Robby Starbuck

You couldn't be more right, though, that I think an overarching theme of what we need people to understand is that we need a much smaller government. Our government is way too large. It does way too many things. A good example of this is NASA, right? So NASA at one point served a purpose, and I think it did some great things.

You couldn't be more right, though, that I think an overarching theme of what we need people to understand is that we need a much smaller government. Our government is way too large. It does way too many things. A good example of this is NASA, right? So NASA at one point served a purpose, and I think it did some great things.

However, inevitably what happens is as you get further down the lane, it bloats into this big – entity like the DMV, right? And everything is slower, their skills diminish. And you see today, you know, the reality is SpaceX can do what NASA can't do. They can do it for 20 times cheaper, 20 times faster.

However, inevitably what happens is as you get further down the lane, it bloats into this big – entity like the DMV, right? And everything is slower, their skills diminish. And you see today, you know, the reality is SpaceX can do what NASA can't do. They can do it for 20 times cheaper, 20 times faster.

And maybe that's actually even underselling SpaceX's capabilities because that was the case in 2008. They were already able to do things 20 times cheaper, 20 times faster. So today it's vastly beyond that, right? And so If you look at every agency of our government, there is a private way to do it that would be more efficient and would be done cheaper.

And maybe that's actually even underselling SpaceX's capabilities because that was the case in 2008. They were already able to do things 20 times cheaper, 20 times faster. So today it's vastly beyond that, right? And so If you look at every agency of our government, there is a private way to do it that would be more efficient and would be done cheaper.

And that's simply just the reality of it, you know, with maybe a few exceptions like defense, where you really want to have a cohesive national policy and have it dictated by the commander in chief. The vast majority of these things, though, could be done with much more efficiency outside of government.

And that's simply just the reality of it, you know, with maybe a few exceptions like defense, where you really want to have a cohesive national policy and have it dictated by the commander in chief. The vast majority of these things, though, could be done with much more efficiency outside of government.

I don't think they've ever actually watched any space launches over there. I think that's something a producer told them in their ear. They don't seem like big space fans to me. I, however, am a gigantic nerd. So I've watched way too many of them, more than I'd like to admit. And the truth is NASA is not able to really functionally do almost anything SpaceX does. They lost the ability to do that.

I don't think they've ever actually watched any space launches over there. I think that's something a producer told them in their ear. They don't seem like big space fans to me. I, however, am a gigantic nerd. So I've watched way too many of them, more than I'd like to admit. And the truth is NASA is not able to really functionally do almost anything SpaceX does. They lost the ability to do that.

a little over a decade ago. Actually, a little more than that now. I feel like I'm getting older. It's more like 15 years ago. They really lost a lot of these capabilities. And they just simply didn't advance with a lot of the technology. They serve primary functions that are very important in space. But I think...

a little over a decade ago. Actually, a little more than that now. I feel like I'm getting older. It's more like 15 years ago. They really lost a lot of these capabilities. And they just simply didn't advance with a lot of the technology. They serve primary functions that are very important in space. But I think...

We did a service to the American people and saved them a lot of money by shifting how we spent our money when it came to launches. And it's simply, I mean, if you go back in time and you say, NASA, we want to make you able to do everything SpaceX does, we would have spent probably 200 times the amount we spent with SpaceX to do the very same thing.

We did a service to the American people and saved them a lot of money by shifting how we spent our money when it came to launches. And it's simply, I mean, if you go back in time and you say, NASA, we want to make you able to do everything SpaceX does, we would have spent probably 200 times the amount we spent with SpaceX to do the very same thing.

And now, you know, I always relate this back to people's normal lives, like the DMV. How good does it sound to have DMV workers actually be culpable for their behavior, right? I mean, like if you were able to actually take a DMV employee's behavior to their manager and say, hey, they did this for the last two hours.

And now, you know, I always relate this back to people's normal lives, like the DMV. How good does it sound to have DMV workers actually be culpable for their behavior, right? I mean, like if you were able to actually take a DMV employee's behavior to their manager and say, hey, they did this for the last two hours.

I mean, maybe I've just had terrible experiences at the DMV my whole life, but I don't think I've ever met a nice person who worked there. They were always rude, always took forever. It was always a terrible experience. And so it sounds nice to have it be a private business where they actually have a boss to answer to and they can actually lose their job for being rude and inefficient.

I mean, maybe I've just had terrible experiences at the DMV my whole life, but I don't think I've ever met a nice person who worked there. They were always rude, always took forever. It was always a terrible experience. And so it sounds nice to have it be a private business where they actually have a boss to answer to and they can actually lose their job for being rude and inefficient.

Bukele is a good example of this in El Salvador. He's taken broad authority of defense and of that monopoly of violence, and he's used it to make people safer who are actual law-abiding good people.

Bukele is a good example of this in El Salvador. He's taken broad authority of defense and of that monopoly of violence, and he's used it to make people safer who are actual law-abiding good people.