federal government

10 statements across 7 episodes · 2 bullish · 7 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 27, 2021 by Stephen Harper · across every show →

Everything said about federal government, oldest first

Jul 27, 2021 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Harper: Canada's 2020 deficit exceeded his entire final federal budget
“In Canada, and you know, we thought I had run a large deficit back in, in, in in Canada last year, the fiscal year just completed, the deficit of the federal government will be 30% higher than my entire last budget.”
Stephen Harper Jul 27, 2021 ▶ 2:45 Stephen Harper: Rejecting Wokeness, Addressing China, and Defending Western Values · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 22, 2021 negative
Insight
Momand: Regulatory reforms increase regulations by adding paperwork without process change
“The federal government has introduced a lot of regulatory reform during that time period, aimed at, like, keeping the number of regulations low, but because they haven't really changed process, they've just, like, added more paperwork and more people to it the…”
Maleka Momand Dec 22, 2021 ▶ 6:41 How to Fix Dysfunctional Government with Esper CEO Maleka Momand · Joe Lonsdale
May 11, 2023 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Balaji: US federal loyalists will switch allegiance to China during financial collapse
“And so one thing I don't think people are taking into account is that a lot of people who are you know, Currently very for the federal government. If it has serious financial difficulty, we'll simply fold into the new Chinese overlords.”
Balaji Srinivasan May 11, 2023 ▶ 43:40 Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 15, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
McAfee: Anduril reached a billion-dollar federal contract in five years
“Anduril, which is this fascinating company, right, which went from, I think, founding to its first billion dollar contract from the federal government in five years?”
Andrew McAfee Nov 15, 2023 ▶ 30:27 Ep 70: Andrew McAfee on the Science Behind the World's Most Valuable Companies · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 3, 2025
Assertion Supported
Cotton: Federal improper payments and entitlement fraud total hundreds of billions
“And we're not talking something here, Joe, that's in the millions of dollars, that the billions or tens of billions. We're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Tom Cotton Apr 3, 2025 ▶ 4:50 Billionaire vs. U.S. Senator: Should TikTok Be Banned? · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 18, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
Kupor: Only 7% of the federal workforce is under age 30.
“We've got about seven percent of the workforce in the federal government that is early career. And so I'm not supposed to say, you know, ages, but let's call it under the age of 30 is the way to think about it. And that compares with about, like, 22% in the no…”
Scott Kupor Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 3:10 America’s New AI Strategy: "We're Building a Tech Force" · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 18, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Kupor: 70-80% of Federal Employees Receive Top Ratings, Only 0.2% Fail
“In the government, if you look across, you know, government for long periods of time, about, like, you know, 70, 80% of people get ranked a four or five, meaning, like, 70, 80% of the people are well above, like, average, basically, and Literally, like, 0.2% o…”
Scott Kupor Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 12:51 America’s New AI Strategy: "We're Building a Tech Force" · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 18, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Kupor: Government faces massive retirement cliff over next 10 years
“We're gonna, like, retire out a ton, ton of people over the next 10 years, and we're doing nothing to actually replace them with people who are modern, Understand new technology.”
Scott Kupor Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 3:36 America’s New AI Strategy: "We're Building a Tech Force" · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 18, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Kupor: OPM Is Implementing Forced Curve Ratings Across Federal Government
“We're doing this in our, in the, across the government is you have to kind of effectively legislate you know, effectively a force curve in order to change this behavior. So you have done that at senior levels of the organization. Yeah, we're doing it. We're do…”
Scott Kupor Dec 18, 2025 ▶ 13:40 America’s New AI Strategy: "We're Building a Tech Force" · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 24, 2026 negative
Assertion Supported
Sandler: Drexel's settlement forced Milken's firing and barred employee contact
“Part of the deal with the government was they had to get rid of Michael Milken Not only did they have to get rid of Michael Milken, but under the deal they made with the government, no employee of Drexel was allowed to discuss any business matter with Mike.”
Richard Sandler Apr 24, 2026 ▶ 27:31 From Wall Street King to Federal Prison: Michael Milken's Story · Joe Lonsdale
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