United States government
18 statements across 15 episodes · 2 bullish · 13 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Apr 11, 2020 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2022 · across every show →
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brought up most by Pete Buttigieg (1), David Sacks (1)
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2025 1 mention in 1 episode
Everything said about United States government, oldest first
Apr 11, 2020 negative
Chamath: Only 3% of US stimulus money went directly to individuals
“We've now poured between the United States government and the Fed Almost 10 trillion dollars. We smeared it into the economy, and only three cents of every dollar has gone into people's pockets, and I think we're hoping that the other 97 cents somehow trickles…”
May 22, 2021 positive
Chamath: Closing offshore IP tax loophole will raise nearly $1T in US revenue
“One of the biggest features of the bill that has the most popularity is that they're closing this loophole around IP that sits outside the United States. And that more than the corporate taxes will raise almost a trillion dollars of revenue.”
Mar 26, 2022 negative
Mar 26, 2022 negative
Dec 10, 2022
Sep 24, 2024 negative
Nov 1, 2024 bearish
Jan 4, 2025 bearish
Jan 4, 2025
Jan 19, 2025 negative
Friedberg: Up to 50% of employed Americans work for government or contractors
“And over time it gets bigger and bigger and bigger and you have cascading effects that I believe we're now realizing in this country with what I estimate is somewhere between 40 to 50% of people that are employed in this country employed by government or gover…”
Mar 8, 2025 negative
Jul 19, 2025 bearish
Baker: U.S. debt interest will surpass Medicare and defense spending within years
“If the deficit kind of continues at current levels and we were to refinance the debt at the prices that you know, David was talking about. You know, it's only a few years before spending on interest is significantly larger than spending on Medicare and Medicai…”
Sep 17, 2025 positive
Jan 22, 2026 negative
Rogers: US sanctioned former EU official over Elon Musk enforcement threat
“We recently issued some sanctions, which we'll get into, and one of the individuals we sanctioned, ah, was a former EU official who threatened Elon Musk with enforcement action because X within the United States had said that it was going to host on a live, ah…”
Mar 3, 2026 negative
Ray Dalio: US spends $7T against $5T revenue, running 40% deficit
“Basically, it's projected to spend about seven trillion dollars, take in about five trillion dollars, so it's running a 40% Deficit, 40% of its spending. It's been running deficits for a long time, so it has a debt that is 600%, six times the amount of money t…”
Mar 3, 2026 bearish
Jul 24, 2026 bearish
Aug 7, 2026 neutral
Gerstner: U.S. Will Only Restrict China AI Data If Lead Vanishes
“The reason I don't think it will cause us to change our stance with respect to China is because we're winning. But if the president asks his advisors, you know, one of these days, six months down the line, are we winning against China? And all of a sudden he g…”