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Scott Galloway

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And he brought up something so interesting, and that is- Is he in London? Yeah, he's in London. And he brought up something so interesting. He said, look, effectively, you had Republicans were fiscal budget hawks. They were very concerned about the deficit. And Clinton, who was a moderate, figured out a way to have a surplus.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And he brought up something so interesting, and that is- Is he in London? Yeah, he's in London. And he brought up something so interesting. He said, look, effectively, you had Republicans were fiscal budget hawks. They were very concerned about the deficit. And Clinton, who was a moderate, figured out a way to have a surplus.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And Al Gore said, with my economic plan over the next eight to 10 years, we're going to have $4 to $5 trillion in surpluses. Bush won. And that was really the pivot point, because what Bush did was the following. He convinced, he decided, and the American public has gotten used to this, he decided we can have our cake and eat it too.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And Al Gore said, with my economic plan over the next eight to 10 years, we're going to have $4 to $5 trillion in surpluses. Bush won. And that was really the pivot point, because what Bush did was the following. He convinced, he decided, and the American public has gotten used to this, he decided we can have our cake and eat it too.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And Al Gore said, with my economic plan over the next eight to 10 years, we're going to have $4 to $5 trillion in surpluses. Bush won. And that was really the pivot point, because what Bush did was the following. He convinced, he decided, and the American public has gotten used to this, he decided we can have our cake and eat it too.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And what he did was he decided to go to war and lower taxes at the same time. And nothing really happened in the short term to the markets because we have built up so much borrowing capacity because of the responsible fiscal approach of our predecessors.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And what he did was he decided to go to war and lower taxes at the same time. And nothing really happened in the short term to the markets because we have built up so much borrowing capacity because of the responsible fiscal approach of our predecessors.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And what he did was he decided to go to war and lower taxes at the same time. And nothing really happened in the short term to the markets because we have built up so much borrowing capacity because of the responsible fiscal approach of our predecessors.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And the result is when we decided during W's administration that we could cut taxes and spend more, we began essentially a downward spiral of fiscal irresponsibility that Democrats and Republicans have both taken a play from. that the haunting or the negative impact of deficits don't come to fruition during my administration. So whatever, I'm just going to keep everybody happy.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And the result is when we decided during W's administration that we could cut taxes and spend more, we began essentially a downward spiral of fiscal irresponsibility that Democrats and Republicans have both taken a play from. that the haunting or the negative impact of deficits don't come to fruition during my administration. So whatever, I'm just going to keep everybody happy.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And the result is when we decided during W's administration that we could cut taxes and spend more, we began essentially a downward spiral of fiscal irresponsibility that Democrats and Republicans have both taken a play from. that the haunting or the negative impact of deficits don't come to fruition during my administration. So whatever, I'm just going to keep everybody happy.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

I'm going to the far left and the far right meet around. I know let's cut taxes and I know let's increase social spending. By the way, government expenditures are up $200 billion since Trump took office compared to last year. And also Biden, despite railing against the billionaire class, not paying enough taxes during the Biden administration, taxes went down.

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Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

I'm going to the far left and the far right meet around. I know let's cut taxes and I know let's increase social spending. By the way, government expenditures are up $200 billion since Trump took office compared to last year. And also Biden, despite railing against the billionaire class, not paying enough taxes during the Biden administration, taxes went down.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

I'm going to the far left and the far right meet around. I know let's cut taxes and I know let's increase social spending. By the way, government expenditures are up $200 billion since Trump took office compared to last year. And also Biden, despite railing against the billionaire class, not paying enough taxes during the Biden administration, taxes went down.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

So this is a continuation of the same irresponsible fiscal behavior, but this is a focus and this kind of embodies what America has become about. And that is the bottom 95% are here to optimize the lifestyle and economics of the top 5%.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

So this is a continuation of the same irresponsible fiscal behavior, but this is a focus and this kind of embodies what America has become about. And that is the bottom 95% are here to optimize the lifestyle and economics of the top 5%.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

So this is a continuation of the same irresponsible fiscal behavior, but this is a focus and this kind of embodies what America has become about. And that is the bottom 95% are here to optimize the lifestyle and economics of the top 5%.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And one of the reasons we do this is because the Republicans are very good at representing the top 5% and convincing the top 50 that they'll be there, that Americans are so optimistic, they believe at some point they might be in the top 5%. And because Democrats, quite frankly, just don't want to be serious about, neither side want to be serious about either raising taxes or cutting spending.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And one of the reasons we do this is because the Republicans are very good at representing the top 5% and convincing the top 50 that they'll be there, that Americans are so optimistic, they believe at some point they might be in the top 5%. And because Democrats, quite frankly, just don't want to be serious about, neither side want to be serious about either raising taxes or cutting spending.

Pivot
Elon’s Politics Detox, the ā€œBig, Beautifulā€ Bill's Next Phase, and Open AI's Big Bet

And one of the reasons we do this is because the Republicans are very good at representing the top 5% and convincing the top 50 that they'll be there, that Americans are so optimistic, they believe at some point they might be in the top 5%. And because Democrats, quite frankly, just don't want to be serious about, neither side want to be serious about either raising taxes or cutting spending.