Pete Buttigieg

I never thought that we were going to create a government EV or that you even needed the government to make sure that a transition to electric happened.

But we did believe that for it to be made in America, for it to happen as quickly as we wanted, and for it to reach people who maybe couldn't afford those initial buy-in costs who we really wanted to help out, that's where there's a role for policy.

But we did believe that for it to be made in America, for it to happen as quickly as we wanted, and for it to reach people who maybe couldn't afford those initial buy-in costs who we really wanted to help out, that's where there's a role for policy.

That's where there's a role for funding.

That's where there's a role for funding.

Look, I love people being entrepreneurial, creating something and doing well by it.

Look, I love people being entrepreneurial, creating something and doing well by it.

I mean, that's the basic idea.

I mean, that's the basic idea.

Yeah, if you create a monopoly, I might not like it.

Yeah, if you create a monopoly, I might not like it.

If you hurt other people, I might not like it.

If you hurt other people, I might not like it.

If you concentrate power into your hands to an extreme extent, I might not like it because that's just not American.

If you concentrate power into your hands to an extreme extent, I might not like it because that's just not American.

But in general, if we're talking about taxation, I just want to make sure people who are really well off do their part to pay into a system that has helped them to thrive because that's what it takes for the next generation to do well and that's what it took for all of us to do well.

But in general, if we're talking about taxation, I just want to make sure people who are really well off do their part to pay into a system that has helped them to thrive because that's what it takes for the next generation to do well and that's what it took for all of us to do well.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So I would love, in theory, a department of government efficiency that was actually about government efficiency.