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Krystal Ball

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391 total appearances

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Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

If you have no interest in looking for that waste with some of these Medicare fraudsters who happen to be also well-connected, one of them is Republican Senator Rick Scott, then you have no interest in actually cutting waste. So this was never truly about cost-cutting. In my opinion, again, it was about power.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

If you have no interest in looking for that waste with some of these Medicare fraudsters who happen to be also well-connected, one of them is Republican Senator Rick Scott, then you have no interest in actually cutting waste. So this was never truly about cost-cutting. In my opinion, again, it was about power.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

If you have no interest in looking for that waste with some of these Medicare fraudsters who happen to be also well-connected, one of them is Republican Senator Rick Scott, then you have no interest in actually cutting waste. So this was never truly about cost-cutting. In my opinion, again, it was about power.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it was an ideological project because Elon Musk is an ideological radical who just does not think there should be government and certainly doesn't want that government checking in on his businesses to see whether or not they're complying with the law. So that's what this thing was really about on that metric.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it was an ideological project because Elon Musk is an ideological radical who just does not think there should be government and certainly doesn't want that government checking in on his businesses to see whether or not they're complying with the law. So that's what this thing was really about on that metric.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it was an ideological project because Elon Musk is an ideological radical who just does not think there should be government and certainly doesn't want that government checking in on his businesses to see whether or not they're complying with the law. So that's what this thing was really about on that metric.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

Perhaps it was a success, but in terms of delivering efficiency or cost cutting in any sort of reasonable way for American people, it's a failure. And the fact that you could turn, you know, anyone, if you just say, oh, should the government be more efficient? Everyone would say yes.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

Perhaps it was a success, but in terms of delivering efficiency or cost cutting in any sort of reasonable way for American people, it's a failure. And the fact that you could turn, you know, anyone, if you just say, oh, should the government be more efficient? Everyone would say yes.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

Perhaps it was a success, but in terms of delivering efficiency or cost cutting in any sort of reasonable way for American people, it's a failure. And the fact that you could turn, you know, anyone, if you just say, oh, should the government be more efficient? Everyone would say yes.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

The fact that you could turn that project into something that is dramatically unpopular is actually pretty incredible.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

The fact that you could turn that project into something that is dramatically unpopular is actually pretty incredible.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

The fact that you could turn that project into something that is dramatically unpopular is actually pretty incredible.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I've noticed that.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I've noticed that.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I've noticed that.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it's possible. I still hold on to a little bit of that skepticism.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it's possible. I still hold on to a little bit of that skepticism.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

I think it's possible. I still hold on to a little bit of that skepticism.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

Yeah, and I really admire what he's done in the state. I think it's remarkable. Here he is, governor of Kentucky, a state that has trended dramatically to the right, and he's the most popular Democratic governor in the country.

Interrupted by Matt Jones
Episode 3 - Krystal Ball

Yeah, and I really admire what he's done in the state. I think it's remarkable. Here he is, governor of Kentucky, a state that has trended dramatically to the right, and he's the most popular Democratic governor in the country.