https://minutesof.com/on/fiscal-policy/ Everyone on the record about fiscal policy: 9 verbatim quotes from 4 people, July 2024 to August 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp and a link… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:58 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/a35e91f4-6839-4a81-899a-45dfe3bbc0ff/ https://minutesof.com/q/a35e91f4-6839-4a81-899a-45dfe3bbc0ff/ “We are the announcing probably at the end of this week, beginning of next week, an increased focus on fiscal consolidation. And, you know, it's the coming from president Trump.” — Scott Bessent, CNBC Television Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:37:26 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/0aea4074-4670-424c-8e11-d2bcea7d3baf/ https://minutesof.com/q/0aea4074-4670-424c-8e11-d2bcea7d3baf/ “A bunch of programs are gonna run out of money, including social security, which is projected to run out of money sometime between, call it five and ten years from now.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ https://minutesof.com/q/2b84c785-f4d1-4693-b0dc-c2bba793657c/ “We have $40,000,000,000,000 of debt and we're gonna have a $2,000,000,000,000 deficit this year. A trillion dollars of that is just interest on the existing debt. That number is getting bigger and bigger every year.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:36:21 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/9f380e06-49cc-492f-8033-9c8bfd8a4007/ https://minutesof.com/q/9f380e06-49cc-492f-8033-9c8bfd8a4007/ “That money has to come from somewhere. The United States is 40,000,000,000,000 in debt. We're burning 1,500,000,000,000, maybe 2,000,000,000,000 a year.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/f1d8458c-31f7-430e-b03c-1ddefce263ce/ https://minutesof.com/q/f1d8458c-31f7-430e-b03c-1ddefce263ce/ “If we grew revenues at the same rate that we have for the last twenty years, right, starting next year, which is 4.9% per year CAGR for twenty years, we would end up with a $450,000,000,000 surplus in 2029.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:11:58 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/91fabe27-7e08-425b-949a-1af300e8583a/ https://minutesof.com/q/91fabe27-7e08-425b-949a-1af300e8583a/ “The direct the notion that we are spending 2,000,000,000,000 in excess of what we take in in peacetime with full employment does not bode well for the availability of capital to do what we need to do” — Marc Rowan, Bloomberg Television Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:14:05 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/33429ae3-b84a-475a-85d3-109662f978af/ https://minutesof.com/q/33429ae3-b84a-475a-85d3-109662f978af/ “That's how people get elected in a democracy. They go to the voters, they say, here's what I'm going to give you.” — David Friedberg, Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/84cacf70-ae6c-4b4a-a6de-8a948aa1a69a/ https://minutesof.com/q/84cacf70-ae6c-4b4a-a6de-8a948aa1a69a/ “And when that happens, you know, 2% increase in interest on $15,000,000,000,000 that's another $300,000,000,000 of interest payments a year.” — David Friedberg, Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 fiscal policy https://minutesof.com/q/4437c40f-7dde-41a0-9e01-a530cdea0edf/ https://minutesof.com/q/4437c40f-7dde-41a0-9e01-a530cdea0edf/ “We are proposing the federal administration is proposing a $7,000,000,000,000 budget next year. We have $33,000,000,000,000 of national debt.” — David Friedberg, Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 fiscal policy