Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Shapiro: belief
23 Jan 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism
“I think that when the government takes my money, that is not the government somehow being more fiscally responsible, and when the government allows me to keep my money, I don’t see that as the government spending.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Shapiro
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 23 Jan 2024
- Publisher
- Lex Fridman Podcast
Transcript context
…If you’re cutting tax receipts, but you’re not changing the level of spending like Biden did with the IRA. Again, we have a fundamental philosophical difference here. I think that when the government takes my money, that is not the government somehow being more fiscally responsible, and when the government allows me to keep my money, I don’t see that as the government spending. I see that as my money and the government is taking less of it. That’s great, but at the end of the day, the government is still going to be in a deficit spending and they’re going to have to borrow money from the Treasury.…
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