sure. But not much" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975968266368713204) 2025-10-08T16:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ZGKronbergs @NickBuckleyMBE The practice has happened in Africa Middle East and Asia for thousands of years. Who do you think built the pyramids Skanska" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976207087538405685) 2025-10-09T08:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@jdpoc @grok could you verify the validity of this claim" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976242045724619192) 2025-10-09T11:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ImmortalChas @chelsea_dd96 @ko_oneill @JackDunc1 Just to add local investors are constantly buying up rundown houses or converting old buildings. Even just buying up a house thats already there puts money in the housing market. If theres money available people will spend to build new homes more" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976345084405993596) 2025-10-09T17:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@sinichol @StronsayConsult @_HenryBolton @elonmusk Would this be the only new tax on peoples assets youd support or is this one of many Like a wealth tax I would agree with extending CGT on primary residence but not if its part of broader raid on wealth I.e. people who save invest and make smart decisions" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976419925347663956) 2025-10-09T22:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Stressheadean @Foop6570 @AbsolutelyJosh_ @JackDunc1 @grok Based on his policy positions and ideological beliefs does the claim that Keir Starmer is centre-right hold up" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976575854944878844) 2025-10-10T09:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ToryFibs Some assets are immobile some are mobile - he doesnt get that. You cant move buildings and trees but you can move capital equities businesses jobs and moreover choose to not invest in his dumb economy. Wealth taxes on the rich have NEVER worked" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976622855832920368) 2025-10-10T12:16Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@doctoriaindarcy @chelljjames @ToryFibs And the leftist echo chambers with Zack Polanski Greta and AOC that you follow arent looking out for left wing interests Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked and a lot of assets are MOBILE" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976623330917851414) 2025-10-10T12:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MohSalarb @realMaalouf Is there any evidence that a glut of trucks and aid passed into Gaza in the last two days Genuinely curious" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976625854043328521) 2025-10-10T12:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@StockMarketNerd I get the characterisation and I agree. I heard a while ago someone saying the best business control something without owning or being liable for it. To nitpick though Airbnb and Uber have a viable product whereas QC companies dont" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976652911259304352) 2025-10-10T14:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@jackprandelli @PeterSchiff 1% is the type of allocation you make on a purely speculative play. That means they view bitcoin as having serious downside but hold it on the chance it might moon. That is nothing to champion as a win" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976923721878450299) 2025-10-11T08:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@simonmaginn He wants to boost spending and government power but we already have a 60bn deficit and his wealth tax would only raise 25bn (his words). Wealth taxes on the rich don't work never have. He's an unserious person peddling Marxist populism. He would bankrupt us" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976945600299254084) 2025-10-11T09:38Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Heccles94 @ZackPolanski He wants to boost spending and government power but we already have a 60bn deficit and his wealth tax would only raise 25bn (his words). Wealth taxes on the rich don't work never have. He's an unserious person peddling Marxist populism. He would bankrupt us" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976945799268647262) 2025-10-11T09:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@_CFCJoel @LornaBlane @BladeoftheS Anyone telling you that a wealth tax on the super rich works is lying to YOU. It doesnt work work and has never worked. A lot of assets are mobile and people leave or worse choose to not invest in such a silly economy; costing jobs and killing growth and innovation" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976950104218304799) 2025-10-11T09:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JamesBenso42180 @BladeoftheS Also global living standards have risen consistently - higher GDP per capita lower poverty and better health and education. You live a better life today than Henry Ford" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1977070508517802198) 2025-10-11T17:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@GreensOrganise @rachelmillward @rachel4sussex Populist marxism that will drive away business investment and talent. Government spending is already 44% of GDP and our base of taxpayers is getting continually concentrated amongst a smaller number of people. Greens will exacerbate all of that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1977122168841413093) 2025-10-11T21:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MattZoking @GreensOrganise @rachelmillward @rachel4sussex @UKLabour @Ed_Miliband Government is already 44% of GDP debt and deficits are rising taxes are concentrated amongst a few and they want to tax spend and borrow more Also ratchet up green spending and immigration too Its unserious but populist Marxism seems to have reinvigorated the Corbyn base" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1977123825838854261) 2025-10-11T21:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@peppedapig @princeimlerith @MarvelRivals Those are heroes yes. I understand people want strategists and vanguards Im just pointing out the contraction from what I see people asking for on adjavent topics. Gambit and Cyclops top the list amongst others" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1977635078139453722) 2025-10-13T07:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@CallumLyon Youre missing a key metric here - government spending. In [----] it was $2.47t in [----] its $7.7t. Thats a 194% increase. If we take [----] as a baseline thats an extra $43trn spent by government. Thats less money available for wage increases and improving Freddo supply" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1977695343039959494) 2025-10-13T11:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Ethnic clensing and genocide are different. If you force a group people out of your country its ethnic cleansing. The Jews were pushed out of multiple Arab countries. There are 30k Jews in the ME outside of Israel and there are over 2m Palestinians in Israel proper" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978128034717679741) 2025-10-14T15:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 If you want to talk genocide the grand mufti was a close ally of Hitler during WW2 and he advocated for him to bring the holocaust to the Middle East including death camps in Palestine" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978128894784921760) 2025-10-14T16:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Let me make this simple. Claim 1: Israel is commuting genocide. Verdicts False. Reason: The Palestinian population has increased since the war Hamas started begun" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978165171274014999) 2025-10-14T18:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Claim 3: the Arabs have not attempted cleansing or genocide of the Jews. Verdict: False. Reason: Jews driven out of Libya Lebanon Syria Iran Yemen Iraq Egypt etc. moreover the Muftis allegiance with Hitler and advocating to bring the holocaust to the Middle East" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978166439937753268) 2025-10-14T18:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@andreyoung06 @Occidentalvalue @implausibleblog Dividends are subject to capital gains taxes yield from real estate is either recognised as income or dividends (see above); off shore isnt our tax jurisdiction. Asset wealth is unrecognised gains you dont get anything from it until you recognise once you do you pay tax" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978499344845173242) 2025-10-15T16:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BitesGirl59768 @Jaci99709Jaci @Jenny_1884 Its easy to shop around there are many different vet and insurance options. The combined cost for my two cats [--] a month. That covers them comprehensively" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978860457818464496) 2025-10-16T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Vindictus13 @bbcquestiontime The statutory retirement age needs to go up and thats coming from someone who would be affected by it. [--] doesnt seem unreasonable" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979136444061884642) 2025-10-17T10:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@grok @0Calamity @grok is that enough profit to fund [---] per annum for 28.4m households in the uk" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973375446914875868) 2025-10-01T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @nightingales2_2 @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Thats 40bn annually over five years meaning 200bn and it doesnt include all bottlenecks. That theoretical 18bn saving @nightingales2_2 is boasting about is meaningless" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1973706011577110649) 2025-10-02T11:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JamesDillo38690 @CutMyTaxUK The top 1% paid $81bn in tax returned in [----] and 1trn in [----]. They also create businesses sell products and employee people all of which generates tax revenue. If the average person is also paying more in tax its because of a bloated state" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1975673324979048570) 2025-10-07T21:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@cadman_william @BladeoftheS @grok How can I check what Grok posts before it posts A broken link doesnt change the data youll find the same numbers from other sources too. The gall to accuse others of not researching the claim when youve clearly not done it yourself" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976614650621124799) 2025-10-10T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@cadman_william @BladeoftheS @grok 728k vacancies between June and August. A far cry from 110k that clown posted" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976616953432420766) 2025-10-10T11:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Nouz12345 @technopopulist We have a welfare state various charities food banks communal support and 728k unfilled job vacancies. There is no reason to steal food" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976702477920526559) 2025-10-10T17:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@WozzStream @technopopulist There are welfare programs charities food banks community support and 728k unfilled jobs. There is no reason to steal. UK supermarkets have an average profit margin of 2.9%. Hardly pice gouging is it Who is really out of touch here" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976703920366854536) 2025-10-10T17:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JanSussex @BladeoftheS Its people who refuse to work unserious claimants and a disastrous system that take away from the disabled not the wealthy. We have 728k unfilled jobs and 43% of UK adults who pay no tax. As someone who gets up every morning to work that is unsustainable" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1976952609425736062) 2025-10-11T10:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Elaineewald3 @GillianMacMSP @elonmusk @scottishgreens There is no evidence Elon harvested data. Most western countries need a DOGE. The US runs a $2trn defecit were close to 150bn. Its funded by borrowing and money printing. It sucks money from the private sector produces inflation and slows growth" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978754212684042416) 2025-10-16T09:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@robprogressive From Lidl - loaf of bread is [--] [--] slices of ham [----]. [--] slices of cheese [----]. Butter is [--]. Throw in some sauce and its about [--] per sandwich" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1978866973153906910) 2025-10-16T16:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@StaciePollard16 @StevieR60 @implausibleblog Education has its challenges but we are living in the Information Age. You can get any answer to any equation within seconds and learning resources are everywhere. We have job opportunists (720k) and we have people for whatever reason those two things arent lining up" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979138873348194390) 2025-10-17T10:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SteveCo12420968 @BladeoftheS They pay a surplus to the treasury. They are paying YOU" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979481569783078959) 2025-10-18T09:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS By having nothing are we talking the expectation of you doing five minutes of research South Africa Zambia US Ukraine Ireland Caribbean the broad commonwealth floods wars etc. were talking about a century here. I notice how youve got nothing to say about the surplus" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979625646952440199) 2025-10-18T19:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS QE2s major role in transitioning SA from apartheid to democracy and raising 1.4bn for 500+ charities. Princes Trust supports under privileged youths to the tune of 100m a year. The monarchy provides a net 1bn to the treasury every year an effective tax rate of 92%" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979906012308963741) 2025-10-19T13:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Pearlosibu @doortji @BladeoftheS The crown estate generates an income through its land and property like it or not the UK has private property rights the same rights we exported to the US along with democracy common law and capitalism. Overall the Kings effective tax rate is 92% - highest in the country" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979907592936669659) 2025-10-19T13:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Pearlosibu @Su15100307 @BladeoftheS If the royals disappeared wed lose the 92% effective tax rate they pay and their lands and property would be subject to the free market. Wed also lose a lot of tourism international soft power and one of the few strands of national unity" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1979908634000728443) 2025-10-19T13:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS I explained the economic societal national and International benefit. Net surplus to the treasury charitable work international relations and youre still claiming no evidence. No you havent convinced me that youre not blinded by hate and envy" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980002894188343332) 2025-10-19T20:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@FisherAndrew79 UK energy suppliers make 1-2% margin thats [--] per household. Meanwhile green investments curtailment carbon penalties and subsidies (like winter fuel allowance) cost each household 500-600 per annum" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980017750027223195) 2025-10-19T21:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Katie1726245 @clairemcilvenna @ZackPolanski @bbclaurak Youre fine hurts arent right. Plus we tax income not wealth" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980190164321530294) 2025-10-20T08:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LEFTWINGMOT @likesretirement @clairemcilvenna @ZackPolanski @bbclaurak Both countries wealth tax is on the middle class is that what you want Spains have massive administrative burden for low return slow growth and capital flight whilst Switzerland makes it work with lower income tax and NO capital gains tax" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980192674776035670) 2025-10-20T08:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Sjg3G @helen_off_troy @MarinaPurkiss @NIAbbot @ZackPolanski I mean since youve asked it probably would" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980227831302144179) 2025-10-20T11:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Cointel_hoe Your premise is wrong. Capitalism is rooted in voluntary exchange not human sacrifice. Liberalism in your example is racist and sexist because youre talking about treating people differently based on immutable characteristics" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980230672880111630) 2025-10-20T11:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JohnWRees @AdnanHussainMP @Heccles94 Not many people seriously believe the Russo-Ukraine war is the fault of the West (as opposed to insidious Russian aggression). Any iota of the former removes blame from Putin. Also by your standard any form of spending that is not education and healthcare takes away from both" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980305656256274735) 2025-10-20T16:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino Since MMT for Progressives decided to block me to avoid the question Ill post my answer here. It was intentionally loaded because MMT evangelists cannot answer it. Its where real world politics collides with their classroom ideology. See next" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980320062293832123) 2025-10-20T17:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino MMT promises endless solvency via money printing with the only constrain being real resources arriving in the for of inflation. Inflation breaks (taxes /spending cuts) have never worked in democracies. The result Deficit spirals inflation recession" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980322131964751913) 2025-10-20T17:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino Because the breaks never work youre left with unconstrained spending. This is why deficits debt and inflation are all out of control in a lot of countries" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980322643896385948) 2025-10-20T17:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@elleloveCHI @spikeywolves I dont get it either They use power and like all facilities they get a bill at the end of the month. The surcharge makes me think this is an additional tax" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980357267708080190) 2025-10-20T19:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@shillcock_paul @AdamBienkov New deals for workers unions recognised Palestine started GB energy banned new UK oil and gas licences. You cant make an argument for centrist let alone centre right" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980379820367441945) 2025-10-20T21:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@zontaque @TomLevins1 @steabb73 @itvpeston @Katie_Lam_MP @ZackPolanski The erosion of British culture through the importation and propogation of different cultures enmasse (without proper integration). Countries thrive on unity unity comes from shared values. Multi-culturalism is the antithesis of that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980701491473084888) 2025-10-21T18:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BladeoftheS Switzerland wants says who You Other useless jobless Marxists like you. Well what they actually have right now is a wealth tax on th middle class along with lower income tax and no capital gains tax also a stable currency they dont inflate away into nothing" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980726589315805509) 2025-10-21T20:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@YuriABezmenov @AlanisTweeter That clown has no answers likely because he doesnt understand tax income and investments. He blocked me I take it he blocked you too" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980825415125201314) 2025-10-22T02:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@coglet @GreenPartyHan @ZackPolanski The irony is that its his base that are pretending like his appearance is the only valid attack angle. His economic plan is complete nonsense that is the real criticism" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980928899749122220) 2025-10-22T09:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Call_Me_Real @jimthegiant Why do you think we have FPTP. Also Halo fell off you still enjoy it Ive played since Halo CE but Infinite couldnt hold me more than a few months" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980969011455123564) 2025-10-22T12:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Call_Me_Real @jimthegiant FPTP ensures local representation through elected councillors. It also limits fringe voices until they gain broad support. For example Reform would have [---] seats right now if we had PR in [----] which for many would not be ideal" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1980976234143375790) 2025-10-22T12:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@mikerhino75 @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy @grok could you verify the information in this chart" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981008364810486168) 2025-10-22T14:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @mikerhino75 @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy Thanks but has the UK had better GDP growth since [----] compared to Germany and France" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981008986507018459) 2025-10-22T14:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@mikerhino75 @grok @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy Ye youre right. I did a deep dive and our gdp growth is equal to France and ahead of Germany. Our per capita is equal to Germany but a fraction behind France. Either way we are no better or worse fresh off Brexit than our peers who have had every EU advantage since" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981011994909290715) 2025-10-22T14:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@drav666777 @BladeoftheS They provide a net 1bn surplus to the economy treasury 2bn in indirect economic benefit and utilise soft power to support us internationally and have long been a proud component of our culture tradition and national unity. The only brainwashed are the greedy Marxists" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981032068780785810) 2025-10-22T16:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@zarahsultana No thanks - the monarchy is part of our culture heritage and tradition. They foster national unity exercise soft power for us internationally provide 2bn to the economy indirectly and 1bn net contribution to the treasury. QE2 achieved more than you could ever hope" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981045007751471127) 2025-10-22T17:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Matt_Pinner Genuinely I would be open but less so for a customer facing role. Depends on the business too. Tattoo parlour Go ahead. Circus Have at it. The Green Party Youll fit right in Mergers & Acquisitions for Goldman Sachs Probably not" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981051164201267297) 2025-10-22T17:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@DeborahMahmoud1 @itvpeston @ZackPolanski @grok would this approach raise an additional 160bn in additional tax revenue for the UK every year Are there any drawbacks moral hazards etc" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981382059797987706) 2025-10-23T15:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SaveCA2026 @zarahsultana She favours a Republic style of governance that doesnt mean shes a Republican. Our Monarchy is largely ceremonial and an economic boon so she is still a clown" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981415329827025115) 2025-10-23T17:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Often time the question is the issue. If you ask people if theyd like [----] most will say yes. If you ask would you like [----] but lose your job Most would say No. People saying yes to a wealth tax do so without understanding the impact" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981419154449285455) 2025-10-23T17:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@grok @philedsphil @PeterCroydon @IdleBirder @premnsikka @grok include all adults in the calculation (65 and over too). Also remove public sector workers theyre not true taxpayers" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981438343058477336) 2025-10-23T19:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@354reason @wclifton968 @robprogressive Lets say youre right - it has doubled. It is still only [----] for a portion suitable for an adult meal. Would cheaper be better Sure. But its still reasonable and couldve been a lot worse given the macroeconomic factors" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981526779891483010) 2025-10-24T01:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Good question. It causes capital flight disincentivises investment and punishes people for doing well. We are already a bad place for investing youd want to make it worse A wealth tax on the rich has never worked anywhere" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981620700197573038) 2025-10-24T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JayFowler_7 @wclifton968 @robprogressive Youre welcome. With the right effort eating on a budget is easy" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981641850868933063) 2025-10-24T08:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok I can tell you dont know much about either system. Do you want to know how I know and also why it doesnt challenge my statement" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981642413296001050) 2025-10-24T08:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Thats income tax not a wealth tax. Denmark used to have a wealth tax but the they repealed it in the 90s because it was a failure. The other person you reposted about Norway and Switzerland was at least closer but also wrong" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981643935698034703) 2025-10-24T08:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AppleUserFan @narindertweets @ZacharinosDad If you dont live here you cant own assets and businesses is at best Nationalistic and at worse fascistic. Also what are you going to buy imported goods with if no one can do anything with currency (gbp) you want to buy with you donut" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981646181827510389) 2025-10-24T08:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ScienceQriosity @LeeAlanHuntbach @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Norways low debt and high happiness suggest a well-run government and great quality of life. But its wealth tax starts at the middle class yields low revenue caused capital flight and has hindered growth. Norways tax-free allowance is also half oursshould we copy that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981649592014749841) 2025-10-24T09:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Norways wealth tax has triggered capital flight and has slowed growth for little gain. It hits the middle class and up it is not a wealth tax on the rich. Claiming it will work because London has more wealth is like saying jumping from a higher spot lets you fly" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981662741136802188) 2025-10-24T10:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Youre mixed up. My point: a wealth tax on the rich key to the Greens Big Government spending has never worked. You cited Norway and Switzerland but their wealth taxes hit the middle class. Also Switzerland has no CGT and Norways tax-free allowance is half that of others" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981700262743199823) 2025-10-24T12:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JMD__14 @Gmcswineyyy @owenjonesjourno @Plaid_Cymru Thats a fair point but at best that would make it neither a blow nor a victory and since the Tories and Reform are quite different Im sure that latter prefer to have the votes under their umbrella. Labour arent going to be happy just because their votes moved to PC" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981702307915223369) 2025-10-24T12:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Deviates @shearersbuddy @Its_Lunati @SaveCA2026 @zarahsultana @grok summarise the [----] Brand Finance report + associated sources to evaluate the British monarchys brand as an economic driver for the UK focusing on tourism via Crown Estate activities & broader economic boosts" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1981781290547655103) 2025-10-24T17:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Rory_Wfc @PJohnHOliver @connor_naismith In my opinion no. Ensuring industries and markets can operate - yes. Ensuring a basic level of welfare - yes. Feeding your kids - no. Tbh if you cant provide basic meals to your kids what else are you not providing" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1982484119280853405) 2025-10-26T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@VicMelsky @Baron_Grayskull @hotwings100 @JamesMelville Ye youre right. Its adjusted operating profit. So not made up but definitely leaving out some key elements. Net income after tax paints a different picture" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983042449317445965) 2025-10-28T05:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Awh43846811071 @SocialistLew @ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty One of the major western powers is going to go full socialist sometimes you need a fresh example of a bad idea before people realise its a bad idea. I just hope its not us" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983068519781507126) 2025-10-28T07:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@audreybbonbon @sarahlj16239003 @julianHjessop Welfare used to be for people suffering from temporary or permanent misfortune now its for people who make bad life choices or cant budget. Its not sustainable" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983222603956240518) 2025-10-28T17:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@reedgalen Thats a bold statement considering AOC has never had a formal debate against an ideological opponent or even appeared in an interview on conservative media despite being in politics for 7-8 years" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983447039385215449) 2025-10-29T08:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@CorkYou @reedgalen AOC has never had a real debate" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983447230419030241) 2025-10-29T08:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TrisOsborneMP @ucl Rolls Royce SMRs are the way to go well hopefully start seeing the first ones fully operational in the next 6-8 years. On-demand energy with low LCOE and limited waste. Itll keep us powered until renewable tech is better" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983492283329597936) 2025-10-29T11:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP SMRs produce 285m3 over [--] years (96% recyclable leaving 30m3). Over [--] million households that is 0.5mL per house per yr. Yes no HWL is preferred but renewables lack the grid upgrades storage or on-demand capabilities. Its like choosing between a car or a picture of a car" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983531967737111030) 2025-10-29T13:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP Where did I say Gen [--] I directly answered your question: Yes I would prefer no HWL but renewables like wind and solar do not provide dispatchable baseload they are not continuous and cannot be turned on when needed. Were talking about a viable solution vs. a fantasy" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983575722238046516) 2025-10-29T16:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP Rolls-Royce SMRs are designed to use standard low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel not MOX" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983596547658150181) 2025-10-29T18:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP @grok could you please let this clown know how much HLW a single Rolls Royce SMR produces over its [--] year life span and also provide a brief explanation on how to use google" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983661026735481194) 2025-10-29T22:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@FFawcette @DougWahl1 Why has AOC never had a formal debate against an ideological opponent during her 7-8 years in politics" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983663280385356010) 2025-10-29T22:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP @grok You started it with the you have no clue analogy. Glass houses or just sensitive It has been 5-6 comments and Im still waiting to find out why a little HLW is worse than renewables being non-dispatchable and non-baseload" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983677646253797672) 2025-10-29T23:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SovEconomy @JPHilllllll @MorePerfectUS Trickle-down was a smear for supply-side which enriched all. You likely didnt build a houseyet you live in one. Maybe havent grown foodyet you eat. Likely havent produce energyyet you have power. Probably havent defended the nationyet youre safe. Yes it trickled down" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1983713892242223237) 2025-10-30T01:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@CPA_Soft @MichaelAArouet @grok At what point did Venezuelas economic decline start and at what point did sanctions from the US start Lastly the OP here is keen to improve his knowledge on the topic and has asked for a next question recommendation could you advise him what to research next" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984207540813693246) 2025-10-31T10:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@roller1004 @istaphobe_uk @jameskjx @zarahsultana Bruh. dont be married to your ideas. Just go with the information as its presented" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984222891232362914) 2025-10-31T11:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@malonebarry If he has broken any laws - absolutely yes. If not hes just a scumbag and hes paid a hefty price for that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984315263970410654) 2025-10-31T17:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @SaintsLake @Kathleen_Tyson_ Grok with the utter takedown" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984449469048402293) 2025-11-01T02:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Trickyred1 @jonburkeUK @JeremyClarkson His prompt is dumb in either case Grok is basically answering him like its a fiction prompt" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984465850565361838) 2025-11-01T03:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@fi_redress @jzux Then we both agree that government spending and taxation should be cut. Thank you" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984646712594436554) 2025-11-01T15:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@DarrigoMelanie No one is scared. Wealth is mobile they would relocate businesses + assets if they feel theyre under threat. Fortunately Mamdani has promosed a lot he cant deliver so hell likely just be an ineffective tool. City grocery stores being looted will be fun" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984776597568721363) 2025-11-02T00:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich Wealth is not zero sum. All your graph is showing is that wealth is created not taken from anyone. As I previously stated the mere fact absolute poverty has decreased by billions and we all have access to tech and items we havent produced shows it is trickling down" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984863905575760132) 2025-11-02T06:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich Wealth income. Trickle-down delivers access & living standards not equal asset piles. The 50% have record real incomes smartphones AC energy access security & food abundance unseen in history. Poverty has plummeted they also receive $1.4trn in welfare each year" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984964945893613640) 2025-11-02T12:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich @grok You brought up wealth inequality but not once have I said it doesnt exist or hasnt grown. However that is not proof that supply side economics which is the entire discussion has failed. @grok is wealth inequality de-facto proof supply side economics has failed" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984981692801573333) 2025-11-02T13:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JustAnotherM44 @RpsAgainstTrump @grok are the nordics democratic socialist" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1984985469965541631) 2025-11-02T14:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@GyllKing @jimthegiant Im South Asian but people like you who keep throwing around the racism card makes me want to vote Reform. You care more about smears than the actual issues. Reform arent right about everything but theyre right here. If you have anxiety you should be working" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985051815306485897) 2025-11-02T18:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@de_jever A world war is a black swan event. The debt situation is different now and we are drowning in public expenditures. The NHS cost 248m in its first year that is 15bn in todays money - 10x lower than todays NHS which is apparently still underfunded" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985309754789364068) 2025-11-03T11:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BareLeft Zimbabwe technically didnt go bankrupt in [----] either" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985327512138735667) 2025-11-03T12:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TomLondon6 Theyre a net surplus. The crown estate provides a net 1bn to the UK treasury year minus the sovereign grant an effective 92% tax rate. Even if you subtract for all the land leases its 100m net still. Not to mention a 1.8bn indirect boom to the economy every year" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985328309530751282) 2025-11-03T12:48Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@hol40900 @grok does the crown estate provide a surplus or defecit to the UK treasury Use 2024/2025 figures and subtract revenue from leases. Please also state the indirect economic benefit from the Royal Family" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985368429985931524) 2025-11-03T15:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski Pension funds would be screwed and the UK government would be sued and lose by everyone else. Nationalising was er would cost 30bn + the assumption of 60bn of debt but could be worth it" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985404206518325452) 2025-11-03T17:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski @grok what percentage of water companies are owned by pension funds and uk citizens And would the uk government be able to legally seize those assets without fair market compensation" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985404569833152902) 2025-11-03T17:51Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@grok @RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski @grok would those disputes provide legal grounds to to sue these companies into insolvency and is this a sensible legal strategy for nationalising those services without fair market compensation Lastly what impact would that type of action have on pensions" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985410846642651367) 2025-11-03T18:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ennui365 @grok who is the chief engineer of SpaceX" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985440451508187583) 2025-11-03T20:14Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@EMills48260 @miserycunty @hol40900 Honestly it takes about five seconds to google. The monarchy also operates at a net surplus I google that too for you if youd like" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985533432798331224) 2025-11-04T02:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@HMSoueidan @elonmusk Musk employees 155k people in his companies thats 155k people able to support their families pay taxes and create products and services the world enjoys. What have you done" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985752064883114334) 2025-11-04T16:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@grok @jc_x_777 @theophilus367 @allenanalysis @elonmusk" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985837839972438270) 2025-11-04T22:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@astronglady @allenanalysis @grok could you verify the following claim: Most of Elon Musks wealth has come from corporate welfare" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985838288255537347) 2025-11-04T22:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ZackPolanski Zoran getting elected is an indictment of the electorate. Mark this prediction because Ill come back to it. His city grocery stores will be routinely looted and he wont generate the funding he needs for his socialist policies. Hell blame Hochul and Trump" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1985984550703341926) 2025-11-05T08:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Giorgeo4 @g_randev Regrettably I think this is only the cusp of the populist Marxist revolution. Even if Zohran fails and I believe he will it will only embolden his supporters that they need more socialism not less" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986028393159127362) 2025-11-05T11:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@littleroundman @alexalexlexi02 @de_jever @AscendedYield @grok verify the following claim: Cameron & Osbourne cut day to day funding by 3/4's under the Health & Social Care Act [----]. It was 32billion. They made sure it went down to 8billion" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986120671622295668) 2025-11-05T17:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@mcsquared34 You do need a baseline of public services and welfare to provide safety nets infrastructure transit etc. but government always mishandles resources so you pay a hefty price for it - do it too much and you stifle jobs and opportunities. In short free buses arent the issue" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986382176036835545) 2025-11-06T10:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ClaiireBarker @luca83783 @cezthesocialist @ZackPolanski Firstly Zack needs about 180bn in additional spending. Secondly lets cut through your nonsense wealth taxes on the rich have been tried many times in many places and they have never worked. It cause Capital flight businesses to relocate and reduced investment" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986384678631129287) 2025-11-06T10:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@allenanalysis Its aggressive because he came in on a wave of support from non-native New Yorkers quoted multiple socialists and showed no humility to his political opponents" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986553223847555136) 2025-11-06T21:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Jingjing_Li Journalists approved by the CCP based in Beijing are where I get all of unbiased world news from" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986704565639446986) 2025-11-07T07:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@DuxVult1 @bo66ie29 @grok could you fact check this" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986736501258932360) 2025-11-07T10:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@sallonsax If you think high rents are bad youd think nothing to rent is even worse. Youre what In your 50s You should be aware that new housing stock is directly tied to investment" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986740731613000090) 2025-11-07T10:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TheAlanColeShow @tomhfh Buildings and trees arent mobile but businesses equities commodities IP and future innovation are. You also risk future investment why would anyone innovate or build anything here if people are confiscating property and rabid Marxism is on the rise" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986745812102119424) 2025-11-07T10:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@pmddomingos This is an interesting area and there are both upsides and downsides. @grok is there any inherent risk to the US being outcompeted in AI" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986753826464931896) 2025-11-07T11:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@de_bose @Johnsmithyixu @pmddomingos Most if not all companies on Earth are using AI in one form or another and they are all desperately working on ways to deploy it more efficiently to enhance their digital transformation and customer outcomes. You would be crazy to downplay its impact" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986754657989877919) 2025-11-07T11:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@ChombaBupe What do you think happens if the US loses the AI race" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986755881795453349) 2025-11-07T11:21Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "@de_bose @Johnsmithyixu @pmddomingos Sorry but youre wrong. Find me one major company that doesnt have AI as part of their DT strategy" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986766583558201717) 2025-11-07T12:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@jenzhuscott @grok what is the downside of the US ceding ground in the AI race" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986785827104624758) 2025-11-07T13:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@arandomnobidy @GhostOfXmas67 @jayashbourne You grow the economy. If not cut spending. If theres still a deficit half the tax free allowance. If you still need more raise income tax. The last thing you do is pressure the mechanisms of investment and opportunity any more than were already doing" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986795534724526222) 2025-11-07T13:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@MattBamfor11486 @scteviyah @GillianMacMSP Wealth is created not hoarded. If Tesla vanished off the face of the earth tomorrow you wouldnt receive a check for a portion of their $1.4trn valuation. What happens is fewer cars fewer jobs less tax revenue and less investment funds" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986833430152421730) 2025-11-07T16:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TrendyHussain @NuJhayhne This is the right answer. Its a 100x return on 50% odds. Worth it" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986834981251854651) 2025-11-07T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Somniss @ChombaBupe @grok Explain the race to succeed in AI including the major players and whats at stake (especially risks)" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1986842774507819255) 2025-11-07T17:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@PhilipProudfoot You mean buildings and trees Ye theyre not mobile but businesses IP investment capital jobs equities etc. are all mobile you also risk future investment. Why would anyone invest or innovate in a country that seizes property Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987104931468210471) 2025-11-08T10:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@PhillyBadTakes @steven_braham @esjesjesj The remuneration package reaches its full payout if specific metrics are hit one of which is an 8x increase in the market cap. Find me a single Tesla employee (who will have a stock benefit) who would be upset about that" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987144287386280445) 2025-11-08T13:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@verbose5432 @chatgpt21 @catgirlprostate Youre creating your own strawman and greatly underestimating the tech. I can make this really simple though. Find me one company in any major global index (S&P FTSE Dax etc.) that either doesnt use AI now or see it as a significant part of their strategy - just one" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987159289983545633) 2025-11-08T14:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@FredTheGreyCat @grok @joni_askola Thats unfortunate if true but the greater good for humanity has to be considered here. Moreover Elon is doing a lot for sustainability. I think we can afford pearl clutching here" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987445621494607889) 2025-11-09T09:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TTichelofen @LizGlab They never talk about this. Yes the rich have gotten richer but so has everyone else along all poverty levels. People who complain about capitalism only operate on envy and greed" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987843759736823832) 2025-11-10T11:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JohnRad15 @TTichelofen @LizGlab What about Cuba Venezuela The USSR Maos China North Korea vs. South Korea Youre advocating for systems that have never worked not even close" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987856376396157424) 2025-11-10T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RivalsAssembled The hype has died down for me especially with all of this trailer nonsense. Black Ops is out in a few days Im more interested in that right now. Ill still play Rivals but it has died down a little" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1987858039358054543) 2025-11-10T12:21Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@ReplyGuy4Life @RivalsAssembled I have [---] hours on Rivals (hardly the black ops crowd) and 95% of my time is on Vanguard and Strategist in GM" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988103424978940162) 2025-11-11T04:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@johnlilburne98 @RedCollectiveUK Theyre right wing but the right wing are trying to bring them down Make it make sense" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988254125104988174) 2025-11-11T14:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Heccles94 @grok how many jobs have Amazon Microsoft Intel and Elon musk companies created Please also advise based on information available how many jobs Harry Eccles has created" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988570944038724043) 2025-11-12T11:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@_Wrevolution_ @ZackPolanski I read the article - shes right. The Greens are peddling populist Marxism that feeds into the envy and resentment of the far left. Wealth taxes on the rich do not work and have never worked. Moreover Zack struggles with basic arithmetic; he needs 180bn but cant find it" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988606953858416795) 2025-11-12T13:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@healthian @_Wrevolution_ @ZackPolanski Firstly Norway has a wealth tax on the middle class and up it is not a wealth tax on the rich. Secondly it has caused capital flight and slow gdp. Lastly Norway has a broader tax base. Higher income tax and half the tax free allowance. So no it hasnt worked" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988671758871020031) 2025-11-12T18:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@healthian @_Wrevolution_ @ZackPolanski Oh and also Norway has an oil and gas industry that theyve supercharged and used it to fund much of their budget. Help me out here is Zack campaigning for oil and gas use half the tax free allowance and higher income tax" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988672253123494356) 2025-11-12T18:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@healthian @_Wrevolution_ @ZackPolanski What i said doesnt require your agreement with all due respect theyre facts. Moreover i said wealth taxes on the rich do not work which still stands. Norway even if we disagree starts its wealth tax at the middle class - not the rich" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988709086024856005) 2025-11-12T20:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Cd767_ @ramattraburner Bruh theyre all fun" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988720136493363460) 2025-11-12T21:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@JamesMelville Income tax council tax value added tax excise duties road tax stamp duty land tax capital gains tax national insurance tax council tax and when you die - inheritance tax. But apparently youre not paying your fair share" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1988779342567198738) 2025-11-13T01:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BMA_James_Steen @almostneonuk Perhaps youre not understanding. the NHS pension scheme does not generate a surplus to the treasury. It takes in taxpayer money spends most of it on pensions then gives some of it back. That is not a surplus to the treasury" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1989350496646414361) 2025-11-14T15:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@BTC_JEDI21 @PeterSchiff Long time ago but hes still litigating. In short Officals regulators and journalists colluded to shut down his bank for a win and possibly for Schiffs criticisms of them. They wrongly assumed itd be crooked since it was based in PR now theyre hiding information" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1989693798650196354) 2025-11-15T13:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@narindertweets No its Trump vs. The BBC. They tried to interfere in a foreign election they deserve what theyre getting. Its only the far-left apparatchiks backing the bbc they know its their golden goose" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1989756027831816701) 2025-11-15T18:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@lewis_goodall What they did was wrong. They attempted to interfere in the most important election on earth and deceive our closest ally. The BBC constantly platforms democrats and CBS news. They need to move to a subscription model they are rotten" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1989757997560787247) 2025-11-15T18:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RachelReevesMP @UKLabour Many are forced into higher council bands by your silly 90s system and now people with modest homes + expensive mortgages have to pay a Mansion Tax All you have to do is cut spending why are we paying for your malfeasance https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/15/one-1-3million-families-impacted-new-600m-mansion-tax-24716188/amp/ https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/15/one-1-3million-families-impacted-new-600m-mansion-tax-24716188/amp/" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1989788016119038189) 2025-11-15T20:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "Many are already on costly mortgages and high council bands respectively due to inflation and the silly 90s system - both the governments fault. Now we have to pay a mansion tax because @UKLabour cant cut spending Were paying for their malfeasance. http://tiny.cc/f14v001 http://tiny.cc/f14v001" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989792184787406886) 2025-11-15T20:26Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@Fergie_CJ @EsheruKwaku No benefits is a good thing to aspire to but I did caveat. The bank bailouts were all paid back in full through cash or equity; the government even made a small profit in some cases. To let them fail wouldve been catastrophic for the public. @grok fact check me" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1990162976842625254) 2025-11-16T21:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@Jarvi0589Craig @schneider_chris @NotThatDragonD @Angelcalling5 If the Khmer Rouge USSR Nazis Castros Cuba Maos China are anything to go by thats when you start to seize assets even going door to door to extract valuables like gold and jewellery. Either that or they go the Zimbabwe route and inflate the currency into nothing" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991157580354207764) 2025-11-19T14:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@DrHWazir If you rally public support for NI increases politicians will have no barriers to grant your wishes. That said I doubt you want to do that because you dont want to be the bad guys" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991178487919472762) 2025-11-19T16:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@tonywestonuk @grok explain fractional reserve banking to OP" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991179627776111095) 2025-11-19T16:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@TheMehOffice @B1EMW @christiancalgie Almost. Austerity which is the MMT caricature of sound money requires deliberate government policies aimed at shrinking the deficit. You would for example have a shrinking deficit if the economy booms but that wouldnt be austerity" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991192760792027466) 2025-11-19T17:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@grok @DeborahMeaden @DeborahMeaden Your post was either intentionally misleading or ill-informed. Regardless the only real question is whether or not you have the humility or courage to admit when youre wrong My guess is no" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991278136290422915) 2025-11-19T22:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@SenatorWarnock @grok how much has the department of education cost since inception and what impact has it had on learning outcomes" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991443894769528900) 2025-11-20T09:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@RichardBurgon Youre stating a meaningless fact. The point is wealth taxes on the rich do not work. Can you name one example of a wealth tax on the rich working By which I mean consistent long-term increases to tax revenue and consistent GDP growth" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991484497221828863) 2025-11-20T12:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@CookeIzzym @David__Osland Government spending creates inflation and pulls money away from the economy which it spends inefficiently. [--] of your household energy costs pa. are supplier profit [---] are green levies curtailment winter fuel etc. Rich pay almost all taxes 44% of adults pay zero" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991485329870844039) 2025-11-20T12:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@AriReddy I liked the part where you didnt explain how the 1.65bn gets funded without spending cuts or hikes" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991553209379484143) 2025-11-20T17:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@DaleVince People earn and invest paying the appropriate l taxes. and they l create jobs opportunity and more tax payers too. A wealth tax is asset seizure you will drive people away and dissuade people from investing or innovating here. Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991570657944203696) 2025-11-20T18:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@rukasumiii @hewantswealth I dont think he gets anything he EARNED the money. Also not seen here: Council tax excise taxes VAT on most things he buys capital gains taxes on any investments he might make etc. and to top it all off vitriolic people will still proclaim - pay your fair share" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991760609113960569) 2025-11-21T06:48Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "@LordNumpty @DaleVince That sounds administratively difficult which would just add more bloat and bureaucracy to something thatll be quite damaging to begin with" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991760979642970218) 2025-11-21T06:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@beyond_capital @grok has history shown food abundance to be more of a hallmark of capitalism or socialism" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1991882234698330181) 2025-11-21T14:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@DerbyChrisW Zimbabwe never went bankrupt in [----] either" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1992197304971903448) 2025-11-22T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements "@d_magpie @grok @hammer_iona @DerbyChrisW @garyseconomics Agreed but beyond a thin layer of collective mechanisms such as welfare and infrastructure central planning is nowhere near as efficient as the free market" [X Link](https://x.com/BombadilJayJay/status/1992209666219102546) 2025-11-22T12:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements Limited data mode. 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@BombadilJayJay JayJayBombadilJayJayBombadil posts on X about money, if you, investment, debt the most. They currently have [--] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [---] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"@PkVeyz @brjimc @BrotherRasheed Youve got it wrong. Recognising a Palestinian State does not mean recognition of Hamas. Hamas is still designated a terrorist organisation by the British government. Any Palestinian State that is run by them will have no status"
X Link 2025-09-21T18:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Duckhippyy @818Rod805 @0HOUR1__ Ye theres a really interesting point in the Arkansas one that states people who are exceptionally weak are more likely to be antagonistic insulting and combative ideologically"
X Link 2025-09-23T15:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@joan_ant192 @MorePeasNorma @RobertJenrick 1) Labour are in power not the Tories. Any changes they made you think were problematic could have been reversed a long time ago. 2) The Mayor of London is responsible for policing not the central government. Khan sets the budget and priorities"
X Link 2025-09-25T08:28Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@bitchesbeobese @RimdziusKatie No everything should be free. Anything less is fascist thinking. Theres no need for any tax dollars if all goods and services are FREE. Everything free also means more consumption which means more production. How is this so hard to understand"
X Link 2025-09-30T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@0Calamity @grok what is the net profit margin of uk energy suppliers as a percentage after tax"
X Link 2025-10-01T12:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@LePlonge @0Calamity @grok O&G is a huge part of our energy network and supply chain. If you nationalise UK energy you nationalise O&G assets. If O&G returns diminish that impacts your ROI. Please prove how you think nationalisation can be achieved with a single digit (years) ROI"
X Link 2025-10-01T14:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@NadiaWhittomeMP @grok are there any examples of countries implementing a wealth tax that successfully provided both economic growth and tax revenue increases over a meaningful period of time"
X Link 2025-10-02T00:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@nightingales2_2 @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ What exactly does the grid need to meet your storage expectations what will it cost and who pays for it"
X Link 2025-10-02T10:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ @grok what would it cost to upgrade the energy grid and introduce new storage to remove any and all bottlenecks renewables are currently facing and will face Who ultimately pays for that"
X Link 2025-10-02T11:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Im sorry but Ive taken your argument in good faith the whole way accepted your various points and embarked to find the answers but now your dogmatic faith is making you maliciously dismissive. There is no ROI here not even close its a giant boondoggle"
X Link 2025-10-02T11:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MattWGraver @NiohBerg @grok please verify this claim"
X Link 2025-10-02T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@nightingales2_2 @grok @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Youre leaping from one silo to another. The outcomes are: 1) It costs more. 2) It does not solve all bottlenecks. 3) The savings are built on a lot of assumptions. 4) Direct government funding is also involved. If you want net zero energy - fine but it costs more"
X Link 2025-10-02T14:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JMPSimor @grok did Israel launch an attack on Great Thunbergs floatilla"
X Link 2025-10-03T15:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Sugarma42618641 @stats_feed Every single one of those companies provide goods and services that make our lives better. Yes they make money but its a voluntary exchange"
X Link 2025-10-04T20:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @GGozlo @stats_feed @grok is there not an inherent problem with Bitcoin in that it is physically nothing Gold as expensive as it is will always have useful commercial application"
X Link 2025-10-05T10:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RivalsAssembled Netease when they find out youre having fun:"
X Link 2025-10-07T14:44Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@beidelu1 As a victim of kidnap youre being insensitive. Sure it was only a week and Virgin Atlantic dropped me off from where they picked me up and Barbados wasnt at all bad but they still KIDNAPPED ME ON A PLANE"
X Link 2025-10-07T15:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@nicrypto Because its slowing down. Most early adopters have already cashed out and the average retail investor is probably sitting on modest gains"
X Link 2025-10-07T15:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@robprogressive In addition a lot of what we spend our money on has VAT. If were responsible and invest with our after-tax income we pay capital gains tax. When we die 40% inheritance tax. To top it all off we have politicians telling us to pay our fair share"
X Link 2025-10-07T16:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AlexanderPHRose @koshercockney @Keir_Starmer The key question you need to ask yourself: Hamas could have ended the war before it started on Oct 6th by not launching their attack or any day since by surrendering and returning the hostages why didnt they"
X Link 2025-10-07T19:43Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@JamesDillo38690 @CutMyTaxUK I dont care about effective rate. Wealthy people pay more nominally and more of the total budget as a percentage. You can address my other question now. Ive addressed your points even though you @ me first"
X Link 2025-10-07T21:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BladeoftheS Class is just one axis of what is a rich tapestry of social interaction. Sarah might have more in common with a Jamaican-born brickie than Rees-Mogg but that same brickie has more in common with his fellow working class Jamaicans than Sarah"
X Link 2025-10-08T11:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BowesChay @grok how much money would the UK have saved by not going to war with Iraq"
X Link 2025-10-08T14:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@GillianMacMSP Its not about the landlords per se its the downstream effect of disincentivising investment in UK real estate. Were already behind in new housing start ups what happens when you remove investment"
X Link 2025-10-08T15:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@chelsea_dd96 @packetsniffer99 @GillianMacMSP Thats the crux of the problem you couldnt be more right. Anecdotally I am quite well invested in equities but would I invest in UK property Absolutely not. Even as it is today its too difficult for landlords. Can people still make money Sure. But not much"
X Link 2025-10-08T16:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ZGKronbergs @NickBuckleyMBE The practice has happened in Africa Middle East and Asia for thousands of years. Who do you think built the pyramids Skanska"
X Link 2025-10-09T08:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@jdpoc @grok could you verify the validity of this claim"
X Link 2025-10-09T11:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ImmortalChas @chelsea_dd96 @ko_oneill @JackDunc1 Just to add local investors are constantly buying up rundown houses or converting old buildings. Even just buying up a house thats already there puts money in the housing market. If theres money available people will spend to build new homes more"
X Link 2025-10-09T17:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@sinichol @StronsayConsult @_HenryBolton @elonmusk Would this be the only new tax on peoples assets youd support or is this one of many Like a wealth tax I would agree with extending CGT on primary residence but not if its part of broader raid on wealth I.e. people who save invest and make smart decisions"
X Link 2025-10-09T22:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Stressheadean @Foop6570 @AbsolutelyJosh_ @JackDunc1 @grok Based on his policy positions and ideological beliefs does the claim that Keir Starmer is centre-right hold up"
X Link 2025-10-10T09:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ToryFibs Some assets are immobile some are mobile - he doesnt get that. You cant move buildings and trees but you can move capital equities businesses jobs and moreover choose to not invest in his dumb economy. Wealth taxes on the rich have NEVER worked"
X Link 2025-10-10T12:16Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@doctoriaindarcy @chelljjames @ToryFibs And the leftist echo chambers with Zack Polanski Greta and AOC that you follow arent looking out for left wing interests Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked and a lot of assets are MOBILE"
X Link 2025-10-10T12:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MohSalarb @realMaalouf Is there any evidence that a glut of trucks and aid passed into Gaza in the last two days Genuinely curious"
X Link 2025-10-10T12:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@StockMarketNerd I get the characterisation and I agree. I heard a while ago someone saying the best business control something without owning or being liable for it. To nitpick though Airbnb and Uber have a viable product whereas QC companies dont"
X Link 2025-10-10T14:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@jackprandelli @PeterSchiff 1% is the type of allocation you make on a purely speculative play. That means they view bitcoin as having serious downside but hold it on the chance it might moon. That is nothing to champion as a win"
X Link 2025-10-11T08:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@simonmaginn He wants to boost spending and government power but we already have a 60bn deficit and his wealth tax would only raise 25bn (his words). Wealth taxes on the rich don't work never have. He's an unserious person peddling Marxist populism. He would bankrupt us"
X Link 2025-10-11T09:38Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Heccles94 @ZackPolanski He wants to boost spending and government power but we already have a 60bn deficit and his wealth tax would only raise 25bn (his words). Wealth taxes on the rich don't work never have. He's an unserious person peddling Marxist populism. He would bankrupt us"
X Link 2025-10-11T09:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@_CFCJoel @LornaBlane @BladeoftheS Anyone telling you that a wealth tax on the super rich works is lying to YOU. It doesnt work work and has never worked. A lot of assets are mobile and people leave or worse choose to not invest in such a silly economy; costing jobs and killing growth and innovation"
X Link 2025-10-11T09:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JamesBenso42180 @BladeoftheS Also global living standards have risen consistently - higher GDP per capita lower poverty and better health and education. You live a better life today than Henry Ford"
X Link 2025-10-11T17:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@GreensOrganise @rachelmillward @rachel4sussex Populist marxism that will drive away business investment and talent. Government spending is already 44% of GDP and our base of taxpayers is getting continually concentrated amongst a smaller number of people. Greens will exacerbate all of that"
X Link 2025-10-11T21:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MattZoking @GreensOrganise @rachelmillward @rachel4sussex @UKLabour @Ed_Miliband Government is already 44% of GDP debt and deficits are rising taxes are concentrated amongst a few and they want to tax spend and borrow more Also ratchet up green spending and immigration too Its unserious but populist Marxism seems to have reinvigorated the Corbyn base"
X Link 2025-10-11T21:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@peppedapig @princeimlerith @MarvelRivals Those are heroes yes. I understand people want strategists and vanguards Im just pointing out the contraction from what I see people asking for on adjavent topics. Gambit and Cyclops top the list amongst others"
X Link 2025-10-13T07:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@CallumLyon Youre missing a key metric here - government spending. In [----] it was $2.47t in [----] its $7.7t. Thats a 194% increase. If we take [----] as a baseline thats an extra $43trn spent by government. Thats less money available for wage increases and improving Freddo supply"
X Link 2025-10-13T11:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Ethnic clensing and genocide are different. If you force a group people out of your country its ethnic cleansing. The Jews were pushed out of multiple Arab countries. There are 30k Jews in the ME outside of Israel and there are over 2m Palestinians in Israel proper"
X Link 2025-10-14T15:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 If you want to talk genocide the grand mufti was a close ally of Hitler during WW2 and he advocated for him to bring the holocaust to the Middle East including death camps in Palestine"
X Link 2025-10-14T16:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Let me make this simple. Claim 1: Israel is commuting genocide. Verdicts False. Reason: The Palestinian population has increased since the war Hamas started begun"
X Link 2025-10-14T18:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Baloteva10 @JRimzey @LloydChapman @SuppressedNws1 Claim 3: the Arabs have not attempted cleansing or genocide of the Jews. Verdict: False. Reason: Jews driven out of Libya Lebanon Syria Iran Yemen Iraq Egypt etc. moreover the Muftis allegiance with Hitler and advocating to bring the holocaust to the Middle East"
X Link 2025-10-14T18:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@andreyoung06 @Occidentalvalue @implausibleblog Dividends are subject to capital gains taxes yield from real estate is either recognised as income or dividends (see above); off shore isnt our tax jurisdiction. Asset wealth is unrecognised gains you dont get anything from it until you recognise once you do you pay tax"
X Link 2025-10-15T16:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BitesGirl59768 @Jaci99709Jaci @Jenny_1884 Its easy to shop around there are many different vet and insurance options. The combined cost for my two cats [--] a month. That covers them comprehensively"
X Link 2025-10-16T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Vindictus13 @bbcquestiontime The statutory retirement age needs to go up and thats coming from someone who would be affected by it. [--] doesnt seem unreasonable"
X Link 2025-10-17T10:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @0Calamity @grok is that enough profit to fund [---] per annum for 28.4m households in the uk"
X Link 2025-10-01T13:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @nightingales2_2 @shanksizpony1 @GoodwinMJ Thats 40bn annually over five years meaning 200bn and it doesnt include all bottlenecks. That theoretical 18bn saving @nightingales2_2 is boasting about is meaningless"
X Link 2025-10-02T11:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JamesDillo38690 @CutMyTaxUK The top 1% paid $81bn in tax returned in [----] and 1trn in [----]. They also create businesses sell products and employee people all of which generates tax revenue. If the average person is also paying more in tax its because of a bloated state"
X Link 2025-10-07T21:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@cadman_william @BladeoftheS @grok How can I check what Grok posts before it posts A broken link doesnt change the data youll find the same numbers from other sources too. The gall to accuse others of not researching the claim when youve clearly not done it yourself"
X Link 2025-10-10T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@cadman_william @BladeoftheS @grok 728k vacancies between June and August. A far cry from 110k that clown posted"
X Link 2025-10-10T11:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Nouz12345 @technopopulist We have a welfare state various charities food banks communal support and 728k unfilled job vacancies. There is no reason to steal food"
X Link 2025-10-10T17:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@WozzStream @technopopulist There are welfare programs charities food banks community support and 728k unfilled jobs. There is no reason to steal. UK supermarkets have an average profit margin of 2.9%. Hardly pice gouging is it Who is really out of touch here"
X Link 2025-10-10T17:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JanSussex @BladeoftheS Its people who refuse to work unserious claimants and a disastrous system that take away from the disabled not the wealthy. We have 728k unfilled jobs and 43% of UK adults who pay no tax. As someone who gets up every morning to work that is unsustainable"
X Link 2025-10-11T10:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Elaineewald3 @GillianMacMSP @elonmusk @scottishgreens There is no evidence Elon harvested data. Most western countries need a DOGE. The US runs a $2trn defecit were close to 150bn. Its funded by borrowing and money printing. It sucks money from the private sector produces inflation and slows growth"
X Link 2025-10-16T09:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@robprogressive From Lidl - loaf of bread is [--] [--] slices of ham [----]. [--] slices of cheese [----]. Butter is [--]. Throw in some sauce and its about [--] per sandwich"
X Link 2025-10-16T16:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@StaciePollard16 @StevieR60 @implausibleblog Education has its challenges but we are living in the Information Age. You can get any answer to any equation within seconds and learning resources are everywhere. We have job opportunists (720k) and we have people for whatever reason those two things arent lining up"
X Link 2025-10-17T10:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SteveCo12420968 @BladeoftheS They pay a surplus to the treasury. They are paying YOU"
X Link 2025-10-18T09:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS By having nothing are we talking the expectation of you doing five minutes of research South Africa Zambia US Ukraine Ireland Caribbean the broad commonwealth floods wars etc. were talking about a century here. I notice how youve got nothing to say about the surplus"
X Link 2025-10-18T19:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS QE2s major role in transitioning SA from apartheid to democracy and raising 1.4bn for 500+ charities. Princes Trust supports under privileged youths to the tune of 100m a year. The monarchy provides a net 1bn to the treasury every year an effective tax rate of 92%"
X Link 2025-10-19T13:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Pearlosibu @doortji @BladeoftheS The crown estate generates an income through its land and property like it or not the UK has private property rights the same rights we exported to the US along with democracy common law and capitalism. Overall the Kings effective tax rate is 92% - highest in the country"
X Link 2025-10-19T13:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Pearlosibu @Su15100307 @BladeoftheS If the royals disappeared wed lose the 92% effective tax rate they pay and their lands and property would be subject to the free market. Wed also lose a lot of tourism international soft power and one of the few strands of national unity"
X Link 2025-10-19T13:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Su15100307 @Pearlosibu @BladeoftheS I explained the economic societal national and International benefit. Net surplus to the treasury charitable work international relations and youre still claiming no evidence. No you havent convinced me that youre not blinded by hate and envy"
X Link 2025-10-19T20:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@FisherAndrew79 UK energy suppliers make 1-2% margin thats [--] per household. Meanwhile green investments curtailment carbon penalties and subsidies (like winter fuel allowance) cost each household 500-600 per annum"
X Link 2025-10-19T21:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Katie1726245 @clairemcilvenna @ZackPolanski @bbclaurak Youre fine hurts arent right. Plus we tax income not wealth"
X Link 2025-10-20T08:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LEFTWINGMOT @likesretirement @clairemcilvenna @ZackPolanski @bbclaurak Both countries wealth tax is on the middle class is that what you want Spains have massive administrative burden for low return slow growth and capital flight whilst Switzerland makes it work with lower income tax and NO capital gains tax"
X Link 2025-10-20T08:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Sjg3G @helen_off_troy @MarinaPurkiss @NIAbbot @ZackPolanski I mean since youve asked it probably would"
X Link 2025-10-20T11:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Cointel_hoe Your premise is wrong. Capitalism is rooted in voluntary exchange not human sacrifice. Liberalism in your example is racist and sexist because youre talking about treating people differently based on immutable characteristics"
X Link 2025-10-20T11:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JohnWRees @AdnanHussainMP @Heccles94 Not many people seriously believe the Russo-Ukraine war is the fault of the West (as opposed to insidious Russian aggression). Any iota of the former removes blame from Putin. Also by your standard any form of spending that is not education and healthcare takes away from both"
X Link 2025-10-20T16:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino Since MMT for Progressives decided to block me to avoid the question Ill post my answer here. It was intentionally loaded because MMT evangelists cannot answer it. Its where real world politics collides with their classroom ideology. See next"
X Link 2025-10-20T17:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino MMT promises endless solvency via money printing with the only constrain being real resources arriving in the for of inflation. Inflation breaks (taxes /spending cuts) have never worked in democracies. The result Deficit spirals inflation recession"
X Link 2025-10-20T17:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MMTLabour @PatriciaNPino Because the breaks never work youre left with unconstrained spending. This is why deficits debt and inflation are all out of control in a lot of countries"
X Link 2025-10-20T17:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@elleloveCHI @spikeywolves I dont get it either They use power and like all facilities they get a bill at the end of the month. The surcharge makes me think this is an additional tax"
X Link 2025-10-20T19:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@shillcock_paul @AdamBienkov New deals for workers unions recognised Palestine started GB energy banned new UK oil and gas licences. You cant make an argument for centrist let alone centre right"
X Link 2025-10-20T21:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@zontaque @TomLevins1 @steabb73 @itvpeston @Katie_Lam_MP @ZackPolanski The erosion of British culture through the importation and propogation of different cultures enmasse (without proper integration). Countries thrive on unity unity comes from shared values. Multi-culturalism is the antithesis of that"
X Link 2025-10-21T18:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BladeoftheS Switzerland wants says who You Other useless jobless Marxists like you. Well what they actually have right now is a wealth tax on th middle class along with lower income tax and no capital gains tax also a stable currency they dont inflate away into nothing"
X Link 2025-10-21T20:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@YuriABezmenov @AlanisTweeter That clown has no answers likely because he doesnt understand tax income and investments. He blocked me I take it he blocked you too"
X Link 2025-10-22T02:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@coglet @GreenPartyHan @ZackPolanski The irony is that its his base that are pretending like his appearance is the only valid attack angle. His economic plan is complete nonsense that is the real criticism"
X Link 2025-10-22T09:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Call_Me_Real @jimthegiant Why do you think we have FPTP. Also Halo fell off you still enjoy it Ive played since Halo CE but Infinite couldnt hold me more than a few months"
X Link 2025-10-22T12:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Call_Me_Real @jimthegiant FPTP ensures local representation through elected councillors. It also limits fringe voices until they gain broad support. For example Reform would have [---] seats right now if we had PR in [----] which for many would not be ideal"
X Link 2025-10-22T12:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@mikerhino75 @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy @grok could you verify the information in this chart"
X Link 2025-10-22T14:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @mikerhino75 @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy Thanks but has the UK had better GDP growth since [----] compared to Germany and France"
X Link 2025-10-22T14:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@mikerhino75 @grok @Bodley15911089 @mikegalsworthy Ye youre right. I did a deep dive and our gdp growth is equal to France and ahead of Germany. Our per capita is equal to Germany but a fraction behind France. Either way we are no better or worse fresh off Brexit than our peers who have had every EU advantage since"
X Link 2025-10-22T14:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@drav666777 @BladeoftheS They provide a net 1bn surplus to the economy treasury 2bn in indirect economic benefit and utilise soft power to support us internationally and have long been a proud component of our culture tradition and national unity. The only brainwashed are the greedy Marxists"
X Link 2025-10-22T16:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@zarahsultana No thanks - the monarchy is part of our culture heritage and tradition. They foster national unity exercise soft power for us internationally provide 2bn to the economy indirectly and 1bn net contribution to the treasury. QE2 achieved more than you could ever hope"
X Link 2025-10-22T17:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Matt_Pinner Genuinely I would be open but less so for a customer facing role. Depends on the business too. Tattoo parlour Go ahead. Circus Have at it. The Green Party Youll fit right in Mergers & Acquisitions for Goldman Sachs Probably not"
X Link 2025-10-22T17:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@DeborahMahmoud1 @itvpeston @ZackPolanski @grok would this approach raise an additional 160bn in additional tax revenue for the UK every year Are there any drawbacks moral hazards etc"
X Link 2025-10-23T15:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SaveCA2026 @zarahsultana She favours a Republic style of governance that doesnt mean shes a Republican. Our Monarchy is largely ceremonial and an economic boon so she is still a clown"
X Link 2025-10-23T17:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Often time the question is the issue. If you ask people if theyd like [----] most will say yes. If you ask would you like [----] but lose your job Most would say No. People saying yes to a wealth tax do so without understanding the impact"
X Link 2025-10-23T17:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @philedsphil @PeterCroydon @IdleBirder @premnsikka @grok include all adults in the calculation (65 and over too). Also remove public sector workers theyre not true taxpayers"
X Link 2025-10-23T19:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@354reason @wclifton968 @robprogressive Lets say youre right - it has doubled. It is still only [----] for a portion suitable for an adult meal. Would cheaper be better Sure. But its still reasonable and couldve been a lot worse given the macroeconomic factors"
X Link 2025-10-24T01:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Good question. It causes capital flight disincentivises investment and punishes people for doing well. We are already a bad place for investing youd want to make it worse A wealth tax on the rich has never worked anywhere"
X Link 2025-10-24T07:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JayFowler_7 @wclifton968 @robprogressive Youre welcome. With the right effort eating on a budget is easy"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok I can tell you dont know much about either system. Do you want to know how I know and also why it doesnt challenge my statement"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Thats income tax not a wealth tax. Denmark used to have a wealth tax but the they repealed it in the 90s because it was a failure. The other person you reposted about Norway and Switzerland was at least closer but also wrong"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AppleUserFan @narindertweets @ZacharinosDad If you dont live here you cant own assets and businesses is at best Nationalistic and at worse fascistic. Also what are you going to buy imported goods with if no one can do anything with currency (gbp) you want to buy with you donut"
X Link 2025-10-24T08:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ScienceQriosity @LeeAlanHuntbach @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Norways low debt and high happiness suggest a well-run government and great quality of life. But its wealth tax starts at the middle class yields low revenue caused capital flight and has hindered growth. Norways tax-free allowance is also half oursshould we copy that"
X Link 2025-10-24T09:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Norways wealth tax has triggered capital flight and has slowed growth for little gain. It hits the middle class and up it is not a wealth tax on the rich. Claiming it will work because London has more wealth is like saying jumping from a higher spot lets you fly"
X Link 2025-10-24T10:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@LeeAlanHuntbach @ScienceQriosity @Yorkshire_Thug @LondonEconomic @grok Youre mixed up. My point: a wealth tax on the rich key to the Greens Big Government spending has never worked. You cited Norway and Switzerland but their wealth taxes hit the middle class. Also Switzerland has no CGT and Norways tax-free allowance is half that of others"
X Link 2025-10-24T12:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JMD__14 @Gmcswineyyy @owenjonesjourno @Plaid_Cymru Thats a fair point but at best that would make it neither a blow nor a victory and since the Tories and Reform are quite different Im sure that latter prefer to have the votes under their umbrella. Labour arent going to be happy just because their votes moved to PC"
X Link 2025-10-24T12:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Deviates @shearersbuddy @Its_Lunati @SaveCA2026 @zarahsultana @grok summarise the [----] Brand Finance report + associated sources to evaluate the British monarchys brand as an economic driver for the UK focusing on tourism via Crown Estate activities & broader economic boosts"
X Link 2025-10-24T17:54Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Rory_Wfc @PJohnHOliver @connor_naismith In my opinion no. Ensuring industries and markets can operate - yes. Ensuring a basic level of welfare - yes. Feeding your kids - no. Tbh if you cant provide basic meals to your kids what else are you not providing"
X Link 2025-10-26T16:27Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@VicMelsky @Baron_Grayskull @hotwings100 @JamesMelville Ye youre right. Its adjusted operating profit. So not made up but definitely leaving out some key elements. Net income after tax paints a different picture"
X Link 2025-10-28T05:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Awh43846811071 @SocialistLew @ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty One of the major western powers is going to go full socialist sometimes you need a fresh example of a bad idea before people realise its a bad idea. I just hope its not us"
X Link 2025-10-28T07:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@audreybbonbon @sarahlj16239003 @julianHjessop Welfare used to be for people suffering from temporary or permanent misfortune now its for people who make bad life choices or cant budget. Its not sustainable"
X Link 2025-10-28T17:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@reedgalen Thats a bold statement considering AOC has never had a formal debate against an ideological opponent or even appeared in an interview on conservative media despite being in politics for 7-8 years"
X Link 2025-10-29T08:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@CorkYou @reedgalen AOC has never had a real debate"
X Link 2025-10-29T08:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TrisOsborneMP @ucl Rolls Royce SMRs are the way to go well hopefully start seeing the first ones fully operational in the next 6-8 years. On-demand energy with low LCOE and limited waste. Itll keep us powered until renewable tech is better"
X Link 2025-10-29T11:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP SMRs produce 285m3 over [--] years (96% recyclable leaving 30m3). Over [--] million households that is 0.5mL per house per yr. Yes no HWL is preferred but renewables lack the grid upgrades storage or on-demand capabilities. Its like choosing between a car or a picture of a car"
X Link 2025-10-29T13:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP Where did I say Gen [--] I directly answered your question: Yes I would prefer no HWL but renewables like wind and solar do not provide dispatchable baseload they are not continuous and cannot be turned on when needed. Were talking about a viable solution vs. a fantasy"
X Link 2025-10-29T16:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP Rolls-Royce SMRs are designed to use standard low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel not MOX"
X Link 2025-10-29T18:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP @grok could you please let this clown know how much HLW a single Rolls Royce SMR produces over its [--] year life span and also provide a brief explanation on how to use google"
X Link 2025-10-29T22:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@FFawcette @DougWahl1 Why has AOC never had a formal debate against an ideological opponent during her 7-8 years in politics"
X Link 2025-10-29T22:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@wanderer_bolton @TrisOsborneMP @grok You started it with the you have no clue analogy. Glass houses or just sensitive It has been 5-6 comments and Im still waiting to find out why a little HLW is worse than renewables being non-dispatchable and non-baseload"
X Link 2025-10-29T23:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SovEconomy @JPHilllllll @MorePerfectUS Trickle-down was a smear for supply-side which enriched all. You likely didnt build a houseyet you live in one. Maybe havent grown foodyet you eat. Likely havent produce energyyet you have power. Probably havent defended the nationyet youre safe. Yes it trickled down"
X Link 2025-10-30T01:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@CPA_Soft @MichaelAArouet @grok At what point did Venezuelas economic decline start and at what point did sanctions from the US start Lastly the OP here is keen to improve his knowledge on the topic and has asked for a next question recommendation could you advise him what to research next"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@roller1004 @istaphobe_uk @jameskjx @zarahsultana Bruh. dont be married to your ideas. Just go with the information as its presented"
X Link 2025-10-31T11:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@malonebarry If he has broken any laws - absolutely yes. If not hes just a scumbag and hes paid a hefty price for that"
X Link 2025-10-31T17:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @SaintsLake @Kathleen_Tyson_ Grok with the utter takedown"
X Link 2025-11-01T02:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Trickyred1 @jonburkeUK @JeremyClarkson His prompt is dumb in either case Grok is basically answering him like its a fiction prompt"
X Link 2025-11-01T03:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@fi_redress @jzux Then we both agree that government spending and taxation should be cut. Thank you"
X Link 2025-11-01T15:40Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@DarrigoMelanie No one is scared. Wealth is mobile they would relocate businesses + assets if they feel theyre under threat. Fortunately Mamdani has promosed a lot he cant deliver so hell likely just be an ineffective tool. City grocery stores being looted will be fun"
X Link 2025-11-02T00:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich Wealth is not zero sum. All your graph is showing is that wealth is created not taken from anyone. As I previously stated the mere fact absolute poverty has decreased by billions and we all have access to tech and items we havent produced shows it is trickling down"
X Link 2025-11-02T06:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich Wealth income. Trickle-down delivers access & living standards not equal asset piles. The 50% have record real incomes smartphones AC energy access security & food abundance unseen in history. Poverty has plummeted they also receive $1.4trn in welfare each year"
X Link 2025-11-02T12:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Nephthanthropic @filip_dean20805 @RBReich @grok You brought up wealth inequality but not once have I said it doesnt exist or hasnt grown. However that is not proof that supply side economics which is the entire discussion has failed. @grok is wealth inequality de-facto proof supply side economics has failed"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JustAnotherM44 @RpsAgainstTrump @grok are the nordics democratic socialist"
X Link 2025-11-02T14:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@GyllKing @jimthegiant Im South Asian but people like you who keep throwing around the racism card makes me want to vote Reform. You care more about smears than the actual issues. Reform arent right about everything but theyre right here. If you have anxiety you should be working"
X Link 2025-11-02T18:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@de_jever A world war is a black swan event. The debt situation is different now and we are drowning in public expenditures. The NHS cost 248m in its first year that is 15bn in todays money - 10x lower than todays NHS which is apparently still underfunded"
X Link 2025-11-03T11:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BareLeft Zimbabwe technically didnt go bankrupt in [----] either"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:45Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TomLondon6 Theyre a net surplus. The crown estate provides a net 1bn to the UK treasury year minus the sovereign grant an effective 92% tax rate. Even if you subtract for all the land leases its 100m net still. Not to mention a 1.8bn indirect boom to the economy every year"
X Link 2025-11-03T12:48Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@hol40900 @grok does the crown estate provide a surplus or defecit to the UK treasury Use 2024/2025 figures and subtract revenue from leases. Please also state the indirect economic benefit from the Royal Family"
X Link 2025-11-03T15:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski Pension funds would be screwed and the UK government would be sued and lose by everyone else. Nationalising was er would cost 30bn + the assumption of 60bn of debt but could be worth it"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski @grok what percentage of water companies are owned by pension funds and uk citizens And would the uk government be able to legally seize those assets without fair market compensation"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:51Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@grok @RasSquidly @JacquesHughesUK @ZackPolanski @grok would those disputes provide legal grounds to to sue these companies into insolvency and is this a sensible legal strategy for nationalising those services without fair market compensation Lastly what impact would that type of action have on pensions"
X Link 2025-11-03T18:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ennui365 @grok who is the chief engineer of SpaceX"
X Link 2025-11-03T20:14Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@EMills48260 @miserycunty @hol40900 Honestly it takes about five seconds to google. The monarchy also operates at a net surplus I google that too for you if youd like"
X Link 2025-11-04T02:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@HMSoueidan @elonmusk Musk employees 155k people in his companies thats 155k people able to support their families pay taxes and create products and services the world enjoys. What have you done"
X Link 2025-11-04T16:52Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@grok @jc_x_777 @theophilus367 @allenanalysis @elonmusk"
X Link 2025-11-04T22:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@astronglady @allenanalysis @grok could you verify the following claim: Most of Elon Musks wealth has come from corporate welfare"
X Link 2025-11-04T22:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ZackPolanski Zoran getting elected is an indictment of the electorate. Mark this prediction because Ill come back to it. His city grocery stores will be routinely looted and he wont generate the funding he needs for his socialist policies. Hell blame Hochul and Trump"
X Link 2025-11-05T08:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Giorgeo4 @g_randev Regrettably I think this is only the cusp of the populist Marxist revolution. Even if Zohran fails and I believe he will it will only embolden his supporters that they need more socialism not less"
X Link 2025-11-05T11:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@littleroundman @alexalexlexi02 @de_jever @AscendedYield @grok verify the following claim: Cameron & Osbourne cut day to day funding by 3/4's under the Health & Social Care Act [----]. It was 32billion. They made sure it went down to 8billion"
X Link 2025-11-05T17:17Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@mcsquared34 You do need a baseline of public services and welfare to provide safety nets infrastructure transit etc. but government always mishandles resources so you pay a hefty price for it - do it too much and you stifle jobs and opportunities. In short free buses arent the issue"
X Link 2025-11-06T10:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ClaiireBarker @luca83783 @cezthesocialist @ZackPolanski Firstly Zack needs about 180bn in additional spending. Secondly lets cut through your nonsense wealth taxes on the rich have been tried many times in many places and they have never worked. It cause Capital flight businesses to relocate and reduced investment"
X Link 2025-11-06T10:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@allenanalysis Its aggressive because he came in on a wave of support from non-native New Yorkers quoted multiple socialists and showed no humility to his political opponents"
X Link 2025-11-06T21:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Jingjing_Li Journalists approved by the CCP based in Beijing are where I get all of unbiased world news from"
X Link 2025-11-07T07:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@DuxVult1 @bo66ie29 @grok could you fact check this"
X Link 2025-11-07T10:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@sallonsax If you think high rents are bad youd think nothing to rent is even worse. Youre what In your 50s You should be aware that new housing stock is directly tied to investment"
X Link 2025-11-07T10:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TheAlanColeShow @tomhfh Buildings and trees arent mobile but businesses equities commodities IP and future innovation are. You also risk future investment why would anyone innovate or build anything here if people are confiscating property and rabid Marxism is on the rise"
X Link 2025-11-07T10:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@pmddomingos This is an interesting area and there are both upsides and downsides. @grok is there any inherent risk to the US being outcompeted in AI"
X Link 2025-11-07T11:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@de_bose @Johnsmithyixu @pmddomingos Most if not all companies on Earth are using AI in one form or another and they are all desperately working on ways to deploy it more efficiently to enhance their digital transformation and customer outcomes. You would be crazy to downplay its impact"
X Link 2025-11-07T11:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@ChombaBupe What do you think happens if the US loses the AI race"
X Link 2025-11-07T11:21Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"@de_bose @Johnsmithyixu @pmddomingos Sorry but youre wrong. Find me one major company that doesnt have AI as part of their DT strategy"
X Link 2025-11-07T12:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@jenzhuscott @grok what is the downside of the US ceding ground in the AI race"
X Link 2025-11-07T13:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@arandomnobidy @GhostOfXmas67 @jayashbourne You grow the economy. If not cut spending. If theres still a deficit half the tax free allowance. If you still need more raise income tax. The last thing you do is pressure the mechanisms of investment and opportunity any more than were already doing"
X Link 2025-11-07T13:59Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@MattBamfor11486 @scteviyah @GillianMacMSP Wealth is created not hoarded. If Tesla vanished off the face of the earth tomorrow you wouldnt receive a check for a portion of their $1.4trn valuation. What happens is fewer cars fewer jobs less tax revenue and less investment funds"
X Link 2025-11-07T16:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TrendyHussain @NuJhayhne This is the right answer. Its a 100x return on 50% odds. Worth it"
X Link 2025-11-07T16:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Somniss @ChombaBupe @grok Explain the race to succeed in AI including the major players and whats at stake (especially risks)"
X Link 2025-11-07T17:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@PhilipProudfoot You mean buildings and trees Ye theyre not mobile but businesses IP investment capital jobs equities etc. are all mobile you also risk future investment. Why would anyone invest or innovate in a country that seizes property Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked"
X Link 2025-11-08T10:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@PhillyBadTakes @steven_braham @esjesjesj The remuneration package reaches its full payout if specific metrics are hit one of which is an 8x increase in the market cap. Find me a single Tesla employee (who will have a stock benefit) who would be upset about that"
X Link 2025-11-08T13:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@verbose5432 @chatgpt21 @catgirlprostate Youre creating your own strawman and greatly underestimating the tech. I can make this really simple though. Find me one company in any major global index (S&P FTSE Dax etc.) that either doesnt use AI now or see it as a significant part of their strategy - just one"
X Link 2025-11-08T14:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@FredTheGreyCat @grok @joni_askola Thats unfortunate if true but the greater good for humanity has to be considered here. Moreover Elon is doing a lot for sustainability. I think we can afford pearl clutching here"
X Link 2025-11-09T09:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TTichelofen @LizGlab They never talk about this. Yes the rich have gotten richer but so has everyone else along all poverty levels. People who complain about capitalism only operate on envy and greed"
X Link 2025-11-10T11:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JohnRad15 @TTichelofen @LizGlab What about Cuba Venezuela The USSR Maos China North Korea vs. South Korea Youre advocating for systems that have never worked not even close"
X Link 2025-11-10T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RivalsAssembled The hype has died down for me especially with all of this trailer nonsense. Black Ops is out in a few days Im more interested in that right now. Ill still play Rivals but it has died down a little"
X Link 2025-11-10T12:21Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@ReplyGuy4Life @RivalsAssembled I have [---] hours on Rivals (hardly the black ops crowd) and 95% of my time is on Vanguard and Strategist in GM"
X Link 2025-11-11T04:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@johnlilburne98 @RedCollectiveUK Theyre right wing but the right wing are trying to bring them down Make it make sense"
X Link 2025-11-11T14:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Heccles94 @grok how many jobs have Amazon Microsoft Intel and Elon musk companies created Please also advise based on information available how many jobs Harry Eccles has created"
X Link 2025-11-12T11:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Wrevolution @ZackPolanski I read the article - shes right. The Greens are peddling populist Marxism that feeds into the envy and resentment of the far left. Wealth taxes on the rich do not work and have never worked. Moreover Zack struggles with basic arithmetic; he needs 180bn but cant find it"
X Link 2025-11-12T13:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@healthian @Wrevolution @ZackPolanski Firstly Norway has a wealth tax on the middle class and up it is not a wealth tax on the rich. Secondly it has caused capital flight and slow gdp. Lastly Norway has a broader tax base. Higher income tax and half the tax free allowance. So no it hasnt worked"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@healthian @Wrevolution @ZackPolanski Oh and also Norway has an oil and gas industry that theyve supercharged and used it to fund much of their budget. Help me out here is Zack campaigning for oil and gas use half the tax free allowance and higher income tax"
X Link 2025-11-12T18:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@healthian @Wrevolution @ZackPolanski What i said doesnt require your agreement with all due respect theyre facts. Moreover i said wealth taxes on the rich do not work which still stands. Norway even if we disagree starts its wealth tax at the middle class - not the rich"
X Link 2025-11-12T20:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Cd767_ @ramattraburner Bruh theyre all fun"
X Link 2025-11-12T21:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@JamesMelville Income tax council tax value added tax excise duties road tax stamp duty land tax capital gains tax national insurance tax council tax and when you die - inheritance tax. But apparently youre not paying your fair share"
X Link 2025-11-13T01:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BMA_James_Steen @almostneonuk Perhaps youre not understanding. the NHS pension scheme does not generate a surplus to the treasury. It takes in taxpayer money spends most of it on pensions then gives some of it back. That is not a surplus to the treasury"
X Link 2025-11-14T15:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@BTC_JEDI21 @PeterSchiff Long time ago but hes still litigating. In short Officals regulators and journalists colluded to shut down his bank for a win and possibly for Schiffs criticisms of them. They wrongly assumed itd be crooked since it was based in PR now theyre hiding information"
X Link 2025-11-15T13:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@narindertweets No its Trump vs. The BBC. They tried to interfere in a foreign election they deserve what theyre getting. Its only the far-left apparatchiks backing the bbc they know its their golden goose"
X Link 2025-11-15T18:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@lewis_goodall What they did was wrong. They attempted to interfere in the most important election on earth and deceive our closest ally. The BBC constantly platforms democrats and CBS news. They need to move to a subscription model they are rotten"
X Link 2025-11-15T18:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RachelReevesMP @UKLabour Many are forced into higher council bands by your silly 90s system and now people with modest homes + expensive mortgages have to pay a Mansion Tax All you have to do is cut spending why are we paying for your malfeasance https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/15/one-1-3million-families-impacted-new-600m-mansion-tax-24716188/amp/ https://metro.co.uk/2025/11/15/one-1-3million-families-impacted-new-600m-mansion-tax-24716188/amp/"
X Link 2025-11-15T20:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"Many are already on costly mortgages and high council bands respectively due to inflation and the silly 90s system - both the governments fault. Now we have to pay a mansion tax because @UKLabour cant cut spending Were paying for their malfeasance. http://tiny.cc/f14v001 http://tiny.cc/f14v001"
X Link 2025-11-15T20:26Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@Fergie_CJ @EsheruKwaku No benefits is a good thing to aspire to but I did caveat. The bank bailouts were all paid back in full through cash or equity; the government even made a small profit in some cases. To let them fail wouldve been catastrophic for the public. @grok fact check me"
X Link 2025-11-16T21:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@Jarvi0589Craig @schneider_chris @NotThatDragonD @Angelcalling5 If the Khmer Rouge USSR Nazis Castros Cuba Maos China are anything to go by thats when you start to seize assets even going door to door to extract valuables like gold and jewellery. Either that or they go the Zimbabwe route and inflate the currency into nothing"
X Link 2025-11-19T14:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@DrHWazir If you rally public support for NI increases politicians will have no barriers to grant your wishes. That said I doubt you want to do that because you dont want to be the bad guys"
X Link 2025-11-19T16:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@tonywestonuk @grok explain fractional reserve banking to OP"
X Link 2025-11-19T16:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@TheMehOffice @B1EMW @christiancalgie Almost. Austerity which is the MMT caricature of sound money requires deliberate government policies aimed at shrinking the deficit. You would for example have a shrinking deficit if the economy booms but that wouldnt be austerity"
X Link 2025-11-19T17:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@grok @DeborahMeaden @DeborahMeaden Your post was either intentionally misleading or ill-informed. Regardless the only real question is whether or not you have the humility or courage to admit when youre wrong My guess is no"
X Link 2025-11-19T22:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@SenatorWarnock @grok how much has the department of education cost since inception and what impact has it had on learning outcomes"
X Link 2025-11-20T09:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@RichardBurgon Youre stating a meaningless fact. The point is wealth taxes on the rich do not work. Can you name one example of a wealth tax on the rich working By which I mean consistent long-term increases to tax revenue and consistent GDP growth"
X Link 2025-11-20T12:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@CookeIzzym @David__Osland Government spending creates inflation and pulls money away from the economy which it spends inefficiently. [--] of your household energy costs pa. are supplier profit [---] are green levies curtailment winter fuel etc. Rich pay almost all taxes 44% of adults pay zero"
X Link 2025-11-20T12:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@AriReddy I liked the part where you didnt explain how the 1.65bn gets funded without spending cuts or hikes"
X Link 2025-11-20T17:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@DaleVince People earn and invest paying the appropriate l taxes. and they l create jobs opportunity and more tax payers too. A wealth tax is asset seizure you will drive people away and dissuade people from investing or innovating here. Wealth taxes on the rich have never worked"
X Link 2025-11-20T18:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@rukasumiii @hewantswealth I dont think he gets anything he EARNED the money. Also not seen here: Council tax excise taxes VAT on most things he buys capital gains taxes on any investments he might make etc. and to top it all off vitriolic people will still proclaim - pay your fair share"
X Link 2025-11-21T06:48Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"@LordNumpty @DaleVince That sounds administratively difficult which would just add more bloat and bureaucracy to something thatll be quite damaging to begin with"
X Link 2025-11-21T06:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@beyond_capital @grok has history shown food abundance to be more of a hallmark of capitalism or socialism"
X Link 2025-11-21T14:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@DerbyChrisW Zimbabwe never went bankrupt in [----] either"
X Link 2025-11-22T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
"@d_magpie @grok @hammer_iona @DerbyChrisW @garyseconomics Agreed but beyond a thin layer of collective mechanisms such as welfare and infrastructure central planning is nowhere near as efficient as the free market"
X Link 2025-11-22T12:32Z [--] followers, [--] engagements
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