Mike Alfonso: “It costs $50,000 before you can even break ground on a home.”

“We need to encourage businesses to succeed. We need to get the government out of the way. And that starts with simpling the permitting process. I used to work in construction. It costs $50,000 before you can even break ground on a home. If we want to address the inflationary problems in the United States, we need to cut the budget and we need to encourage businesses to prosper.” (17:55–18:02)

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