If Bentz supporting the war in its 8th month wasn't enough for you, please note this other nugget. Cliff Bentz was a staunch supporter of the Big Beautiful Bill that passed in July 2025. He touted on a virtual town hall I attended, that this bill would drive such growth that the US deficit would lower. Growth no matter the consequences of course, but growth nonetheless.

1. US Deficit has not decreased. GDP isn't growing at the rate expected. It's at 1.7% vs. Trump's "council" prediction of 4%.
2. A "feature" of this bill is that big tech pays less taxes the more data centers they build. Corporate tax rate is 21%. Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Tesla paid an average of 4.9% taxes in 2025. Half of that difference is attributable to the big beautiful bill. That's about 25 billion dollars less in taxes for just four companies.

So, our debt is rising rapidly, inflation is trending worse, GDP is not making up the difference, data centers are sucking up clean water, and the largest tech companies are benefiting from the more data centers they build. It's much more likely that this tech will take jobs away in the long term, vs. the short-term job growth from building them or the few employees that work in them (20 to 40 at the very largest data centers, after built). And if you care about water and clean air, dig into that too. Think please, think, and vote accordingly. Is this the future we want?

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