Russ Vought
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Future generations will have to indict me for me being irresponsible on an existential issue facing our country. So I don't think most people think like that. But in general, I think our Republican coalition is unhealthy and has been for a long time because we have, and if we are, the country will be too secular, too imperialistic and global, and too economic. Right.
Future generations will have to indict me for me being irresponsible on an existential issue facing our country. So I don't think most people think like that. But in general, I think our Republican coalition is unhealthy and has been for a long time because we have, and if we are, the country will be too secular, too imperialistic and global, and too economic. Right.
And I come out of the free market economist lane, right? That's where I got my start. But we're not consumers. Like, the notion that the end of all economic good is consumption, and so consumers get to veto on everything, it's not actually what a citizen in a country and a nation are.
And I come out of the free market economist lane, right? That's where I got my start. But we're not consumers. Like, the notion that the end of all economic good is consumption, and so consumers get to veto on everything, it's not actually what a citizen in a country and a nation are.
And I come out of the free market economist lane, right? That's where I got my start. But we're not consumers. Like, the notion that the end of all economic good is consumption, and so consumers get to veto on everything, it's not actually what a citizen in a country and a nation are.
To economics. So you're not a socialist. I know you're not. No, I'm a free market conservative, right? Of course you are. But I don't believe that just because... Facebook is a corporation, that means that they get to not have to answer questions about how big they are, what they use, what the impact is on our country. Whether they're wrecking my kids' brains.
To economics. So you're not a socialist. I know you're not. No, I'm a free market conservative, right? Of course you are. But I don't believe that just because... Facebook is a corporation, that means that they get to not have to answer questions about how big they are, what they use, what the impact is on our country. Whether they're wrecking my kids' brains.
To economics. So you're not a socialist. I know you're not. No, I'm a free market conservative, right? Of course you are. But I don't believe that just because... Facebook is a corporation, that means that they get to not have to answer questions about how big they are, what they use, what the impact is on our country. Whether they're wrecking my kids' brains.
Amazon giving me, you know, same day service on a book or a, you know, a product is awesome. I love it. But that doesn't mean that everything that Amazon does is something that we shouldn't be thinking through and that our, our, our, Our normal disposition of free market economics may make us bad at assessing companies once they get too big.
Amazon giving me, you know, same day service on a book or a, you know, a product is awesome. I love it. But that doesn't mean that everything that Amazon does is something that we shouldn't be thinking through and that our, our, our, Our normal disposition of free market economics may make us bad at assessing companies once they get too big.
Amazon giving me, you know, same day service on a book or a, you know, a product is awesome. I love it. But that doesn't mean that everything that Amazon does is something that we shouldn't be thinking through and that our, our, our, Our normal disposition of free market economics may make us bad at assessing companies once they get too big.
Did you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. I mean, they do in the foreign policy. You're a useful idiot for Russia. Wait, they call you a useful idiot for Russia? Well, they're saying that about Tulsi. They say that about Tulsi, right? Yeah. I've lived that, yes. You've seen that? I have, yeah.
Did you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. I mean, they do in the foreign policy. You're a useful idiot for Russia. Wait, they call you a useful idiot for Russia? Well, they're saying that about Tulsi. They say that about Tulsi, right? Yeah. I've lived that, yes. You've seen that? I have, yeah.
Did you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. I mean, they do in the foreign policy. You're a useful idiot for Russia. Wait, they call you a useful idiot for Russia? Well, they're saying that about Tulsi. They say that about Tulsi, right? Yeah. I've lived that, yes. You've seen that? I have, yeah.
In every one of these things, when they don't want to have the conversation, they shut it down with a slur. Of course.
In every one of these things, when they don't want to have the conversation, they shut it down with a slur. Of course.
In every one of these things, when they don't want to have the conversation, they shut it down with a slur. Of course.
And that's where if the coalition was working, you'd have a lot more interesting conversations. You'd have your Christian conservatives being upset with that, having debates with the free market coalition to say, where's a place that we can land in ways that previously the conversation wasn't? Because in this to say, okay, that's something that would come out of the mouths of our adversaries.
And that's where if the coalition was working, you'd have a lot more interesting conversations. You'd have your Christian conservatives being upset with that, having debates with the free market coalition to say, where's a place that we can land in ways that previously the conversation wasn't? Because in this to say, okay, that's something that would come out of the mouths of our adversaries.
And that's where if the coalition was working, you'd have a lot more interesting conversations. You'd have your Christian conservatives being upset with that, having debates with the free market coalition to say, where's a place that we can land in ways that previously the conversation wasn't? Because in this to say, okay, that's something that would come out of the mouths of our adversaries.