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Shapiro: Federal gridlock will permanently shift political power to state governments
“I think that actually this is not going to get solved at the federal level. I think what's actually going to happen is that the federal government is going to lock up and it's going to be essentially rotating elected quasi-dictators until, until the end of tim…”
Shapiro: A U.S. recession will trigger populist revolts against free-market capitalism
“And if the, and if it goes sideways, then what you're going to get is a populist revolt on the left and a populist revolt on the right that is going to take down everybody who is even remotely connected with this idea of free market capitalism.”
Shapiro: US faces wild currency inflation or massive austerity in 5-10 years
“The answer is we're going to either wildly inflate our currency or we're going to go into massive austerity measures. You know, five to 10 years from now. There's not going to be a third choice.”
Ben Shapiro: Medicaid price controls will drive up private insurance drug costs
“And so if you do that with Medicaid, what you'll probably get is number one, a lot of these pharmaceuticals just won't be used by Medicaid. Pharma won't sell it to them. Instead, you'll have to go into the private sector, which means it's going to be more expe…”
Shapiro: Trump will carve out tariff negotiation off-ramps within weeks
“I think the most likely result of these tariffs is that within the next few weeks, the headlines are not good. President Trump starts driving trucks through the center of the tariffs. And then he starts getting wins from various parties outside that allow him …”
Shapiro: Loss of US dollar reserve status will trigger higher taxes
“The exit of the dollar as the world's global reserve currency is going to have some pretty nasty spillover effects, and it's going to require the government to start sucking in more dollars from the American population in order to pay off all of these debts th…”
Shapiro: If China reaches AI superintelligence first, state corporatism wins
“If they get there first, then corporatism wins.”