Caller: “Hi Dave. Long-time listener. First-time caller.”
Dave: “You are on the show. What's going on?”
Caller: “I think billionaires have too much power.”
Dave: “Okay. What do you do?”
Caller: “I'm a Congressman.”
Dave: “Alright. Where are you from?”
Caller: “Silicon Valley.”
Dave: “The one with Apple, Google, Nvidia, Meta, OpenAI, and about half the companies carrying the stock market?”
Caller: “That's right.”
Dave: “Interesting. And what seems to be the problem?”
Caller: “The tech bro billionaires.”
Dave: “The guys who built the companies that made your district one of the wealthiest places on Earth?”
Caller: “Yes.”
Dave: “So let me get this straight. Your district keeps producing trillion-dollar companies, millions of jobs both directly and indirectly, and tools used by two-thirds of the people on earth.”
Caller: “Correct.”
Dave: “And your conclusion is that the people who built all of it are the problem.”
Caller: “Exactly.”
Dave: “What have you built?”
Caller: “I serve the public.”
Dave: “No, I mean built.”
Caller: “I write legislation.”
Dave: “Did you make the iPhone?”
Caller: “No.”
Dave: “Google Search?”
Caller: “No.”
Dave: “Nvidia chips?”
Caller: “No.”
Dave: “SpaceX rockets?”
Caller: “No.”
Dave: "So the entrepreneurs create the wealth and the politicians create the hearings?"
Caller: “That's not fair.”
Dave: “Congressman, every year your district creates more wealth than most countries. Why are you treating success like a crime scene?”
Caller: "We need to hold billionaires accountable."
Dave: "For what? Exceeding expectations?"
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