2026-10-11T03:20:38Z https://njump.me Mark Cuban https://njump.me/npub1j8ntq7u3pt7cxdyvm6d8pfaz4ppd3sgwkx64r692p2j5p63glh0s2l0dkc https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1422637130/mccigartrophy.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1422637130/mccigartrophy.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqswj5ulv50jd0k7ckyp8x8mht7zz2f46c96sfx80x60xdankrupqyqzyzg7dvrmjy90mqe53n0f5u98525y9kxpp6cm250g4g922s829r7a7glg58y Ro, I like you. You know that. But you need to read the state of the state. <br/><br/>The number of Deca Unicorns in Cali is growing by the day as investors chase amazing startups. <br/><br/>A unique feature of these 10b startups is that even if they raise a billion, little, if any of that money goes to the founders, who are now worth billions of dollars over night. They are the definition of cash poor, stock rich <br/><br/>How are you going to tax them ? Make them borrow money against their shares, if they can? They just raised money to grow their company and a bank will come along and loan them money ? A company that has been in business maybe less than a year ? lol <br/><br/>Will you take their stock if they can’t ? <br/><br/>Do you really think each of multiple founders, who started an amazing company in Cali and is now a billionaire, can each just pull out $250m per billion of net worth from their raise ? You know they can’t. <br/><br/>If this passes , and it doesn’t directly impact me at all, I won’t be a cali resident, but you can bet if I’m investing in a multi billion dollar startup, I’m asking them to move from California first. <br/><br/>IMO, if this passes, only idiot startup founders stay in Cali. <br/><br/>I’ve done it before and will do it again. Dallas. Pittsburgh. Indiana. I will make NOT being in California a pre requisite for an investment <br/><br/>Ideology is not a strategy Ro.<br/><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/rokhanna/statuses/2088688763723469266">https://bird.makeup/users/rokhanna/statuses/2088688763723469266</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1qngvcmmqcmpdm4qr9chjluflyr8fh6m0mavtn03pyc26wve2s5hqpdxffr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1qng…xffr</a></span><br/> </div> The California Democratic Party and the California labor movement just stood with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wm7n3cp6am5yh70nmyz0ayn9qdnq098cwss8fytyfvrautv6g8rsucmq92" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Bernie Sanders</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wm7…mq92</span>)</a></span> and me in supporting 5% wealth tax on 250 California billionaires.<br/><br/>California voters want a Democratic Party that will stand up for the working class over the billionaire class.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2088688655153979392/vid/avc1/1080x1920/VP_WlgJHDTmsaGci.mp4"></video><br/> </blockquote> 2026-08-15T20:12:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfeuqv3fgtqmhk9s5fuxal0m6nrmj8xv3v295elx2z67jud82kn6czyzg7dvrmjy90mqe53n0f5u98525y9kxpp6cm250g4g922s829r7a7qdhay3 She&#39;s wrong. Look at generics. The USA is the cheapest of all western countries. <br/><br/>Any brand drugs with competition would be far cheaper, with or without insurance , if the manufacturers were not terrified that the big PBMs would reduce their formulary availability as punishment for offering a price that is even close to the net net revenue the mfg receives. <br/><br/>Divorce formularies from PBMs and pharma revenue will go up, but prices to patients , cash or insured, will go down. Particularly if you audit all those middlemen <br/><br/>PBMs use formularies to not only get rebates, but also to charge fee after fee. And most of those fees are a percent of the list price. <br/><br/>Big PBMs cost patients a fortune.<br/><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/matthewherper/statuses/1957809036998398301">https://bird.makeup/users/matthewherper/statuses/1957809036998398301</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1kd00akzj9t46ja2whgp429uz8vtucczat5nrkkxq5tx3lwa5zecqc27laq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1kd0…7laq</a></span><br/> </div> If pharma companies just cut out all those annoying middlemen and sold medicines directly to consumers, wouldn't that cut the prices that people pay?<br/><br/>Yes, but... not so much, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10ny2swgfxxc40xwfht0lduh5pnn87t2m7pwt0fuyrkcgjqlvv2nsm0reyt" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Elaine Chen</span> (<span class="italic">npub10ny…reyt</span>)</a></span> finds. Because most consumers' drug costs are mostly covered by insurance, and they don't have hundreds of dollars a month to buy discounted drugs.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/19/direct-to-consumer-drug-costs-pharma-analysis/">https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/19/direct-to-consumer-drug-costs-pharma-analysis/</a> </blockquote> 2025-08-19T20:21:58Z