Doug Burgum
speaker
1,008 appearances
32 recordings
11 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 5 Jun
Doug Burgum’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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and in the process we focused on trying to make sure that we gave everybody that was working for us the tools so that they could have more meaningful and more purposeful jobs and so you we can make government better and less expensive at the same time those two things can happen and i'm excited about the work that doge is doing because they're setting a fast pace and that's what it's going to take to turn something that is this scale the scale of federal government is enormous
And the action that's going on right now gives me hope that we're actually going to be able to make a historic change in right-sizing the government. And that's a win. That's a win for everyone, for their kids and their grandkids. Because if we balance the budget, that's going to lower interest rates for sure. And then everybody's mortgage is going to cost less. Your car payment's costing less.
Your taxes should cost less. I mean, the biggest item right now in the federal government is interest on the debt. I mean, that's the number one expense. So, you know, if we don't tackle some of these core fundamental issues that are a real threat to the future of this country, we're not going to have a future to debate about.
So I'm excited that there's real focus and attention on getting the fiscal house in order here. And it gets me very optimistic about our future.
Well, likewise, John, and thanks for having me on the show today and grateful for all you do and grateful for your audience. You've got such a loyal, great audience that's always learning from you. So thanks for letting me be a small part of it.
Right now, we're flying over a thing called the Gulf of America.
We've got to realize that if you shut down U.S. energy production here, it doesn't help the global environment. That's a false tradeoff. It doesn't help because somebody else produces it someplace else, less cleaner than we do.
In a former life, I developed both baseload and intermittent resources. I don't want the word baseload to be code for no renewables. That's not what you're saying, is it?
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