Jason Calacanis: Trump Accounts Could Save the American Dream

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In this country, we have a K-shaped

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recovery going on. We have immense

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tension between the haves and the

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have-nots we to the point at which

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people actually believe that socialism

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and communism is a better operating

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system than the best operating system

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humanity's ever created, which is called

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democracy plus capitalism, right? And

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kids love love capitalism. They love

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building businesses. But we are in an

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existential moment right now. If these

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kids believe

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young kids and there's a couple of

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generations of them right now who do not

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believe in America anymore. While we're

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sitting here on the 250 50th anniversary

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of this amazing experiment known as

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America, this is the most American thing

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you can do. This is the most beautiful

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gift I've ever seen to a country and

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this could be something that's a

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unifying principle that brings us back

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together as a country. That everybody

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gets to participate in capitalism. And

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this is the number one way to do it,

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which is to let kids on their smartphone

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instead of saying, you know what?

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Mondavi's right. I should get a free bus

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ride. I should get a free I should get

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free pizza. And we should take Ken

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Griffin's and and seize his, you know,

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penthouse and say "Pay up or tear

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all that. This is like the perfect

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version of the giving pledge. Because

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you're not just saying I'm giving away

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my wealth by the time I die. You're very

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strategically saying every single person

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in America gets to be part of the best

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part of America, which is

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entrepreneurship and everybody will be

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part of the equity nation. And we have a

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a large number of people in this country

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who do not feel safe. And the reason

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they don't feel safe is because they

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don't think their kids are safe. To the

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point at which people do not want to

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have kids in this country because they

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feel the system is just too hard.

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This could change that. If people feel,

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"Hey, kids have a shot and I don't have

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to worry about my kids." I I worry about

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my kids and I'm affluent. I can't

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imagine being a single parent and what

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anxiety you must have as a single mother

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or father and you're and you're making

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minimum wage and and you're behind the

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you know, the eight ball for your entire

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life. And now your kids are set. That's

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all people want. That's the only thing a

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parent wants is to make sure their kids

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have a better future. That was the

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promise of this country and somehow it

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went off the rails for the last two

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generations. This puts it back on the

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rails.

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The video discusses the current K-shaped economic recovery in America and the resulting social tension that has led some younger generations to lose faith in capitalism and democracy. The speaker proposes a new model of wealth distribution and opportunity through widespread youth entrepreneurship, aiming to restore the American promise by ensuring that every child has access to the equity nation and a viable path to a prosperous future.