Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, civic activist, philanthropist, author. Host of Pitchfork Economics. NOT a billionaire. pitchforkeconomics.com/
Seattle
- Tweets 21,877
- Following 382
- Followers 46,097
- Likes 1,345
Pinned Tweet
Elon Musk is a narcissistic sociopath. Why help him by being on this platform? Find me at Bluesky. @nickhanauer.
50
14
129
16,001
# of Americans killed on US soil from 1975 to 2015 by citizens of 7 countries banned? Zero. # killed by gun toting Americans? 300,000
113
3,530
5,639
Washingtonian here. Pretty simple formula: high minimum wage, best OT policy, paid family leave, working family tax credit, expanded childcare, high road employers, top research institutions, diverse industries, focus on trades, and strong labor unions. Just to name a few. 1/8
What's the deal with Washington state?*
(*assuming this isn't a we-counted-all-the-blue-ballots-first illusion?)
175
521
5,411
717,466
Hey everyone, I was reading through the libertarian handbook and for some reason, I can’t find anything on how to handle a deadly pandemic. What am I missing? What is the Libertarian solution here?
416
492
3,516
Many companies will need a Gov’t bailout. I would not give them one taxpayer cent, unless the money buys preferred stock on behalf of American taxpayers. Every SS card holder gets an equal share of the stock. It all vests upon retirement. One giant finance company owned jointly.
76
724
3,567
Hey, @CNN: I'm also a rich white guy from Seattle who's never going to be president. When do I get my Town Hall?
CNN to host Town Hall for Howard Schultz in Texas next week. Poppy Harlow to moderate: cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/…
101
469
2,599
Staggering irony that rural conservative Trump Voters are giving up health care so rich urban liberals like me can get a huge tax cut.
73
1,087
2,567
Polls show African American support of @realDonaldTrump approaches 0%, proving they are the only sane and intelligent voting block in USA.
70
1,569
2,468
Ya pal, I call those folks "Fauxgressives". They are progressive right up until it will cost them money or power, at which point they are like, "fuck that". Let's make the rich richer, but be nice to the blacks and the gays while doing it. Think Howard Schultz.
20
134
1,811
People think I’m joking, but I’m not. Index the minimum wage to the maximum wage. Tie to the earnings of the top 1%. Deliberately tie our economic fortunes together as a country. It would be better.
45
322
1,957
If I make $20 million per year and 9 other families make $50 thousand per year, then on average, we all make $2,045,000 per year. Yeah. We’re rich! Feel better, middle class?
What would your family do w/ a $4,000 raise from the President’s tax cut plan? REPLY & I’ll share your family’s story in the press briefing
22
618
1,854
This asshole @BenSasse voted to enact the Trump tax cut for the rich that both massively increased the amount of interest we pay and deprived the country of 1.5 trillion in revenue for important things. Complete fraud.
“The government is on a course to spend more on interest than on national defense in the years to come” wsj.com/articles/u-s-on-a-co…
39
415
1,389
I wanted to riff on why business people like Howard Shultz usually make terrible political leaders. Put aside Howard's policy positions on economics which are straight up trickle down economics.
55
470
1,237
One idiot shoe bomber tries once to blow up a plane and now we are forced to take off our shoes in airports.
1606 mass shootings since Sandy Hook Elementary, 10's of thousands dead, and Republicans in Congress worked to make guns easier to get.
44
710
1,272
If @jack had an ounce of courage or a shred of principle, he’d turnoff @realDonaldTrump s Twitter account tonight.
26
170
1,267
This is why when people (many of my peers) say "We need to run the country like a business" it makes me want to throw up. The country is not a business. Saying we should run the country like a business is like saying we should fly the airplane like a unicycle. You will crash.
23
325
1,196
I’m with Warren. Private equity is basically a cancer on capitalism. It is a business model that should be reformed or banned altogether. The private equity firm that just bought my family business bankrupted it within 18 months. Unbelievable, and zero accountability.
Private equity firms are destroying our free press. They buy newspapers like the Monterey Herald for cheap, cut the staff, and bleed them dry. My new plan to hold Wall Street accountable would end this looting. newsweek.com/hedge-fund-stri…
60
295
1,104
Gang, if you want to bring the heat to Trump, Bankrupt him. Protest every hotel, every golf course, every brand.
87
631
1,095
I’ve been waiting 15 years for a Democratic politician to effectively sell progressive economic policy as pro-growth. Biden is the first to be able to do so. Paging Dr. @RonaldKlain
18
157
929
I'm actually not on the fence. I'm not buying another Tesla. My view is that Elon is actually worse than he seems. The poorer he is, the better. businessinsider.com/elon-mus…
83
175
892
64,705
I’m a complete hypocrite. I just gave rich people a $1 trillion tax break and NOW I’m worried about the deficit. I’m depending on you not being able to do simple addition to maintain my credibility.
I'm voting against this $300 billion spending hike. Fiscal responsibility is more than a talking point to trot out when the other guys are in charge. Let’s be conservative no matter who’s in charge, no matter who’s in the White House, or who controls each chamber of Congress
25
310
878
Hey,you, rural, middle class, conservative Trump voters. Was your expectation that your guy was going to try to pass a giant tax cut for rich, urban elitist, liberals like me, just so they can cut your Medicare benefits? Just wondering.
28
346
900
Running businesses well is super hard. The people who do it well are often extremely talented. But good ballet dancers are also extremely talented. We do not often recruit them to run large businesses. Be highly suspect of business leaders as political leaders.
32
166
849
Lots of my rich pal's are made super uncomfortable by this "Abolish billionaire's" talk. But it beats the shit out of "Kill all the billionaire's and take their stuff" talk, which is soon coming. Maybe we should raise wages. Just sayin....
"The billionaire class is the modern, capitalist equivalent of the feudal landed gentry." jacobinmag.com/2019/03/billi…
51
187
861
Pathogens are a fact of life. Pandemics are a product of governing incompetence, wishful thinking and ignorance. This is @realDonaldTrump 's report card. "F".
21
365
804
I believe that Trump may have finally branded himself forever today. Our "So-called President". Perfect.
31
359
802
I won't lie. I would actually enjoy watching the secret service drag Trump, and his entire family out of the White House by their hair and in hadcuffs. Go ahead, mother fucker. Don't concede.
48
89
834
One of my close friends ( who can afford literally anything) just bought the new E-Mustang. Says it is absolutely amazing.
85
40
781
Staggering irony that poor, rural conservative Trump voters will give up health care so rich, urban liberals like me can get huge tax cuts.
34
412
794
My Latest: “Like many rich Americans, I used to think better schools could heal the country’s ills,” writes @NickHanauer, “but I was wrong.” theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
100
304
867
It's almost as if he has no fucking idea what he is talking about.
Howard Schultz: “I should pay more taxes.”
Ok. How much more?
“I don’t know what the number is. What I’m saying is we need comprehensive tax reform.”
How about a ballpark figure?
“Seventy percent is a punitive number.”
What’s not punitive?
“I don’t know what the number is."
30
117
793
Exactly. If capitalism were held to a reasonable standard, we would not need philanthropy.
Fuck philanthropy, just pay your damn taxes and provide all your employees a dignified workplace and a middle-class wage.
ny.curbed.com/2018/11/15/180…
19
178
743
"Bosses like me have had the power to force employees to work overtime for free. It's time to remind Americans overtime pay is a fundamental right." Thanks to @businessinsider for letting me write on the importance of restoring the overtime threshold. businessinsider.com/overtime…
32
345
673
Wall Street appeared to realize today that those big tax cuts won’t mean much if Republicans eliminate the rule of law.
17
196
603
Our leaders believe you grow the economy from the middle out, and they govern that way. They understand the role of government is to solve problems and improve people’s lives. 2/8
14
26
689
26,017
If we can give the rich a $trillion dollar tax cut, we can give a $trillion in relief to the folks carrying student debt. 45 million of our fellow citizens.
Average student loan debt in the US is ~$30k (LOTS have more)
Many won’t fully feel $10k in forgiveness until after a Biden presidency is over, when they’ve spent 10 years paying off the other $20k+
Dems should be championing policy that people can feel ASAP. We need to go big.
26
134
639
Increasing the minimum wage to $15 immediately, particularly on large employers, would be enormously beneficial to the economy. Bonus: no increase in federal spending or taxpayer dollars.
Glad to see @JoeBiden plan calls for $15 minimum wage right away. Lowest earners won't have much leverage as we contain the pandemic and economy re-opens. Increasing the minimum wage will help. @Noahpinion noahpinion.substack.com/p/wh…
21
97
602
If you think this is intense, wait till people really lose their health care.
Anger boils over at town halls as constituents confront Republicans and vent their outrage over the GOP health bill snpy.tv/2pHzflA
24
318
614
The pitchforks are coming. And when they are here, there will not be a hole you can dig deep enough to hide from them. Gonna make paying people enough to live in dignity seem really really cheap.
26
179
664
Hey working and middle class Trump voters. Our so-called president tweets a lot about Muslims. Not so much about raising your wages. Why?
24
286
601
Trickle down economics is believing that $1 trillion in tax cuts for rich people creates growth, but paying federal workers 2% more will bankrupt the country
NEWS: President Trump says he's eliminating a pay raise for civilian federal employees slated for 2019 in order to "put our Nation on a fiscally sustainable course."
15
256
627
There is a particular type of personality and ego type that ends up being a charismatic business leader. These people are usually the last people who you would want to put in charge of a democratic process.
7
104
567
Biden is reminding us that a thriving middle class isn’t the consequence of economic growth, it is the cause of economic growth. He’s the first post-Reagan President, advancing a new understanding of the economy that breaks from a trickle-down worldview.
democracyjournal.org/argumen…
9
180
539
Your daily reminder that @realDonaldTrump has donated zero dollars to his own campaign, even though he is getting outspent 2:1 by Biden. Inquiring minds wonder why??
"Mr. Trump has so far donated nothing to his re-election campaign, even as it has spent millions on his private businesses, and some top aides are reluctant to directly request that he dip into his own bank account." @ShaneGoldmacher and me nytimes.com/2020/10/22/us/po…
63
129
556
Capitalism offers a perfect solution for this problem. Raise wages.
Retailers are scrambling to recruit workers for the holiday season in a tight labor market. on.wsj.com/2ywSiYv
21
185
593
People who are accustomed to other people snapping to attention when they walk into a room, and scurrying around trying to implement their commands and vision, are usually paralyzed and or enraged in circumstances where people openly disagree and where power is diffuse.
5
105
533
Wage theft should be criminalized. There is no earthy reason why someone who steals a TV worth $500 is sent to jail, but someone who steals $1000's or more from many people gets fined, at most. Wage theft is greater than all other theft combined.
Wage Theft >> Twin brothers who ran construction company stole 1000s of dollars from their immigrant workers
One brother responded to a worker's request to be paid by pulling out a knife & with his other hand, repeatedly punching the worker in the head
nytimes.com/2023/02/24/nyreg…
14
146
529
61,948
As many of you know, I think a lot about Neoliberalism, and the degree to which it has harmed our country. In the midst of this crisis, the anti-collective action, anti-government, libertarian nonsense this ideology represents becomes more vivd- and deadly.
22
176
541
Polls show African American's support of @realDonaldTrump approaches 0%, proving they are the only sane and intelligent voting block in USA.
23
352
524
Long rant: So earlier today, I got into a spat over the $15 minimum wage with @JamesSurowiecki and @noamscheiber. Because this disagreement over whether there is a mechanical relationship between raising wages and less jobs is incredibly consequential, I wanted to say more.
45
192
564
Republicans hate Obamacare for one simple reason. It taxes the rich to help the poor. Everything else they say is a distraction. Share!!
21
373
558
Democracies cannot survive unless a majority of the citizens believe that it serves their interests. Today, Democrats took a crucial step towards delivering the biggest proof point in a generation that government can help. More is needed, including $15 min wage, etc.
11
96
529
If you’re a typical college-educated American worker, your annual pay should be somewhere between $48,000 and $63,000 higher per year than it is now. Where’d that money go? For the last 45 years, it’s been funneled to the wealthiest Americans.
time.com/5888024/50-trillion…
10
353
553
When you invest in working people, the economy grows! We are a top state for workers and business. Growing everyone’s paychecks leads to enviable growth throughout the economy. 3/8
7
25
540
26,612
Capitalism has a ready answer to this problem. Raise your fucking wages, asshole.
Dunkin' Donuts CEO told us on WDYM yesterday that without a doubt their biggest business problem rn is lack of labor bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…
28
168
485
Well, in one hour I've gotten 12,500 likes, 1700 retweets and 650 comments, 95% of which are some form of "me too". So other than that, no one cares, particularly your 25 followers.
40
8
496
But you happily voted for a trillion dollar give away to the rich and big corporations.
I voted against the $1.9 trillion #COVID19 package because it’s full of wasteful spending unrelated to urgent pandemic needs. Republicans, in good faith, sought to negotiate a compromise bill that would have targeted COVID assistance to those who really need it.
24
101
477
You asked, "what’s the deal with Washington state?” The answer couldn’t be more obvious. Our leaders have done more to grow the economy from the middle out than just about any place in America. When you deliver for voters, voters deliver for you. Period. 7/8
7
25
514
19,334
Coolest. Thing. Ever. Scientists re-discover the lost formula of Roman Concrete and it kicks our concrete's ass. businessweek.com/articles/20…
40
1,304
536
You know what is massively risky?? Spending twice as much per person on health care as every other advanced society, without covering everyone, with worse outcomes.
Embracing true single payer insurance is a worthy ambition, but massively risky nymag.com/intelligencer/2019…
13
137
484
My friend @Noahpinion is wrong. The only people who cannot answer this question are neo-classically trained economists, clinging to their models. Everyone else knows that wages fell because worker power fell. That's it. End of story.
Why don't workers get the full benefit of rising productivity? No one has good answers bloom.bg/2ikTOlR
28
249
521
And you wonder why people think capitalists are sociopaths.
Gurner Group founder Tim Gurner tells the Financial Review Property Summit workers have become "arrogant" since COVID and "We've got to kill that attitude." afr.com/politics/federal/alb…
39
91
477
33,436
Let's remind ourselves: Daffy Fucking Duck would make a better president than Trump. This freakout over Bernie Sanders is appalling and stupid. He'll make a terrific president, just like all the other Dem candidates.
28
73
480
The number one physiological trait that predicts whether you will be conservative is "threat sensitivity". These folks can work themselves up about literally anything.
On Newsmax, Rep. Jerry Carl (R-AL) encourages parents to go through kids' Halloween candy to look for rainbow fentanyl, just like his mom did when she was worried about razors in apples
43
96
446
Capitalism has a ready answer to this problem. Raise fucking wages.
A nationwide truck shortage is forcing thousands of shippers into a tough choice: postpone all but the most important deliveries, or pay dearly to jump to the front of the line wsj.com/articles/a-shortage-…
19
131
455
This is pure idiocy. Everyone knows why we are fatter. The fucking poison fed to us by Big AG and Big Food. Sugar mixed with fat in every processed food.
In 1976, 15% of American adults were obese. Now it’s nearly 40%. No one really knows why bodies have changed so much.
"This idea that people should eat less and exercise more — if only it were so simple."
nyti.ms/2EMDhn4
33
110
467
Fer fucksakes, @ericschmidt it’s called a union. Or a $15 minimum wage. Or an increase in the overtime threshold. This is not complicated, unless you are a neoliberal.
Let's find ideas that can increase the wages of 100,000 low and moderate income workers by at least $10,000. Delighted to support call for ideas for a "unicorn for the middle class" - JFF's $1 billion Wage Gain Challenge. @SchmidtFutures @jfftweets jff.org/1-billion-wage-gain-…
20
99
435
Serious question: Why do white supremacists always look like they have suffered some kind of brain damage?
89
35
478
Our greatest political problem are sociopaths with power.
Peter Thiel: "Our greatest political problem is the problem of political correctness." #SundayFutures @MariaBartiromo bit.ly/2FLhb68
9
100
425
This "middle-out" tweet of the President's is far more than a slogan. He is literally re-teaching everyday Americans about economic cause and effect. This is the role narrative plays in human cognition.
I am sick and tired of trickle-down economics. It has never worked.
We're building an economy from the bottom up and middle out.
4
85
408
This is what culture and norm change looks like.
In a big boost to the Fight for $15, McDonald's say it will no longer fight against minimum wage increases at the federal, state or local level.
politico.com/story/2019/03/2…
18
69
448
How's everybody feeling about that trillion dollar tax cut for the rich and big corporations Trump and Republican's passed a year ago? Too bad we don't have that money to save lives and small businesses today!
28
121
455
And it’s not just economics. We also work hard at solving the problems voters care about: passing laws to tackle gun violence and climate change, and investments in education. And we protect our natural places and manage our natural resources wisely. 4/8
3
16
456
25,018
I have the perfect response to those 23 Republican states rejecting federal unemployment benefits. Take all that money and divide it up among the states accepting the money. $600 per week better than $300. Cc @RonaldKlain @POTUS
9
89
409
How do we know voters like all this? For years, many of these polices passed on the ballot with huge majorities. MAGA reactionaries just tried to run a slate of initiatives to roll back this progress. Voters overwhelmingly rejected them! 6/8 geekwire.com/2024/washington…
6
22
453
20,980
No wonder your neighbor beat the shit out of you. You are a complete asshole.
Time to investigate high ranking Obama government officials who might have colluded to prevent the election of @realDonaldTrump! This could be WORSE than Watergate!
27
105
400
Raising wages doesn't kill jobs- it creates them- Higher Minimum Wages Support Job Growth as the Economy Recovers From COVID-19 americanprogress.org/article…
17
103
407
76,992
The thing that disqualifies Trump isn't just that he is a racist, but that he is a moron. read.bi/1ZkBIhe via @bi_politics
42
251
419
I think that the word “conservative” has lost its meaning and does not in any way describe the modern Republican Party. I propose the word “Regressive” as a way to describe the selfish, racist, misogynistic, and fact intolerant modern Republican. What say you Twitter?
48
74
428
Every year, $2.5 trillion—that's trillion, with a “t”—is redistributed from the bottom 90 percent of Americans to the wealthiest 1 percent. That $50 trillion used to go to working Americans. It’s instead been rerouted to the pockets of the top 1 percent. time.com/5888024/50-trillion…
24
285
417
Like everywhere, we have problems that still need to be addressed. Housing is top of the list. And we have work to do to address addiction, fentanyl, and mental health. But rather than bury their heads in the sand, our leaders are hard at work trying to tackle these problems. 5/8
6
18
436
23,058
.@SenWarren agrees- Fighting Trickle Down means naming it. Making the rich richer and the poor poorer since FOREVER
28
231
395
The president of the United States is a fucking moron. Stunning.
Trump's 'Irish proverb' appears to be a poem by a Nigerian banker who wrote it in college cnn.it/2mBU0gg
21
143
390
Our so-called president is learning that when public servants alert media to his admin's treason, it isn't leaking, it is patriotism.
15
113
422
This circumstance creates a temperament and skill set that is completely unmatched to the requirements of running something where literally no one has to do what you say, and where many people actively are trying to subvert you.
5
55
392
Dude.Your family isn't homeless. Your kid doesn't have cancer. You aren't a solider, police officer, or fire fighter in (actual) harm's way. You are a billionaire running a tech company that has challenges. The only real personal risk here is to your ego. You need to man up.
Elon Musk reveals his 'difficult and painful year' in emotional interview trib.al/fYRrkKq
17
82
406
There is only one lever available to us to mitigate the impact of all of this on the country and the broader citizenry- a strategy we have not employed in 60 years. It is incredibly simple. Tax the fuck out of the rich. Trust me. We have tons of money.
7
92
366
Do you know what policies will pay for themselves?
1) Forgiving all college debt
2) Making higher ed affordable for all
3) Medicare for all
4) A green new deal
17
127
410
The best way to bring down executive pay is to require corporations to pay workers more- a lot more. The median worker should get a 100% raise to catch them back up with economic growth over the last 45 years. Do that, and exec pay comes down a lot.
It would be nice if progressives had more interest in bringing down CEO pay, but that is too simple cepr.net/are-corporate-ceos-… We need lower pay at the top if we want to have substantial pay rises at the middle and bottom
14
82
380
This may be the most egregiously awful thing I’ve heard yet. The fact that this ass-clown can suggest this, and not fear for his life is proof positive that Neoliberalism is a worse infection than Covid 19. Fuck you John Mackey.
Whole Foods CEO suggests employees who are not sick "donate" their vacation time to employees who are sick: vice.com/en_us/article/93988…
31
97
379