Francis Suarez

In other words, you implement a piece of legislation and say, oh, we're going to do it for a year. Let's test it out, right? And it's a pilot. And then it goes away. I like what you're saying in terms of, you know, a big part of regulatory culture can probably be phased out over a 15, 20-year period as being anachronistic, right? It just doesn't work anymore.

In other words, you implement a piece of legislation and say, oh, we're going to do it for a year. Let's test it out, right? And it's a pilot. And then it goes away. I like what you're saying in terms of, you know, a big part of regulatory culture can probably be phased out over a 15, 20-year period as being anachronistic, right? It just doesn't work anymore.

Right. And then you have the ability to re-implement it if you think it makes sense. But I think what happens is you go back down to zero. You were asking, and Tony, and I was listening to the conversation, because we did it, like I said, we had to cut our budget by 20% in one year. And part of the problem is Budgeting is like layering, right? It all layers on top of each other.

Right. And then you have the ability to re-implement it if you think it makes sense. But I think what happens is you go back down to zero. You were asking, and Tony, and I was listening to the conversation, because we did it, like I said, we had to cut our budget by 20% in one year. And part of the problem is Budgeting is like layering, right? It all layers on top of each other.

Same as regulation, it layers on top of each other. So if you were to be able to strip it down in a mechanical way, right, in an instantaneous way, as opposed to having to fight the structures. In our case, we were very lucky. There was a state statutory vehicle that allowed us to implement the cuts. Otherwise, we'd have to bargain for them in a union process.

Same as regulation, it layers on top of each other. So if you were to be able to strip it down in a mechanical way, right, in an instantaneous way, as opposed to having to fight the structures. In our case, we were very lucky. There was a state statutory vehicle that allowed us to implement the cuts. Otherwise, we'd have to bargain for them in a union process.

And obviously no one would ever bargain to cut their salaries or never bargain to cut their- Nothing would have happened. Nothing would have happened. We would have been bankrupt. And then a court would have taken us over. We would have looked like a joke. And instead we cut costs and we survived and we thrived, right? Going forward. And by the way, my employees now love me.

And obviously no one would ever bargain to cut their salaries or never bargain to cut their- Nothing would have happened. Nothing would have happened. We would have been bankrupt. And then a court would have taken us over. We would have looked like a joke. And instead we cut costs and we survived and we thrived, right? Going forward. And by the way, my employees now love me.

They were not happy the first couple of years when we did it. But now they, I don't even have to go to a union interview when I run for office. They just support me right away. You want to be governor? I don't think it's quite that simple. I want to dunk. I wouldn't be able to dunk two. Look, I think that I'm a Republican, for those of you who don't know.

They were not happy the first couple of years when we did it. But now they, I don't even have to go to a union interview when I run for office. They just support me right away. You want to be governor? I don't think it's quite that simple. I want to dunk. I wouldn't be able to dunk two. Look, I think that I'm a Republican, for those of you who don't know.

And, you know, the president's already weighed in the Republican primary. I respect the president's perspective. I have a good relationship with Congressman Donald. So I think politics is very circumstantial. We've talked about that a lot in the past. So, you know, things sometimes conspire in your favor. Sometimes things don't, right? And I do think it is circumstantial.

And, you know, the president's already weighed in the Republican primary. I respect the president's perspective. I have a good relationship with Congressman Donald. So I think politics is very circumstantial. We've talked about that a lot in the past. So, you know, things sometimes conspire in your favor. Sometimes things don't, right? And I do think it is circumstantial.

So I think you have to weigh the circumstances. You know, I ran for president because I had a thesis. The thesis was urban voters, Hispanics, and young voters, if they went Republican, would favor the Republican candidate or the Republican candidate would win. And they did. It just wasn't me. Right. It was a different candidate.

So I think you have to weigh the circumstances. You know, I ran for president because I had a thesis. The thesis was urban voters, Hispanics, and young voters, if they went Republican, would favor the Republican candidate or the Republican candidate would win. And they did. It just wasn't me. Right. It was a different candidate.

But, you know, the president did a great job on podcasts, right, going on all these podcasts that, you know, the vice president didn't do. And he got young voters and he got urban voters. Look, the Republicans never going to win Philadelphia. Right. Trump lost Philadelphia to Biden by 85 percent, but he lost Philadelphia to Kamala by 75 percent.

But, you know, the president did a great job on podcasts, right, going on all these podcasts that, you know, the vice president didn't do. And he got young voters and he got urban voters. Look, the Republicans never going to win Philadelphia. Right. Trump lost Philadelphia to Biden by 85 percent, but he lost Philadelphia to Kamala by 75 percent.

And that delta, the 75, 85, that 10 percent delta gave him Pennsylvanian. Yeah, that's the election. Which was such a crucial state, right? Like arguably the winning state. So, you know, Republicans are never going to necessarily win urban votes or the urban population centers throughout America.

And that delta, the 75, 85, that 10 percent delta gave him Pennsylvanian. Yeah, that's the election. Which was such a crucial state, right? Like arguably the winning state. So, you know, Republicans are never going to necessarily win urban votes or the urban population centers throughout America.

But you're also seeing, and I think it's important to note, you're seeing Democratic mayors lose across America. London Breed lost in San Francisco. Yeah. Tashara Jones lost in St. Louis. The mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, lost.

But you're also seeing, and I think it's important to note, you're seeing Democratic mayors lose across America. London Breed lost in San Francisco. Yeah. Tashara Jones lost in St. Louis. The mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, lost.