Jared Polis

But I said, whatever is happening here, please try to wrap this up in the next few months because investment is frozen. Nobody can plan. The uncertainty is the enemy of prosperity and the business.

So whatever level we're going to wind up at, we've got to figure this out for your own benefit, Mr. President, in the next few months because if this goes on for four years, the uncertainty alone will cause a recession.

So whatever level we're going to wind up at, we've got to figure this out for your own benefit, Mr. President, in the next few months because if this goes on for four years, the uncertainty alone will cause a recession.

So whatever level we're going to wind up at, we've got to figure this out for your own benefit, Mr. President, in the next few months because if this goes on for four years, the uncertainty alone will cause a recession.

No. No, no. As I said, I hope that somehow if we come out of this with, I'm not holding my breath, but less tariffs, less restrictions on trade, that would be wonderful. I was just speaking for myself.

No. No, no. As I said, I hope that somehow if we come out of this with, I'm not holding my breath, but less tariffs, less restrictions on trade, that would be wonderful. I was just speaking for myself.

No. No, no. As I said, I hope that somehow if we come out of this with, I'm not holding my breath, but less tariffs, less restrictions on trade, that would be wonderful. I was just speaking for myself.

As far as we can tell, there's no rhyme or reason to the cuts. Now, obviously, we want things that are wasteful to be cut. But an example of this sort of wrecking ball approach was they actually laid off a lot of the folks involved with fire prevention, park management in Colorado, which are incredibly important.

As far as we can tell, there's no rhyme or reason to the cuts. Now, obviously, we want things that are wasteful to be cut. But an example of this sort of wrecking ball approach was they actually laid off a lot of the folks involved with fire prevention, park management in Colorado, which are incredibly important.

As far as we can tell, there's no rhyme or reason to the cuts. Now, obviously, we want things that are wasteful to be cut. But an example of this sort of wrecking ball approach was they actually laid off a lot of the folks involved with fire prevention, park management in Colorado, which are incredibly important.

So not the firefighters themselves, but the road maintenance, how you get to fires to fight them, forest management. So these are folks that are, in our view, and I think the view of any rational government on the left or right, small government, big government. I mean, this is like a core function thing, right? So we hope that they reverse that. No idea if they will.

So not the firefighters themselves, but the road maintenance, how you get to fires to fight them, forest management. So these are folks that are, in our view, and I think the view of any rational government on the left or right, small government, big government. I mean, this is like a core function thing, right? So we hope that they reverse that. No idea if they will.

So not the firefighters themselves, but the road maintenance, how you get to fires to fight them, forest management. So these are folks that are, in our view, and I think the view of any rational government on the left or right, small government, big government. I mean, this is like a core function thing, right? So we hope that they reverse that. No idea if they will.

That's right. For every government program, you should ask really two questions. First is, should we even be doing this? And there's absolutely things that are being done that are counterproductive that we should not do at every level of government. The second is, okay, we should do this. How can we do it more efficiently? Let's create a more efficient way of doing it.

That's right. For every government program, you should ask really two questions. First is, should we even be doing this? And there's absolutely things that are being done that are counterproductive that we should not do at every level of government. The second is, okay, we should do this. How can we do it more efficiently? Let's create a more efficient way of doing it.

That's right. For every government program, you should ask really two questions. First is, should we even be doing this? And there's absolutely things that are being done that are counterproductive that we should not do at every level of government. The second is, okay, we should do this. How can we do it more efficiently? Let's create a more efficient way of doing it.

It's not just sort of like, who saw? Destroy it all. Like, okay. You know, should we be doing it? And if we should be doing it, how do we do it more officially? Yes, Mitch Daniels absolutely would have been wonderful.

It's not just sort of like, who saw? Destroy it all. Like, okay. You know, should we be doing it? And if we should be doing it, how do we do it more officially? Yes, Mitch Daniels absolutely would have been wonderful.

It's not just sort of like, who saw? Destroy it all. Like, okay. You know, should we be doing it? And if we should be doing it, how do we do it more officially? Yes, Mitch Daniels absolutely would have been wonderful.

You know, again, let's give them the space to see if they hoist themselves on their own petard here, right? Like with trade. As I said, if somehow this leads to lower tariffs and more free trade, That's wonderful. Yeah. That's wonderful.