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Nvidia's Historic Quarter, SaaS Comeback, Bessent vs Druck, America's Debt Crisis, Cancer Vaccine Aug 29, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 51:31 David Friedberg And that's really where social security doesn't have any money to pay anymore. 2 times in the scene

OpenAI vs Anthropic IPOs, Anthropic $3T, Zuck's Price War, China Ends Open Source?, Trump Accounts Jul 11, 2026 · 4 mentions

Dan Dreyfus: The Next AI Bottleneck is Copper Jun 10, 2026 · 1 mention

Debt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EV Feb 13, 2026 · 3 mentions

Epstein Files, Is SaaS Dead?, Moltbook Panic, SpaceX xAI Merger, Trump's Fed Pick Feb 7, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:15:55 David Friedberg This idea that everyone gets an account, and you can track your account like a, which is a defined contribution program, is what all of Social Security should move to. 6 times in the scene

Adam Carolla on California’s Collapse: Fires, Failed Leadership, and Gyno-Fascism Jan 13, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 50:10 Adam Carolla You take, like, the retirement age, you know, you go, look, Social Security's not going to be able to keep up with this, so why don't we make the retirement age 70?

All-In's 2026 Predictions Jan 10, 2026 · 2 mentions

Howard Lutnick: How America Can Hit 6% GDP Growth in 2026 Jan 9, 2026 · 6 mentions

Oval Office Tour with President Trump Sep 17, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:13 Donald J. Trump But no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime, so the workers want to work overtime, they don't get the tax that they would normally have to get, and that sort of stops it from happening.

Senator Rand Paul: Tariffs, Debt, China, and a Warning for America Sep 5, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 0:08 Rand Paul I voted to raise the age of Social Security, but it's not going to be around unless you raise the age to 70.
  • ▶ 24:49 Rand Paul Like, I voted to raise the age of Social Security, and people say, God, do you hate old people? 7 times in the scene

Trump Takes On the Fed, US-Intel Deal, Why Bankruptcies Are Up, OpenAI's Longevity Breakthrough Aug 29, 2025 · 6 mentions

Winning the AI Race Part 5: President Trump on the AI Action Plan Jul 24, 2025 · 1 mention

AI Doom vs Boom, EA Cult Returns, BBB Upside, US Steel and Golden Votes May 31, 2025 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:25:28 David Friedberg Jake how of investing the retirement funds that we've mandated through social security, we should be taking the four and a half trillion dollars. 6 times in the scene

Senator Ron Johnson on the Senate showdown over Trump's Big Beautiful Bill | All-In Interview May 25, 2025 · 3 mentions

Trump's Big Week: Middle East Trip, China Deal, Pharma EO, "Big, Beautiful Bill" with Ben Shapiro May 17, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 56:48 Ben Shapiro And unless you're willing to make serious systemic changes to things like Medicare and Medicaid and social security, you're not going to solve any of these problems.

The AI Cold War, Signalgate, CoreWeave IPO, Tariff Endgames, El Salvador Deportations Mar 29, 2025 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 46:03 Jason Calacanis That's where big dollars are sitting, and obviously nobody wants to touch Social Security, despite 4 times in the scene

The Shocking Truth About DC Spending & Corruption - Scott Bessent Mar 19, 2025 · 2 mentions

Fixing the American Dream with Andrew Schulz Mar 15, 2025 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 41:28 David Friedberg The US social security program is meant to be kind of the retirement program for folks that don't have access to private retirement accounts. 12 times in the scene

DOGE vs USAID, Crypto Framework, Google's $75B AI Spend, US Sovereign Wealth Fund, GLP-1s Feb 7, 2025 · 5 mentions

DeepSeek Panic, US vs China, OpenAI $40B?, and Doge Delivers with Travis Kalanick and David Sacks Jan 31, 2025 · 2 mentions

Senator Kyrsten Sinema | All-In Summit 2024 Sep 24, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:36 Kyrsten Sinema On issue, on, on being able to fund things like Social Security and Medicare, and Congress is doing nothing to solve it, right?

Peter Thiel: The Coming Collapse No One Is Prepared For Sep 13, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:38 Peter Thiel Got rewritten in the U.S. where you cannot discharge student debt even if you go bankrupt, and if you haven't paid it off by the time you're 65, your Social Security wage checks will be garnished.

JD Vance | All-In Summit 2024 Sep 10, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:04 JD Vance There's also a lot of Social Security fraud, a lot of Medicare fraud.

Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem Jul 19, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 52:03 David Sacks They were foolishly willing to cut programs like Social Security or Medicare, saying that we had to cut the deficit while at the same time funding forever wars.

Meta's scorched earth approach to AI, Tesla's future, TikTok bill, FTC bans noncompetes, wealth tax Apr 26, 2024 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 1:30:53 David Friedberg And the poll showed that 77% of registered voters in those states support basically an asset tax on ultra high net worth people, people worth over a hundred million dollars to keep social security intact. 7 times in the scene

E172: SBF gets 25 years, Trump's meme stock, RFK Jr picks VP, Biden's 2025 budget & more Mar 29, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:08:12 Chamath Palihapitiya Well, at a minimum, don't you agree we should just allow people to opt out of social security and in a simple way of saying, I don't need it, and I'll take care of myself, use these proceeds for somebody else that could use it, that, who…

In conversation with Dean Phillips Nov 17, 2023 · 6 mentions

Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI Nov 11, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:13:10 David Sacks Paul Ryan also wanted to ratchet back entitlements like social security, Medicare, and Trump thought that was suicidal for the GOP.

All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more Sep 12, 2023 · 3 mentions

In conversation with Chris Christie Sep 8, 2023 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 2:42 David Friedberg And then when you look at the demands on Social Security, Medicare, forecasts are that both of those systems necessarily go bankrupt, unless there's some extraordinary measures taken. 6 times in the scene

E140: LK-99, Sclerotic establishments, Fitch downgrades US debt, Trump indicted... again Aug 4, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 53:02 David Friedberg Well, the one way is these entitlement programs, and so several Republican presidential candidates, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, and Mike Pence, have all publicly stated on the, the campaign trail that they're promoting programs to cut… 3 times in the scene

In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:49 David Friedberg And we now have a 33 trillion dollar debt load and we have a one and a half trillion dollar annual deficit and by many projections, social security will be bankrupt in anywhere from 10 to 15 years.

E131: 2024 Fantasy President picks, debt ceiling agreement, Dollar dominance & more Jun 2, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 35:22 David Friedberg That at some point here, our ability to actually fund the programs that we want to fund, whether they're social security, Medicare, or defense, the major cost outlays for the federal government, it's going to get further hindered and… 3 times in the scene

E130: DeSantis's Twitter Spaces, debt ceiling, Nvidia rips, state of VC, startup failure & more May 26, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 40:50 Jason Calacanis One of them is social security, retirement age, as we saw in other countries like France, where people are arguing over 6264 years old, whatever it is. 2 times in the scene

E129: Sam Altman plays chess with regulators, AI's "nuclear" potential, big pharma bundling & more May 19, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:41 David Friedberg He and the others have made it their mission to convince us that reforming Social Security is the only way forward to survive.

E128: Google enters AI wars, Druck’s warning, Trump crushes CNN & more May 12, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:14 Jason Calacanis You can see today there, uh, as the, the vertical line, about five percent of our GDP goes to Social Security, uh, today, and about another 5.5 goes to, uh, Medicare, Medicaid,

In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 5, 2023 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 23:15 David Friedberg And then obviously there's social security benefits, Medicare, Medicaid. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 26:41 David Friedberg I think this is my concern is, uh, sorry, but Robert, the, the, the comment you just made is the same comment I hear from both sides of the aisle, that we can't touch Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, because it would be so unpopular we… 3 times in the scene

E123: Trump indictment, de-dollarization, should VCs back Chinese AI? RIP Bob Lee Apr 7, 2023 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:58 David Friedberg And Social Security right now is projected to go bankrupt sometime between 2030 and 20 35. 2 times in the scene

E120: Banking crisis and the great VC reset Mar 17, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:44 David Friedberg We have that problem in the United States in the form of Social Security and these underfunded pension liabilities.

E115: The AI Search Wars: Google vs. Microsoft, Nordstream report, State of the Union Feb 11, 2023 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 1:31:47 David Friedberg And the, the scary moment at the State of the Union, besides Biden's inability to kind of articulate much very well, which was, uh, honestly a really discouraging sight to see, was, you know, when he talked about where, you know, the… 6 times in the scene

E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump Nov 19, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 32:26 David Friedberg And our social security, so one and a half trillion dollars, I mean, that alone 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 53:01 David Friedberg In addition to interest payments, Social Security and Medicare payments are also ballooning.

E101: Ye acquires Parler, Snap drops 30%, macro outlook, VC metrics, valuing stocks & more Oct 22, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:26:31 David Friedberg And you assume that the voter base will never vote to reduce social security or Medicare, uh, entitlement programs.

E49: Coinbase CEO reflects on controversial blog, state of the markets, 1000 unicorns & more Oct 2, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:04:00 David Friedberg In a model for governing or model for a state where you provide socialized care for people through healthcare, socialized healthcare, or you provide socialized support for people through, you know, the social security system and other…

E1: US Response to COVID-19 & Impact on Startups, VC & Public Markets with David Friedberg Mar 19, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 58:09 Chamath Palihapitiya All of those proceeds should go back to the United States Treasury, who should then use it to reinforce Social Security and Medicare, and everything else, because we are going to run a multi multi trillion dollar budget deficit to get out…
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