Brad (Caller from West Palm Beach)
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Well, it's great to be here, Charlie. And listen, just listening to Rand Paul, your conversation about Saudi Arabia, it's great to be here. You know, I'm actually flying wingman to David Sachs, helping to spread the AI accelerationist theme in this part of the world, and it's going incredibly well. And so I thought your comments were spot on. But let's talk about Invest America.
Well, it's great to be here, Charlie. And listen, just listening to Rand Paul, your conversation about Saudi Arabia, it's great to be here. You know, I'm actually flying wingman to David Sachs, helping to spread the AI accelerationist theme in this part of the world, and it's going incredibly well. And so I thought your comments were spot on. But let's talk about Invest America.
You know, the Ways and Means Committee this week included it in the Reconciliation Act And what it is, it's a very simple idea. It's we want to restore and reconnect people to capitalism by giving every child born in America a $1,000 investment account seeded in the S&P 500. It really acts as a 401k from birth. So think about... 3.7 million kids born every year in the United States.
You know, the Ways and Means Committee this week included it in the Reconciliation Act And what it is, it's a very simple idea. It's we want to restore and reconnect people to capitalism by giving every child born in America a $1,000 investment account seeded in the S&P 500. It really acts as a 401k from birth. So think about... 3.7 million kids born every year in the United States.
They each get a private account. They own title to that account. Their family can add money to the account, right? It's hard to set up an account when you have a kid. So the family can put in money. The employers can put in money. So companies, Dell Corporation.
They each get a private account. They own title to that account. Their family can add money to the account, right? It's hard to set up an account when you have a kid. So the family can put in money. The employers can put in money. So companies, Dell Corporation.
Uber Corporation, Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, et cetera, have all said that if we set this up, they'll add money to the accounts of their kids and their employees. We've had states suggest that they will add money to the accounts, states like Maine, where they already set up accounts at birth. So I think this is really just setting up a financial infrastructure that will unleash
Uber Corporation, Nvidia, AMD, Oracle, et cetera, have all said that if we set this up, they'll add money to the accounts of their kids and their employees. We've had states suggest that they will add money to the accounts, states like Maine, where they already set up accounts at birth. So I think this is really just setting up a financial infrastructure that will unleash
capitalism by making every child born a capitalist and aligning them with the upside of free enterprise. So we're really excited that the House Ways and Means Committee led by Jason Smith took the leadership along with Mike Johnson to put it in the House's draft version of the reconciliation bill. We have a lot of support in the Senate.
capitalism by making every child born a capitalist and aligning them with the upside of free enterprise. So we're really excited that the House Ways and Means Committee led by Jason Smith took the leadership along with Mike Johnson to put it in the House's draft version of the reconciliation bill. We have a lot of support in the Senate.
Right here. Invest America account on your phone. You see that you own a little slice of Apple, a Berkshire Hathaway, you know, of NVIDIA. It reconnects everybody with that. You know, we know the president. He's probably going to call them the Trump accounts, but they're going to be 40 million kids.
Right here. Invest America account on your phone. You see that you own a little slice of Apple, a Berkshire Hathaway, you know, of NVIDIA. It reconnects everybody with that. You know, we know the president. He's probably going to call them the Trump accounts, but they're going to be 40 million kids.
If we could get this done, if we can sign it on July 4th of this year, when he passes the Reconciliation Act, then when we have our 250,000, anniversary, July 4th of 2026, we can launch 40 million families and kids with their own private account, their own ownership in the upside of America. What better way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of this country?
If we could get this done, if we can sign it on July 4th of this year, when he passes the Reconciliation Act, then when we have our 250,000, anniversary, July 4th of 2026, we can launch 40 million families and kids with their own private account, their own ownership in the upside of America. What better way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of this country?
than to start everybody off on this journey with a dividend in the upside of the American economy.
than to start everybody off on this journey with a dividend in the upside of the American economy.
More likely to buy a home, more likely to start a business, more likely to pay taxes, more likely to graduate from high school and college, less likely to be in prison because every kid has a shot. They all have skin in the game. It changes their perspective on the country, right? We can't blame
More likely to buy a home, more likely to start a business, more likely to pay taxes, more likely to graduate from high school and college, less likely to be in prison because every kid has a shot. They all have skin in the game. It changes their perspective on the country, right? We can't blame
you know folks when they feel like the system is rigged against them if they never have a shot of owning anything we get everybody in the game from birth they all own an upside in this economy i think it changes everything and remember this is going to be every rural town in america i came from small town indiana every urban block right this is every district every county every town the president is pushing his main street agenda
you know folks when they feel like the system is rigged against them if they never have a shot of owning anything we get everybody in the game from birth they all own an upside in this economy i think it changes everything and remember this is going to be every rural town in america i came from small town indiana every urban block right this is every district every county every town the president is pushing his main street agenda