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Is it a great idea for us to rip everything out of the ocean shelf in Alaska and sell all this incredible land we have that's preserved with nature and trees to foreign governments and people who own our debt? Is this a great idea? Do you have concerns about this versus austerity and maybe not buying as many bombs?
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Okay.
Ben, as we're saying here, do you think maybe we do solar or maybe clean gas here, drill, baby, drill, or... Probably some people in the audience are thinking, well, why don't you rich guys pay 1% more taxes and cut the military 5% and then a little bit of austerity measures on the margin sound like a better strategy?
Ben, as we're saying here, do you think maybe we do solar or maybe clean gas here, drill, baby, drill, or... Probably some people in the audience are thinking, well, why don't you rich guys pay 1% more taxes and cut the military 5% and then a little bit of austerity measures on the margin sound like a better strategy?
Just so you know, Chamath did hit the brakes before he hit that situation. He hit the β he pumped the brakes.
Just so you know, Chamath did hit the brakes before he hit that situation. He hit the β he pumped the brakes.
Yeah. I mean, and to the point of taxes, even if you raise taxes 20% on the rich, it's going to like impact 300 billion a year.
Yeah. I mean, and to the point of taxes, even if you raise taxes 20% on the rich, it's going to like impact 300 billion a year.
We have to stop the spending train. Hey, let's talk about, do we want to go farm or do we want to go science corner? I don't want to have you miss your science corner there, Friedman.
We have to stop the spending train. Hey, let's talk about, do we want to go farm or do we want to go science corner? I don't want to have you miss your science corner there, Friedman.
I mean, I think your point is this is a developing technology. It's early stage and they're stopping it.
I mean, I think your point is this is a developing technology. It's early stage and they're stopping it.
Okay. Let's go to Farmer here. Shout out to Long Hill Picanha Steaks. We'll send you some.
Okay. Let's go to Farmer here. Shout out to Long Hill Picanha Steaks. We'll send you some.
Oh, really?
Oh, really?
Ben, try this place called Long Hill Wagyu. It kicks ass. It's right by me in Austin. It is incredible. And you know, Freiburg doesn't eat meat. It's just the nature of it. Okay. Let's wrap on pharma. Okay. Trump signed an executive order to slash drug prices on Monday. I mean, this is like a great week for Trump. I like everything Trump did this week.
Ben, try this place called Long Hill Wagyu. It kicks ass. It's right by me in Austin. It is incredible. And you know, Freiburg doesn't eat meat. It's just the nature of it. Okay. Let's wrap on pharma. Okay. Trump signed an executive order to slash drug prices on Monday. I mean, this is like a great week for Trump. I like everything Trump did this week.
The goal is to cut prices 30 to 80% by giving the US MFN, if you don't know MFN, it stands for most favored nation status. That's a generic term in business. It means we get to pay the same price of whichever country gets the lowest price for a specific drug. This executive order would cut out the famous middleman. He's talking about PBMs.