Pete Buttigieg
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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.
So I would love, in theory, a department of government efficiency that was actually about government efficiency.
I think that would make tons of sense.
I think that would make tons of sense.