Long division: America’s busy state legislatures
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The Economist
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🗓️ 9 February 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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America’s Congress may be gridlocked, but its state legislatures certainly aren’t. The laws they’ll pass this year will probably impact more people more directly than anything Congress does, with just a fraction of the public attention. Why things are looking up for Meta. And reflecting on the legacy and achievements of Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s former president.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:07.4 | In New York, I'm John Fassman. |
| 0:10.5 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.8 | In 2022, Mark Zuckerberg's social media empire, Metta, announced its first-ever year-on-year |
| 0:25.3 | declines in quarterly revenue. But this year, thanks to improvements in AI capacity and |
| 0:30.8 | some clever cost-cutting, things are looking up. |
| 0:35.6 | And Pervez-Musharov spent seven years as president of Pakistan becoming one of America's |
| 0:40.8 | staunchest allies in George W. Bush's war on terror. |
| 0:45.0 | He died in exile on Sunday. |
| 0:47.4 | Our Asia editor reflects on his legacy. |
| 0:55.9 | But first... |
| 1:03.9 | Our $227 billion budget will include unprecedented investments in areas that will make a positive |
| 1:10.5 | impact in people's lives. |
| 1:14.4 | Last week, New York's Democratic governor, Kathy Hocal, proposed a deep blue budget. |
| 1:20.7 | With tax hikes on big companies, lavish spending on climate and measures intended to curb |
| 1:26.8 | gun crime. |
| 1:28.6 | We're going to continue to protect it and try the basic rights that we cherish here in |
| 1:32.7 | New York as other states lie backwards. |
| 1:35.5 | We will be nation-leading and the nation expects that. |
| 1:39.4 | They do look to us. |
| 1:40.6 | Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor and a possible 2024 presidential candidate, |
| 1:46.2 | did the opposite. |
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