David Sachs
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on Saturday, December 7, I think the VIP sold out, there's still some tickets left, go to all in comm slash events. And if you can't make it to San Francisco, I think you can buy a ticket for $50 on on the zoom. I think we're gonna have it on zoom. Is that right? Am I do I have my facts straight there, Freeburg?
on Saturday, December 7, I think the VIP sold out, there's still some tickets left, go to all in comm slash events. And if you can't make it to San Francisco, I think you can buy a ticket for $50 on on the zoom. I think we're gonna have it on zoom. Is that right? Am I do I have my facts straight there, Freeburg?
True that. All right, listen. Bestie Yuan and Bestie Vivek wrote an op-ed, a barn burner, in the Wall Street Journal about DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, and they laid it out. They want to cut overbearing and unnecessary regulation, obviously. They want to cut unnecessary administrative roles, save taxpayers money. They want to run it by founders, not politicians, helping...
True that. All right, listen. Bestie Yuan and Bestie Vivek wrote an op-ed, a barn burner, in the Wall Street Journal about DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, and they laid it out. They want to cut overbearing and unnecessary regulation, obviously. They want to cut unnecessary administrative roles, save taxpayers money. They want to run it by founders, not politicians, helping...
the trump transition team find a way to hire quote a lean team of small government crusaders team's going to work closely with the white house office of management and budget here's the plan first take aim at 500 billion in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by congress then fix the government's procurement process by conducting massive audits during temporary payment suspensions this is an interesting playbook
the trump transition team find a way to hire quote a lean team of small government crusaders team's going to work closely with the white house office of management and budget here's the plan first take aim at 500 billion in annual federal expenditures that are unauthorized by congress then fix the government's procurement process by conducting massive audits during temporary payment suspensions this is an interesting playbook
that elon has done before so basically suspend all the payments and hey let everybody audit those payments drive change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than passing new laws and two scotus rulings are going to play a major role here West Virginia versus EPA.
that elon has done before so basically suspend all the payments and hey let everybody audit those payments drive change through executive action based on existing legislation rather than passing new laws and two scotus rulings are going to play a major role here West Virginia versus EPA.
That's when SCOTUS ruled that federal agencies can't impose regulations dealing with major economic or policy questions unless Congress authorizes them to do so. And Luper Bright versus Raimondo. That's from 2024. And that overturned the Chevron doctrine. We talked about that on a previous episode. episode.
That's when SCOTUS ruled that federal agencies can't impose regulations dealing with major economic or policy questions unless Congress authorizes them to do so. And Luper Bright versus Raimondo. That's from 2024. And that overturned the Chevron doctrine. We talked about that on a previous episode. episode.
So according to Doge, when combined, quote, these cases suggest that a plethora of current federal regulations exceed the authority Congress has granted under the law. Doge will use software and legal experts to create a list of regulations that Trump can immediately pause. They're going to make some sort of a leaderboard, Elon said, and
So according to Doge, when combined, quote, these cases suggest that a plethora of current federal regulations exceed the authority Congress has granted under the law. Doge will use software and legal experts to create a list of regulations that Trump can immediately pause. They're going to make some sort of a leaderboard, Elon said, and
vivek said he would do he suspended his existing podcast i didn't know he had a podcast but he's doing a doge cast a doge podcast and so freeberg this has been you know a major issue for you you've been talking about on this podcast that the unsustainable existential issue for our country is all of the debt we have what are the chances
vivek said he would do he suspended his existing podcast i didn't know he had a podcast but he's doing a doge cast a doge podcast and so freeberg this has been you know a major issue for you you've been talking about on this podcast that the unsustainable existential issue for our country is all of the debt we have what are the chances
that this is going to occur because obviously we all know the machine is going to fight to preserve the machine. Chances that we are sitting here in four years and we've seen meaningful cuts in spending and a meaningful reduction in size of the government.
that this is going to occur because obviously we all know the machine is going to fight to preserve the machine. Chances that we are sitting here in four years and we've seen meaningful cuts in spending and a meaningful reduction in size of the government.
Yeah, great rant. And we had a Milton Friedman clip go viral and he spoke exactly about his positions on what he would eliminate departments like agriculture, commerce, education. Let's just play that clip. And then there was obviously the Malay interview by Lex Friedman earlier this week.
Yeah, great rant. And we had a Milton Friedman clip go viral and he spoke exactly about his positions on what he would eliminate departments like agriculture, commerce, education. Let's just play that clip. And then there was obviously the Malay interview by Lex Friedman earlier this week.
Sachs, you see that clip? You see the activity going on with Doge. Do you think that the machine will allow what Milton Friedman is describing there, what Javier Amelay is doing in Argentina, and what Elon is proposing with Doge? Do you think the machine's going to allow
Sachs, you see that clip? You see the activity going on with Doge. Do you think that the machine will allow what Milton Friedman is describing there, what Javier Amelay is doing in Argentina, and what Elon is proposing with Doge? Do you think the machine's going to allow