at david stockman's articles yeah his his recent articles got a two part a great two part on this and he breaks down all of the numbers but i i mean just yeah right david stockman who was reagan's budget director who's just a PROFANITY_TOKEN genius and incredible and all and and by the way you should if you can if you can handle it read all of his stuff and all of his books that are incredible all right guys let's take a moment and thank our sponsor for today's show which is quip you know them they make the electric toothbrush that is loved by over seven million mouths and has timed sonic vibrations with NUMBER_TOKEN second pulses to guide a dentist recommended two minute clean a lightweight and sleek design for adults and kids no wires no bulky chargers to weigh you down a multi-use travel cover that doubles as a mirror mount for less clutter i love the quip electric toothbrush i use it my wife uses it it's a game changer my mouth has never felt as clean it really is you don't realize how gross it is that you haven't been using the quip until you start using it and what's cool is that they also have everything else they have floss they have mouthwash they have gum everything you need to have the best oral habits imaginable if you go to get dot com slash problem right now on top of their holiday savings you're gonna get your first refill for free they also have the best mouthwash out there trust me go try it four times concentrate it leaves your mouth feeling cleaner than anything you've ever used go to get quipped dot com slash problem right now and on top of their holiday savings you're gonna get your first refill for free that's your first refill free and up to forty percent off bundles at get quip dot com slash problem that's g-e-t SHORT_HYPHENATED_TOKEN dot com slash problem quip the good habits company just to like give some perspective on this here right like russia's gdp and i think i'm ballpark right like around one and a half trillion dollars is our federal government spent like six trillion dollars in NUMBER_TOKEN. like are just ours in the military yes yes yeah and like like our government spending is more than their entire economy yeah and our military budget is equivalent to it our military budget is like very close to their entire gdp the idea that this is even like plausible that they could pose some threat that like oh my god we better dominate the world because if we don't russia will dominate the world like we're going bankrupt we're going bankrupt here's the rub though dave is this is what uh gareth porter he wrote his book about vietnam it's called the perils of dominance right and it's about the problem in vietnam as america was too strong and they thought they could do whatever they want but then that'll cause problems because guess what at some point ho chi minh would rather fight than give it that's just sorry for rhyming there but that's just true how it is and same thing for uh you know the uh apollo bureau in beijing and same thing for vladimir putin and his interest in russia there are red lines from their point of view that
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