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I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

When I visit new places, I like to see the markets.

I've been through periods of stress, turbulence in the market for over the course of my career, various times, and never in any of those other periods have we had the advantage of a strong economy underpinning the markets.

Markets can do many wonderful things, which is why I'm glad to live in a capitalist country.

I prefer for government to err toward less regulation, lower taxation, and free markets. And I'm a radical free trader.

No matter what business you are in, there is change, and it's happening pretty quickly.

But now I feel off the grid. I feel that I am not part of the culture. And because I don't have a car I don't really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own.

I've been focused on the West Coast economy and being a banker and lending in these markets.

In every jurisdictional area that I can get my fingers on, I want to move us away from the Washington insider economy.

Markets that don't work we're going to step away from.