[ExI] Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.

[John Clark]

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 3:36 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> If government is a magic wealth generation machine, why do we pay taxes?*


*Because it's NOT magic it's science. And because the government is NOT a
wealth  generating machine, but AI is, or will be if it doesn't kill us.
Either way it turns out we don't have to worry about long-term debt.  *

*And spike, did you really need my help to answer that question? *

*John K Clark*



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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
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> *>> **On the contrary.  He is stating an astonishing conviction that a
> government cannot sustain spending more than it takes in.  John, is that
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> *>…YES!! It is a sign of mental instability because it is flagrantly
> opposite to the conclusion provided by the scientific method. Except for a
> few years during the Clinton administration, the US government has been
> spending more than it has been taking in for the last 150 years….* *John
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> Why doesn’t every government just borrow and spend like there is no
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