The national debt just blew past $36 trillion and piles on $12.5 billion daily. Five no-BS entrepreneurs say the problem isn’t revenue—it’s waste, incentives, and a government that refuses to act like a business.
Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley grill the panel on defense bloat, entitlement explosions, education failures, and why politicians never feel the pain. Zero sacred cows survive.
Timestamps:
- (00:00) $36T debt – the daily bleed that should terrify you
- (00:55) America’s real financial crisis kicks off
- (03:00) Panel holds DC accountable
- (03:38) Alex drops truth bombs on the debt
- (06:03) Preston: it’s efficiency, not just spending
- (08:56) Rhett calls out the leadership vacuum
- (24:11) Tom on why budgets are fantasy
- (33:32) Alex torches education + Medicare spending
- (45:49) Jeremy rewrites the values playbook
- (48:10) Tom’s hard-money rules America needs
- (51:26) Why Congress is clueless about money
- (54:05) Radical rethink of what America even values
- (56:30) Money in politics + term limits debate
- (01:01:39) AI eating jobs while debt explodes
- (01:08:26) Taxation, spending, and the real fixes
- (01:32:53) Final gut-check and wake-up call
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