Elon vs. Trump. Tech Bros vs. MAGA. Billionaire vs. Billionaire. I know that this public fight is consuming everyone's feed this week. And some of you have asked for my thoughts on it.
Here's all I've got: - The public social media fighting is infantile on both sides. - Elon's concern about the debt is correct, but his notions of how government actually works in our system seem naive. - It's clear that Trump is prioritizing other campaign objectives rather than the debt, some of which are good and some of which are dubious. - The House has a sliver of a majority with a one-term president, so there's no reason to expect bold Javier Milei-style transformation if the bond markets don't force it. (P.S. Trump's DEFINITELY in the Epstein files and this isn't new information nor all that surprising/incriminating in and of itself)
But that's all politics. Basically just tabloid nonsense. I really prefer to go deeper on this channel than that so that we can grapple with what faces our families, community, and country together in a way that at least TRIES to be educational.
And the REAL lesson is that our fiscal problems are MUCH deeper than this one bill, and MUCH harder to fix given that large swathes of the voting public feel entitled to the largest drivers of the debt staying in place as is. And understandably so. If you want a deeper dive into that, please check out my Friday video from two weeks ago (attached).
Today's video, coming this afternoon, will instead be tackling our problems at the root: our education system. So stay tuned and enjoy some bone-chilling graphs while you wait...
Dad Saves America
Elon vs. Trump. Tech Bros vs. MAGA. Billionaire vs. Billionaire. I know that this public fight is consuming everyone's feed this week. And some of you have asked for my thoughts on it.
Here's all I've got:
- The public social media fighting is infantile on both sides.
- Elon's concern about the debt is correct, but his notions of how government actually works in our system seem naive.
- It's clear that Trump is prioritizing other campaign objectives rather than the debt, some of which are good and some of which are dubious.
- The House has a sliver of a majority with a one-term president, so there's no reason to expect bold Javier Milei-style transformation if the bond markets don't force it.
(P.S. Trump's DEFINITELY in the Epstein files and this isn't new information nor all that surprising/incriminating in and of itself)
But that's all politics. Basically just tabloid nonsense. I really prefer to go deeper on this channel than that so that we can grapple with what faces our families, community, and country together in a way that at least TRIES to be educational.
And the REAL lesson is that our fiscal problems are MUCH deeper than this one bill, and MUCH harder to fix given that large swathes of the voting public feel entitled to the largest drivers of the debt staying in place as is. And understandably so. If you want a deeper dive into that, please check out my Friday video from two weeks ago (attached).
Today's video, coming this afternoon, will instead be tackling our problems at the root: our education system. So stay tuned and enjoy some bone-chilling graphs while you wait...
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