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Jeff Yass

Jeff Yass

American businessman

Jun 22, 2026

SamirHOST
0:52
Why is measuring debt, like, purely against GDP the wrong way to judge the US? Um, yeah.
0:57
Well, I think, you know, if we have a problem, you, you wanna diagnose the problem, uh, correctly, otherwise you obviously can't fix it.
1:03
So we have roughly $31 trillion in debt, and we have a GDP of roughly $31 trillion, which we get the 100% number from.
1:12
But the United States, unlike other countries, has a wealth that is vastly superior to its GDP.
1:20
So our wealth is probably seven times our GDP, you know, uh, close to $230 trillion.
1:27
That's because our stock market is worth $80 trillion or, um, or two and ... more than two and a half times our GDP, while other countries, particularly Europe, China, their stock market value and their GDPs are roughly one to one.
1:41
So we're in a different situation than other c- than other countries.
SamirHOST
5:30
Like, what is the big myth around consumer pl- surplus? What are most people kind of who are vilifying billionaires don't understand about consumer surplus?
7:02
So because you really came up with this concept, how would it work?
7:06
Well, first of all, Steve, you're you're being way too conservative.
7:10
It's way more than two or three hundred billion dollars.
7:12
I would think it's well over a trillion.
7:14
Wow.
7:16
Wow.
7:17
Just made a trillion dollars.

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12:50
Why not let every single American, instead of having to put their payroll tax money into this black box of social security, why not let them own things? I mean, think of how much wealth would have been created for average Americans if that money, if their social security dollars were in owning companies like Google and SpaceX.
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9:17
Yes, exactly
9:18
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2:28
We could probably raise, I don't know, 200 to $300 billion in tax revenues because people would take advantage of that lower rate and the government would get, additional money to reduce our deficit uh well i love that idea jeff but also well well first let's take on that one so because you really came up with this concept how would it work
2:49
well first of all steve you're uh you're being too way too conservative it's way more than two or three hundred billion dollars i would think it's well over a trillion months wow himself wow he's just made a trillion dollars If he handed in 15% of his stock, he loans $150 billion.
3:07
That's right.
3:08
Just one person.
3:10
Right.
3:11
So the way it would work, we would say to anyone, even if it's in your personal account or if you're Elon Musk or anybody, instead of waiting to pay 23.8% capital gains tax, where you have these stocks that you don't really wanna own, but you don't wanna pay the taxes.
3:30
There'll be a one-time tax holiday of 15% for the next year or so.
8:33
Why not let every single American, instead of having to put their payroll tax money into this black box of social security, why not let them own things? I mean, think of how much wealth would have been created for average Americans if that money, if their social security dollars were in owning companies like Google and SpaceX.
20:55
And by the way, I bet a lot of those kids are probably minorities.
20:59
They're all minorities, you know, or essentially all minorities.
21:02
The supposed champion of minorities came out, called us dastardly and said that waving money in front of kids' faces for his evil capitalist plan is, you know, despicable.
21:20
That's how they responded.
21:22
Wow.
21:23
So, so far, you know, we're trying to get the kids.
21:25
We have a Web site.
23:22
$43,000? Jesus.
3:37
way, I bet a lot of those kids are probably minorities.
3:40
They're all minorities, you know, or essentially all minorities.
3:44
The supposed champion of minorities came out, called us dastardly and said that waving money in front of kids' faces for his evil capitalist plan is, you know, despicable.
4:02
That's how they responded.
4:03
Wow.
4:04
So so far, you know, we're trying to get the kids.
4:07
We have a Web site.
6:07
I mean, seriously.

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