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Shapiro: Raising tariff revenues and reshoring manufacturing are mutually exclusive goals
“You can champion The amount of revenue that we're raising off of tariffs, but you can't do that at the same time that you're championing reshoring, because if you reshore, then that revenue is going to go away, presumably, right? You're not going to be buying …”
Ben Shapiro Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:14:44 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
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Shapiro: U.S. Founders failed to foresee branches abdicating responsibility
“The founders gamed for ambition, checking ambition. They never really gamed for people trying to kick responsibility from one branch to the other.”
Ben Shapiro Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 48:45 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
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Shapiro: Unwillingness to relocate leads to higher real estate prices
“If the American people don't keep up with that, and if they're unwilling to move to places where the real estate is cheaper, then you are going to get more expensive real estate.”
Ben Shapiro Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 1:09:28 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
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Ben Shapiro: Tariff goals of reshoring manufacturing and raising revenue are mutually exclusive
“If you're going to reshore, you're not going to raise as much revenue, for example, right? Those two things are mutually exclusive, and they're both being trotted out at the same exact time.”
Ben Shapiro Apr 4, 2025 ▶ 41:00 DOGE updates + Liberation Day Tariff Reactions with Ben Shapiro and Antonio Gracias
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