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Yeah. I mean, so so everything from educational choice to support parents and as they raise their children, you want to have good, solid communities. And we have we have some places that have fallen in hard times because I think because bad leadership, either on the local level or at the state level from our governor.

Yeah. I mean, so so everything from educational choice to support parents and as they raise their children, you want to have good, solid communities. And we have we have some places that have fallen in hard times because I think because bad leadership, either on the local level or at the state level from our governor.

But you want to make sure that they're safe and can get out and have fun and play and grow as families. But you also want to make sure that their jobs are there. And Arizona could grow. I mean, when you start talking about it, I've talked with the head of the folks at TSMC when I went to Taiwan, met with those folks. There is so much we can do there, Charlie, and you're right.

But you want to make sure that they're safe and can get out and have fun and play and grow as families. But you also want to make sure that their jobs are there. And Arizona could grow. I mean, when you start talking about it, I've talked with the head of the folks at TSMC when I went to Taiwan, met with those folks. There is so much we can do there, Charlie, and you're right.

If we make sure our power grid is strong, provides reliable and dispersible energy, we're going to be able to welcome in the data centers. And AI data, that's going to provide incredible jobs. We have the employee infrastructure here. When you start telling them that we have over 30,000 engineering students at ASU, you talk to these businesses, they're like, really? I had no idea.

If we make sure our power grid is strong, provides reliable and dispersible energy, we're going to be able to welcome in the data centers. And AI data, that's going to provide incredible jobs. We have the employee infrastructure here. When you start telling them that we have over 30,000 engineering students at ASU, you talk to these businesses, they're like, really? I had no idea.

So we can get on this bus and build this state and provide these great jobs and then protect, you know, you've got to protect the water and the range management that we have to deal. So forest has got to be taken care of.

So we can get on this bus and build this state and provide these great jobs and then protect, you know, you've got to protect the water and the range management that we have to deal. So forest has got to be taken care of.

But you know what? We've got to run through it, run through the tape.

But you know what? We've got to run through it, run through the tape.

Yes and no. I mean, I knew the bill might be in trouble, but that there was enough votes to actually kill it in committee surprised me. They're going to have to redo it and bring it back up, and no doubt working this weekend to try to get rid of some of the warts. It's a big, beautiful bill.

Yes and no. I mean, I knew the bill might be in trouble, but that there was enough votes to actually kill it in committee surprised me. They're going to have to redo it and bring it back up, and no doubt working this weekend to try to get rid of some of the warts. It's a big, beautiful bill.

There's a lot of beautiful stuff in it, Charlie, but it's got a few warts and unsightly blemishes on the face of that beautiful bill.

There's a lot of beautiful stuff in it, Charlie, but it's got a few warts and unsightly blemishes on the face of that beautiful bill.

Yeah, I think that's fair to say. And then and then most of that spending reductions, Charlie, are taking place in the last two years of that 10 year cycle. And as our experience tells us, they're just not going to they're not going to realize them. Yeah, they're not going to get those those cuts.

Yeah, I think that's fair to say. And then and then most of that spending reductions, Charlie, are taking place in the last two years of that 10 year cycle. And as our experience tells us, they're just not going to they're not going to realize them. Yeah, they're not going to get those those cuts.

The framework was largely there, but they changed the details. So the way to think of it is you put a work requirement on able-bodied adults who are receiving benefits, right? none of that kicks in until after President Trump's out of office. And that's a $360 billion savings over 10 years, but it needs to be spread out over the whole 10 years.

The framework was largely there, but they changed the details. So the way to think of it is you put a work requirement on able-bodied adults who are receiving benefits, right? none of that kicks in until after President Trump's out of office. And that's a $360 billion savings over 10 years, but it needs to be spread out over the whole 10 years.

And because, as you know, after President Trump's out of office, a new president or a new Congress could come in and just wipe that out and kill that savings.

And because, as you know, after President Trump's out of office, a new president or a new Congress could come in and just wipe that out and kill that savings.