[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @dgsommersmkts David Sommers David Sommers posts on X about debt, inflation, government spending, money the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1652031306098679812/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX +127% - X Month XXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +65% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1652031306098679812/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XXX -XX% - X Months XXXXX +64% - X Year XXXXX -XXXX% ### Followers: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1652031306098679812/followers)  - X Week XXXXX +0.34% - X Month XXXXX +0.54% - X Months XXXXX +14% - X Year XXXXX +35% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1652031306098679812/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [finance](/list/finance) XXXXX% [countries](/list/countries) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [debt](/topic/debt) #1429, [inflation](/topic/inflation) #350, [government spending](/topic/government-spending) #227, [money](/topic/money) 3.57%, [balance sheet](/topic/balance-sheet) 3.57%, [for all](/topic/for-all) 3.57%, [future](/topic/future) 3.57%, [commercial real](/topic/commercial-real) 1.79%, [commercial real estate](/topic/commercial-real-estate) 1.79%, [auction](/topic/auction) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@mishgea](/creator/undefined) [@ponderdj](/creator/undefined) [@pinotandpizza](/creator/undefined) [@kobeissiletter](/creator/undefined) [@markinvicta](/creator/undefined) [@jgpuck99](/creator/undefined) [@theyforcedmeto2](/creator/undefined) [@usroute41](/creator/undefined) [@unchangeablelo1](/creator/undefined) [@zerohedge](/creator/undefined) [@rob66733000](/creator/undefined) [@pbridgefounders](/creator/undefined) [@curtis90335](/creator/undefined) [@tulsani1](/creator/undefined) [@wagrzegorz](/creator/undefined) [@praetorianbull](/creator/undefined) [@crucialxrp](/creator/undefined) [@randomprinceps](/creator/undefined) [@rishgulati6](/creator/undefined) [@ooyiyangc](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Another commercial real estate (office properties) disaster this one in Connecticut" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1997800406391681065) 2025-12-07T22:48Z 8556 followers, XXX engagements "Yield on US 10-yr note now XXXX% a week after Fed's latest rate cuts was XXXX% last year when Fed began *cutting* rates. Fed controls overnight rate but not longer duration notes/bonds which usually determine the rate on new/refinanced UST debt and thus interest expense" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998152129068875818) 2025-12-08T22:06Z 8556 followers, XXX engagements "Hi Mark -- I think you are mis-applying the quotation. "It clearly will be inflationary if it is financed by creating money." That is exactly what the Fed has done now for decades. So stopping deficit spending has it as been financed in recent years/decades would in fact "do it." You could make an argument (as per Friedman) that stopping the creation of money to finance it would also "do it." But that's not what you wrote here" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998361552517210217) 2025-12-09T11:58Z 8563 followers, XXX engagements "@MarkInvicta That's not correct Mark. The Fed has been steadily increasing (as a trend) M2 its balance sheet etc in correlation with increased deficit spending and debt" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998414251132953079) 2025-12-09T15:27Z 8556 followers, XX engagements "Very important lesson from @profstonge this morning on the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday numbers and concerning trends on debt and inflation as well as on AI and online sales that dominated those days. Worth your time to watch" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998012805593645533) 2025-12-08T12:52Z 8562 followers, 9909 engagements "Hi KG - Yes on cutting tariffs but that's a problem on the margins -- this problem grew for decades prior to the imposition of tariffs. The government should stay out of business including setting wages. Deficit spending tends to find its way to those with assets and connections to government ie the wealthy. Cut that and you fix much of the inequality problems that we face" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998435741819613274) 2025-12-09T16:53Z 8563 followers, XX engagements "@zerohedge Yet more indication that stagflation is coming if it's not already here" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1996207879028883934) 2025-12-03T13:20Z 8534 followers, 4492 engagements "@mccardell_shaun Hi Shaun -- Treasuries are a promise to pay back a loan in dollars. I understand the stablecoin concept but execution depends on sufficient demand for all of these dollars paid in the future. I am skeptical. We will have to see what happens" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1996599004889587832) 2025-12-04T15:14Z 8534 followers, XX engagements "@PBridgeFounders Yes though I never was a big advocate for Fed "independence" -- I don't think the Fed has ever really been independent and would much prefer that rates be set by the market than by any agency no matter who or what is in charge of it" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998070738398425382) 2025-12-08T16:42Z 8534 followers, XX engagements "@ponderdj But they don't need to borrow in the first place They could simply live within their means as a government spending only as much as they take in with revenue (taxes)" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998096175413813614) 2025-12-08T18:23Z 8538 followers, XX engagements "@ponderdj No. "Treasuries" are borrowings made by the US government (the Treasury) and payable in the future in dollars. They are not the same thing as dollars" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998093331944046919) 2025-12-08T18:12Z 8550 followers, XX engagements "@KobeissiLetter Japan's difficult fiscal situation poses a question too as to whether Japan a long-time holder of US Treasuries will find itself a seller instead in the coming years. If that comes to pass who or what will take up the increased supply of US Treasury issuance/refinancing" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1996197493726708169) 2025-12-03T12:39Z 8553 followers, 38.9K engagements "It's a fair question CLAB and I don't have an answer for you. The only "play" that makes any sense in my mind is to cut the deficit spending (large) and to start by cutting our foreign interventionism/defense (war)/aid spending and go from there. But few want to follow that path" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998434943681073170) 2025-12-09T16:49Z 8552 followers, XX engagements "@Theyforcedmeto2 Yes that is true. But at least we could try to stop generating *new* debt at the current pace that we are generating it. It's mindboggling" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998439839419511281) 2025-12-09T17:09Z 8552 followers, XX engagements "QE is not "keeping money markets functioning" or "stimulating lending" or "reassuring markets" -- it's simply the central bank purchasing open securities on the market and putting those securities on its balance sheet. It is what it is -- you can try to justify it but it is QE" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998846552278777936) 2025-12-10T20:05Z 8564 followers, XX engagements "@ponderdj Yes -- but this is another policy choice -- deficit spending -- and again contrary to your whole thesis on which we completely disagree not a requirement of a fiat system. But a fiat system does indeed encourage this that is true" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998096001224311130) 2025-12-08T18:23Z 8560 followers, XX engagements "@KobeissiLetter Yes though over the last couple of years even the Fed's cutting of interest rates has often driven yields on long term bonds *higher* not lower -- as the bond market worried further on inflation with those cuts -- making the problem of skyrocketing interest expense even worse" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998132264698560972) 2025-12-08T20:47Z 8563 followers, 8556 engagements "@unusual_whales The only "fix" is to tame inflation via cutting deficit spending and thereby cut costs for domestic production for manufacturers" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998159053932138654) 2025-12-08T22:33Z 8564 followers, 7175 engagements "I just disagree. Deficits haven't been constant. They have been growing especially in the last several years. Government spending is inefficient unequal and generally unproductive. There is no government capital to invest and spend -- it is taken from the private sector. This is a bad system. Limited government is much better. And countries only "re-borrow" to the extent the markets allow them to -- then they default" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998451678580781076) 2025-12-09T17:56Z 8552 followers, XX engagements "I am sorry PP -- that's incorrect. There is no way to raise the revenue to pay for all of the spending that you and others want. The best way to knock wealth inequality out of existence is to cut deficit and government spending which almost always rewards those with assets and the well connected" [X Link](https://x.com/dgsommersmkts/status/1998518594045464731) 2025-12-09T22:22Z 8555 followers, XX engagements
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@dgsommersmkts David Sommers
David Sommers posts on X about debt, inflation, government spending, money the most. They currently have XXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX +127%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +65%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX -XX%
- X Month XXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXX +64%
- X Year XXXXX -XXXX%
Followers: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXX +0.34%
- X Month XXXXX +0.54%
- X Months XXXXX +14%
- X Year XXXXX +35%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXXXX #
Social Influence
Social category influence finance XXXXX% countries XXXX% automotive brands XXXX%
Social topic influence debt #1429, inflation #350, government spending #227, money 3.57%, balance sheet 3.57%, for all 3.57%, future 3.57%, commercial real 1.79%, commercial real estate 1.79%, auction XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @mishgea @ponderdj @pinotandpizza @kobeissiletter @markinvicta @jgpuck99 @theyforcedmeto2 @usroute41 @unchangeablelo1 @zerohedge @rob66733000 @pbridgefounders @curtis90335 @tulsani1 @wagrzegorz @praetorianbull @crucialxrp @randomprinceps @rishgulati6 @ooyiyangc
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Another commercial real estate (office properties) disaster this one in Connecticut"
X Link 2025-12-07T22:48Z 8556 followers, XXX engagements
"Yield on US 10-yr note now XXXX% a week after Fed's latest rate cuts was XXXX% last year when Fed began cutting rates. Fed controls overnight rate but not longer duration notes/bonds which usually determine the rate on new/refinanced UST debt and thus interest expense"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:06Z 8556 followers, XXX engagements
"Hi Mark -- I think you are mis-applying the quotation. "It clearly will be inflationary if it is financed by creating money." That is exactly what the Fed has done now for decades. So stopping deficit spending has it as been financed in recent years/decades would in fact "do it." You could make an argument (as per Friedman) that stopping the creation of money to finance it would also "do it." But that's not what you wrote here"
X Link 2025-12-09T11:58Z 8563 followers, XXX engagements
"@MarkInvicta That's not correct Mark. The Fed has been steadily increasing (as a trend) M2 its balance sheet etc in correlation with increased deficit spending and debt"
X Link 2025-12-09T15:27Z 8556 followers, XX engagements
"Very important lesson from @profstonge this morning on the recent Black Friday and Cyber Monday numbers and concerning trends on debt and inflation as well as on AI and online sales that dominated those days. Worth your time to watch"
X Link 2025-12-08T12:52Z 8562 followers, 9909 engagements
"Hi KG - Yes on cutting tariffs but that's a problem on the margins -- this problem grew for decades prior to the imposition of tariffs. The government should stay out of business including setting wages. Deficit spending tends to find its way to those with assets and connections to government ie the wealthy. Cut that and you fix much of the inequality problems that we face"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:53Z 8563 followers, XX engagements
"@zerohedge Yet more indication that stagflation is coming if it's not already here"
X Link 2025-12-03T13:20Z 8534 followers, 4492 engagements
"@mccardell_shaun Hi Shaun -- Treasuries are a promise to pay back a loan in dollars. I understand the stablecoin concept but execution depends on sufficient demand for all of these dollars paid in the future. I am skeptical. We will have to see what happens"
X Link 2025-12-04T15:14Z 8534 followers, XX engagements
"@PBridgeFounders Yes though I never was a big advocate for Fed "independence" -- I don't think the Fed has ever really been independent and would much prefer that rates be set by the market than by any agency no matter who or what is in charge of it"
X Link 2025-12-08T16:42Z 8534 followers, XX engagements
"@ponderdj But they don't need to borrow in the first place They could simply live within their means as a government spending only as much as they take in with revenue (taxes)"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:23Z 8538 followers, XX engagements
"@ponderdj No. "Treasuries" are borrowings made by the US government (the Treasury) and payable in the future in dollars. They are not the same thing as dollars"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:12Z 8550 followers, XX engagements
"@KobeissiLetter Japan's difficult fiscal situation poses a question too as to whether Japan a long-time holder of US Treasuries will find itself a seller instead in the coming years. If that comes to pass who or what will take up the increased supply of US Treasury issuance/refinancing"
X Link 2025-12-03T12:39Z 8553 followers, 38.9K engagements
"It's a fair question CLAB and I don't have an answer for you. The only "play" that makes any sense in my mind is to cut the deficit spending (large) and to start by cutting our foreign interventionism/defense (war)/aid spending and go from there. But few want to follow that path"
X Link 2025-12-09T16:49Z 8552 followers, XX engagements
"@Theyforcedmeto2 Yes that is true. But at least we could try to stop generating new debt at the current pace that we are generating it. It's mindboggling"
X Link 2025-12-09T17:09Z 8552 followers, XX engagements
"QE is not "keeping money markets functioning" or "stimulating lending" or "reassuring markets" -- it's simply the central bank purchasing open securities on the market and putting those securities on its balance sheet. It is what it is -- you can try to justify it but it is QE"
X Link 2025-12-10T20:05Z 8564 followers, XX engagements
"@ponderdj Yes -- but this is another policy choice -- deficit spending -- and again contrary to your whole thesis on which we completely disagree not a requirement of a fiat system. But a fiat system does indeed encourage this that is true"
X Link 2025-12-08T18:23Z 8560 followers, XX engagements
"@KobeissiLetter Yes though over the last couple of years even the Fed's cutting of interest rates has often driven yields on long term bonds higher not lower -- as the bond market worried further on inflation with those cuts -- making the problem of skyrocketing interest expense even worse"
X Link 2025-12-08T20:47Z 8563 followers, 8556 engagements
"@unusual_whales The only "fix" is to tame inflation via cutting deficit spending and thereby cut costs for domestic production for manufacturers"
X Link 2025-12-08T22:33Z 8564 followers, 7175 engagements
"I just disagree. Deficits haven't been constant. They have been growing especially in the last several years. Government spending is inefficient unequal and generally unproductive. There is no government capital to invest and spend -- it is taken from the private sector. This is a bad system. Limited government is much better. And countries only "re-borrow" to the extent the markets allow them to -- then they default"
X Link 2025-12-09T17:56Z 8552 followers, XX engagements
"I am sorry PP -- that's incorrect. There is no way to raise the revenue to pay for all of the spending that you and others want. The best way to knock wealth inequality out of existence is to cut deficit and government spending which almost always rewards those with assets and the well connected"
X Link 2025-12-09T22:22Z 8555 followers, XX engagements