Kevin O'Leary
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Let's say you're going to build...
an aluminum sheet manufacturing facility.
You go to the government there and say, look, this is a huge capex expenditure.
I'm going to hire 2,000 people.
I'm going to build a community center.
I'm going to pay a lot of tax on the profits in your state when I sell the aluminum.
And I'm going to hire all these people who they will also pay tax.
and we will build a school because our workers need a school, and, and, and, and, and.
What can you give me to incentivize me versus the state right beside you, which is willing to give me an incentive package?
No, no, I understand.
But these projects don't actually... Well, no, no, it's also jobs and taxes because you're going to be... And taxes.
Tucker, welcome to America, buddy.
This is how it's gone on for 200 years.
Okay, well, I don't know.
It's a fair comment, but my job is to create a data center, create 2,000 jobs for long-term and 10,000 manufacturing at the beginning or construction.
And I'm obviously looking at multiple sites, and this won't be the last one I build.
I don't see the trade here.
You definitely got that calculation wrong.
By building a data center that trains AI, that provides productivity to the entire nation, we create millions of jobs, high-paying jobs.
So AI is going to create jobs?