Justin Begley, a federal fiscal policy expert at Moody's Analytics, joins the discussion on the economic implications of a smaller government under the incoming Trump administration. The conversation examines the proposed agency DOGE and its regulatory agenda, questioning how deregulation could affect economic growth. They also tackle the complexities of immigration policies, the relationship between mergers and acquisitions and wealth distribution, and the soaring number of federal regulations, debating their costs versus benefits in the current economic landscape.