Vivek Ramaswamy

When you have less supply, prices go up, and that's a big part of why people aren't able to afford housing, which I think is a major problem amongst Republicans and Democrats.

So here is my view. I think that the best way, the reason I want to dismantle the regulatory state is not because that is a more important objective than helping the American worker. It is because I believe it is the way to best aid the American worker.

So here is my view. I think that the best way, the reason I want to dismantle the regulatory state is not because that is a more important objective than helping the American worker. It is because I believe it is the way to best aid the American worker.

So here is my view. I think that the best way, the reason I want to dismantle the regulatory state is not because that is a more important objective than helping the American worker. It is because I believe it is the way to best aid the American worker.

And right now, a shrinking economy or an economy that isn't growing at the pace that we historically have, that brings everybody down, shrinks the size of the pie. I think companies, we want companies to independently make the choice to hire the best and brightest in the United States and pay them at a rate that allows people to flourish and live a great life.

And right now, a shrinking economy or an economy that isn't growing at the pace that we historically have, that brings everybody down, shrinks the size of the pie. I think companies, we want companies to independently make the choice to hire the best and brightest in the United States and pay them at a rate that allows people to flourish and live a great life.

And right now, a shrinking economy or an economy that isn't growing at the pace that we historically have, that brings everybody down, shrinks the size of the pie. I think companies, we want companies to independently make the choice to hire the best and brightest in the United States and pay them at a rate that allows people to flourish and live a great life.

We can all agree that hasn't been the case in the last 20 years. Correct. At least in the post-2000 period, that has not been the case in this country. I think most of that is a function of actually bad government policy by the actual regulatory state and bureaucracy. You think about the Federal Reserve.

We can all agree that hasn't been the case in the last 20 years. Correct. At least in the post-2000 period, that has not been the case in this country. I think most of that is a function of actually bad government policy by the actual regulatory state and bureaucracy. You think about the Federal Reserve.

We can all agree that hasn't been the case in the last 20 years. Correct. At least in the post-2000 period, that has not been the case in this country. I think most of that is a function of actually bad government policy by the actual regulatory state and bureaucracy. You think about the Federal Reserve.

I mean, the Federal Reserve has tightened monetary—this is a little technical—but it tightens monetary policy every time wages go up. This is actually one of the best-kept secrets of how Federal Reserve policy has hurt workers in this country. They say that was a leading indicator of inflation. It's a leading indicator of wages are going up.

I mean, the Federal Reserve has tightened monetary—this is a little technical—but it tightens monetary policy every time wages go up. This is actually one of the best-kept secrets of how Federal Reserve policy has hurt workers in this country. They say that was a leading indicator of inflation. It's a leading indicator of wages are going up.

I mean, the Federal Reserve has tightened monetary—this is a little technical—but it tightens monetary policy every time wages go up. This is actually one of the best-kept secrets of how Federal Reserve policy has hurt workers in this country. They say that was a leading indicator of inflation. It's a leading indicator of wages are going up.

So wages going up already was programmed into the mind of this bureaucracy that that's all else equal a bad thing. Well, here's what we've learned is that actually companies- Second people start making more money, they're like, all right, we got too much money. Right. Let's restrict the flow of money. It's even worse than that.

So wages going up already was programmed into the mind of this bureaucracy that that's all else equal a bad thing. Well, here's what we've learned is that actually companies- Second people start making more money, they're like, all right, we got too much money. Right. Let's restrict the flow of money. It's even worse than that.

So wages going up already was programmed into the mind of this bureaucracy that that's all else equal a bad thing. Well, here's what we've learned is that actually companies- Second people start making more money, they're like, all right, we got too much money. Right. Let's restrict the flow of money. It's even worse than that.

It's even worse than that because, as you will probably appreciate, the last thing to go up in the business cycle when the economy is hot, the very last thing to go up is wages. Yeah. So what we actually discovered in retrospect is they thought that was a leading indicator of inflation. Oh, gosh, we got to raise interest rates and tighten monetary policy. They actually got it wrong. Yeah.

It's even worse than that because, as you will probably appreciate, the last thing to go up in the business cycle when the economy is hot, the very last thing to go up is wages. Yeah. So what we actually discovered in retrospect is they thought that was a leading indicator of inflation. Oh, gosh, we got to raise interest rates and tighten monetary policy. They actually got it wrong. Yeah.

It's even worse than that because, as you will probably appreciate, the last thing to go up in the business cycle when the economy is hot, the very last thing to go up is wages. Yeah. So what we actually discovered in retrospect is they thought that was a leading indicator of inflation. Oh, gosh, we got to raise interest rates and tighten monetary policy. They actually got it wrong. Yeah.

It was the tail end of the business cycle when wages were growing up, which means they tightened monetary policy right into a natural downturn of the business cycle, which is how you got the 08 crisis, which, by the way, people our age, a big source of inequality was still the aftermath of that great recession after the 08 financial crisis. Yeah. Imagine we had none of that.