Bill Kristol

He has a stupid economic theory.

And I guess that's true to some degree.

And obviously he does believe in that, I guess.

But so much of that is also a grift.

I mean, it's all, this is where I guess I've now lost any faith that anything they do is, I mean, the tax bill,

At one point, I would have said, well, that's just Reagan kind of tax theory taken to an extreme and foolish and so forth.

But nonetheless, you can see why they think it's good for the country.

But I also think now the most simple-minded, if I can put it this way, neo-Marxist explanation is probably correct that, you know what?

They want more money.

So they've passed a tax bill that gives them more money.

Yeah, and God knows what money is trading hands with various family members and other friends to make this one happen.

And the Honduran one that Ant wrote about, they promised to pardon the

former Honduran president who was convicted in the U.S.

of financial crimes.

I mean, this is not like, oh, maybe he got railroaded in some third world country, you know.

And he's been, I guess, promised pardon, promised clemency.

And that turns out all to be, I thought at one point that was maybe he just liked him because he was a fellow kind of authoritarian right-winger.

Which is true also.

But it turns out there's a big financial connection there with Trump supporters, right?

And it's all about Bitcoin and stuff.