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Rich

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The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I'm like, dude, how little do you understand about the Middle East and energy prices to think that there was a scenario where you can

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

beheaded an authoritarian regime and have it not have global consequences including economic consequences with energy prices i mean gas has gone up what 60 cents a gallon 70 cents a gallon like every day it's like 12 cents more so it will have gone up another dollar a gallon by the time everybody hears this episode so yeah because i got a fucking road trip to do this weekend i'm pumped it's gonna be great get one of those teslas

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

They signed one of those 700-year contracts.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I mean, they fired all the... They fired all the inspectors general, like, over a year ago now.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I could not figure out a way to spend that much money.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I mean, besides like,

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

Or like, could you buy like a, you could buy like NASA.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

But if they just put that on the list, like 50 billion for weapons, people would be like, yeah, that tracks.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I think he's still there.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I think he took a mobility move.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

I think I heard that somewhere, right?

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

That's a great subject because I was looking that up.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

to potentially cover it in a video the other day.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

And so all the numbers are fairly top of mind, but NPR's analysis, which is correct, was able to prove that they saved $2.4 billion.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

Of course, Elon Musk, the max he said was 150 billion before.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

And that was of course, after they cut it from 2 trillion to 1 trillion to 250 billion.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

So 2.4 billion is the,

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

Is the max on the one side of the balance sheet.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

The other side, they estimate, I think, $50 or $80 billion in lost tax revenue because of all of the lack of oversight.

The Find Out Podcast
Why We Should Still Compete in Safe Red Districts

And so the net impact is like 20x, 30x in the red.