https://minutesof.com/on/government-spending/ Everyone on the record about government spending: 14 verbatim quotes from 3 people, March 2015 to January 2026, in one chronology, each with a timestamp… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:32:59 +0000 https://minutesof.com/q/3cdd3d80-2a7d-4213-828f-af26e72d3525/ https://minutesof.com/q/3cdd3d80-2a7d-4213-828f-af26e72d3525/ “So you're either employed by the federal, state, or local government or its agencies or one of its contractors, or you're receiving one of the retirement checks from a government agency.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/f87a5f4d-a3f1-4aa1-b878-a6e57ea09c84/ https://minutesof.com/q/f87a5f4d-a3f1-4aa1-b878-a6e57ea09c84/ “By my estimate, more than half of Americans rely on a government check either directly or indirectly.” — David Friedberg, All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/6fc1b8b2-0560-4928-9d9f-1ef461c54bdf/ https://minutesof.com/q/6fc1b8b2-0560-4928-9d9f-1ef461c54bdf/ “there are reports that they've given out 17 shots of vodka in a single night to a homeless person. And this is like a 5 to $10,000,000 a year program” — David Friedberg, Network State Podcast Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:30:07 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/5737dfb5-6447-473a-8815-2b467905fca6/ https://minutesof.com/q/5737dfb5-6447-473a-8815-2b467905fca6/ “I heard a stat the other day that United Airlines ticket sales to the government this year are down 50% year to date, five zero.” — Brad Gerstner, Upfront Ventures Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:33:08 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/0611c7f4-6769-4eb4-8594-5873c287a92a/ https://minutesof.com/q/0611c7f4-6769-4eb4-8594-5873c287a92a/ “If you look at tariffs, they're likely to impose, we currently generate about $50,000,000,000 in tariff revenue. The president is targeting 500,000,000,000, so a 10x increase in tariff revenue.” — Brad Gerstner, Upfront Ventures Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:33:08 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/366a2470-1dc7-4f61-9e92-d0f6de65efeb/ https://minutesof.com/q/366a2470-1dc7-4f61-9e92-d0f6de65efeb/ “Now you get there by simply reducing the size of government by about 3% a year for the next four years. Again, just still going from 5,000,000,000,000 in 2019 to 6,000,000,000,000 in 2029.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Wed, 27 Nov 2024 19:11:58 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/87d4e63f-c07a-4fd7-b8cc-1cd2e1370dc5/ https://minutesof.com/q/87d4e63f-c07a-4fd7-b8cc-1cd2e1370dc5/ “So anyway, they decided they were going to spend 42,000,000,000 on rural broadband. And between ten years ago and now, Starlink's been built.” — Brad Gerstner, BG2 Pod Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/94440660-f9e8-4670-927b-5e35c8139ebc/ https://minutesof.com/q/94440660-f9e8-4670-927b-5e35c8139ebc/ “Your change in income is your predictor of happiness. So if we start with that premise of like human behavior, the government now has an incredible the federal government in The United States has an incredible role in supporting a lot of people through active programs that pump money into businesses.” — David Friedberg, Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/8d0854b5-b169-4e89-8ab9-c7346c240343/ https://minutesof.com/q/8d0854b5-b169-4e89-8ab9-c7346c240343/ “The National Science Foundation is nine down from 10. So 49, you're going to start the AI foundation or federation or whatever it is, institute at 32,000,000,000 a year.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 16 May 2024 19:31:21 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/9d1bbb42-a7c4-452c-8f74-df1d41f90a4a/ https://minutesof.com/q/9d1bbb42-a7c4-452c-8f74-df1d41f90a4a/ “The big shocker for me was it recommended spending $32,000,000,000 a year. And I didn't even know that was on the table.” — Bill Gurley, BG2 Pod Thu, 16 May 2024 19:31:21 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/33d4e8d2-3583-4eb8-93b5-8eb1154b163e/ https://minutesof.com/q/33d4e8d2-3583-4eb8-93b5-8eb1154b163e/ “So, our government has paid $29,000,000,000 for doctors to implement software that they weren't naturally implementing on their own.” — Bill Gurley, SXSW Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:13:49 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/b982457f-82a9-4f00-b1f2-269c1d35419e/ https://minutesof.com/q/b982457f-82a9-4f00-b1f2-269c1d35419e/ “So, the payments for these incentive programs, because I just looked it up to get the recent update, dollars 29,000,000,000. So, our government has paid $29,000,000,000 for doctors to implement software” — Bill Gurley, SXSW Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:13:49 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/87fdb737-6828-4bb0-9a05-84083de83b80/ https://minutesof.com/q/87fdb737-6828-4bb0-9a05-84083de83b80/ “So, the payments for these incentive programs, because I just looked it up to get the recent update, dollars 29,000,000,000.” — Bill Gurley, SXSW Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:13:49 +0000 government spending https://minutesof.com/q/d088e949-e8d4-4f7f-81c9-f2c929a5aba0/ https://minutesof.com/q/d088e949-e8d4-4f7f-81c9-f2c929a5aba0/ “So in 2009, when the government passed the Reinvestment Act to try and get America going or whatever it was called, they put in place a program where a doctor is paid, believe this or not, paid $44,000 to implement EHR, electronic health records.” — Bill Gurley, SXSW Fri, 20 Mar 2015 17:13:49 +0000 government spending