Vivek Ramaswamy

To say that I'm going to cut so much that I'm going to take the risk of not just cutting the fat, but also cutting some muscle along the way, that I'm going to take that risk. I can't give you option C, which is to say that I'm going to cut exactly the right amount. I'm going to do it perfectly. Okay. You don't know ex ante. You don't know beforehand that it's exactly how it's going to go.

So that's a meaningless claim. It's only a question of which risk you're going to take. I believe in the moment we live in right now, the second risk is the risk we have to be willing to take. And we haven't had, we haven't had a class of politician. I mean, Donald Trump in 2016 was, I think the closest we've gotten. And I think the second term will be even, even closer to what we need.

So that's a meaningless claim. It's only a question of which risk you're going to take. I believe in the moment we live in right now, the second risk is the risk we have to be willing to take. And we haven't had, we haven't had a class of politician. I mean, Donald Trump in 2016 was, I think the closest we've gotten. And I think the second term will be even, even closer to what we need.

So that's a meaningless claim. It's only a question of which risk you're going to take. I believe in the moment we live in right now, the second risk is the risk we have to be willing to take. And we haven't had, we haven't had a class of politician. I mean, Donald Trump in 2016 was, I think the closest we've gotten. And I think the second term will be even, even closer to what we need.

But short of that, I don't think we've really had a class of politician who has gotten very serious about cutting so much that you're also going to cut some fat, but not only some fat, but also some muscle. That's the risk we have to take. So what would the way I would do it? Seventy five percent headcount reduction across the board in the federal bureaucracy.

But short of that, I don't think we've really had a class of politician who has gotten very serious about cutting so much that you're also going to cut some fat, but not only some fat, but also some muscle. That's the risk we have to take. So what would the way I would do it? Seventy five percent headcount reduction across the board in the federal bureaucracy.

But short of that, I don't think we've really had a class of politician who has gotten very serious about cutting so much that you're also going to cut some fat, but not only some fat, but also some muscle. That's the risk we have to take. So what would the way I would do it? Seventy five percent headcount reduction across the board in the federal bureaucracy.

Send them home packing, shut down agencies that shouldn't exist, rescind every unconstitutional regulation that Congress never passed in a true self-governing democracy. It should be our elected representatives that make the laws and the rules, not an unelected bureaucrats. And that is the single greatest form of economic stimulus we could have in this country.

Send them home packing, shut down agencies that shouldn't exist, rescind every unconstitutional regulation that Congress never passed in a true self-governing democracy. It should be our elected representatives that make the laws and the rules, not an unelected bureaucrats. And that is the single greatest form of economic stimulus we could have in this country.

Send them home packing, shut down agencies that shouldn't exist, rescind every unconstitutional regulation that Congress never passed in a true self-governing democracy. It should be our elected representatives that make the laws and the rules, not an unelected bureaucrats. And that is the single greatest form of economic stimulus we could have in this country.

But it is also the single most effective way to restore self-governance in our country as well. And it is the blueprint for, I think, how we save this country.

But it is also the single most effective way to restore self-governance in our country as well. And it is the blueprint for, I think, how we save this country.

But it is also the single most effective way to restore self-governance in our country as well. And it is the blueprint for, I think, how we save this country.

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Yes. In fact, I think it's necessary and essential. I think things are depends on depends on what your level of well really is, what you're benchmarking against. America is not built on complacency. We're built on the pursuit of excellence. And are we still the greatest nation on planet Earth? I believe we are. I agree with you on that.

Yes. In fact, I think it's necessary and essential. I think things are depends on depends on what your level of well really is, what you're benchmarking against. America is not built on complacency. We're built on the pursuit of excellence. And are we still the greatest nation on planet Earth? I believe we are. I agree with you on that.

Yes. In fact, I think it's necessary and essential. I think things are depends on depends on what your level of well really is, what you're benchmarking against. America is not built on complacency. We're built on the pursuit of excellence. And are we still the greatest nation on planet Earth? I believe we are. I agree with you on that.

But are we great as we could possibly be or even as we have been in the past measured against our own standards of excellence? No, we're not. I think the nation is in a trajectory of decline. That doesn't mean it's the end of the empire yet. But we are a nation in decline right now. I don't think we have to be.