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@molly0xFFF The US Spending database is multiple terabytes large. It literally does not fit in any of the standard Macbook Air builds.

THE SPECIAL ELON ZONE (SEZ) There's a simple way to rebuild manufacturing in the US: just give @elonmusk control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas and allow him to set whatever regulations he wants. In more detail: 1) First, sunset the regulations. America has talent. What it doesn't have is friendly regulations, particularly in terms of labor and environmental laws. But President Trump and Governor Abbott of Texas can use executive orders to remove obsolete laws at state and federal level. And for anything they can't remove, they can direct state and federal police to exercise discretion in terms of non-enforcement. Think of Starbase as a "sanctuary city", but for innovation — using leftist tactics in reverse. 2) Then, allocate capital. With regulatory barriers down capital will likely flow freely. However, in the unlikely event it doesn't, then you can do government VC. Basically: Democrats gave $370B+ to John Podesta to waste on climate graft, so the precedent is already established. But Elon is a proven capital allocator. So have Treasury back up the truck to make Elon —or his designates — the #1 VC in America. Obviate all charges of conflicts of interest by giving the US itself a large stake in any company that's funded, with significant distribution of funds to Texans themselves, while also recognizing that of course Elon's contacts will include some of the most technically competent people in the world — and they'll be operating companies in the zone. 3) Ensure border security. Given the security risks Elon faces, he'll need border control. So you might designate the land surrounding Starbase to be a military base or something similar, so that he can fence it off and determine at his sole discretion who can enter. Similarly, ideally every single person in the zone has opted in to be there, so no one can complain about the pro-builder regulations. 4) Proceed at the speed of physics. Finally, with all man-made barriers removed in the form of regulation and capitalization, Elon and his designates can move at the speed of physics — not permits. Perhaps the single most important thing they could build would be mass-produced Tesla humanoids, which (if successful) could in turn build everything else. 5) Nail it, then scale it. Once there's traction, replicate the idea in other states, giving other proven founders like @PalmerLuckey their own special economic zones. I'm sure Florida and Ohio would want theirs after Texas proves it out. Basically, the idea of special economic zones has been proven around the world to unlock production. Since most of what you're doing is putting a line through regulations, it's cheap, fast, and likely to work. And if it does, you'll get more factories like this:

The Calculation Of CRA Employee Reduction Based On IRS Layoff Model IRS has 90K Employees for 340M Americans proposing 50% reductions CRA has 60K Employees for 41M Canadians 8X Ratio For correct staff Reduction levels we need to Layoff 52.5K at CRA apnews.com/article/irs-do…

Paying my property taxes this morning and I’m bitter. Again. I’m practically “renting” my paid-off home from the county and if I don’t pay my taxes, they evict me and take everything. F. #Tyranny

I wrote about some of the tech nightmares rushing towards us now that Trump will be President and how Biden let them marinate during his administration. fastcompany.com/91224437/tech-…