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While eyes are on the Middle East, a secret war is red hot, and the government is trying to cover it up. As you sit comfortably in your favorite La-Z-Boy recliner, you won’t hear the echoes of gunfire or see breaking news alerts flashing across your screen because this war goes far deeper than bullets can reach. However, the implications of this war will impact every aspect of your life and the lives of your great-grandchildren.

This war is for the future of artificial intelligence and whether America will lead the world into the next great technological revolution or be outpaced by authoritarian rivals like China, but it doesn’t stop there.

The most shocking part is that almost no one is paying attention because the government doesn't want to know what it's doing.

At the dawn of the internet era in the early 1990s, the United States and Europe made dramatically different decisions about how to foster digital innovation. Europe took the path of control: regulation, taxation, and bureaucratic oversight. The result? A continent rich in culture but barren of world-leading tech giants.

America, by contrast, embraced liberty. Congress passed legislation that established a zone of freedom, allowing startups to flourish without excessive regulation, taxation, or litigation. It was chaotic, competitive, and creative. That ‘Wild West’ of innovation birthed a tech boom unlike anything the world had ever seen. AOL gave way to Google, MySpace to Facebook, Netscape to Apple, and the U.S. to global dominance.

Today, the so-called “Magnificent ”Seven”—Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Tesla, and Nvidia—collectively hold more market value than every public company in Europe combined. That’s not an accident. It’s the result of letting capitalism, not committees, drive innovation.

Then came the crypto revolution: from stable coins to DeFi coins, they sprung up overnight unfettered by government regulations, and it boomed! Tens of billions of dollars flowed into wallets and cold storage. Now, the government is accelerating its efforts to not only control and regulate these radical crypto coins, but also to enslave them through complex taxation schemes. Ask yourself, why is the Security Exchange Commission working overtime to grab the crypto surge? The goal is to seize control and impose taxes.

Now the age of AI is upon us. Artificial intelligence is here and growing exponentially. This isn’t just another tech trend. It’s the engine that will define the 21st century, the electricity of the digital age. AI can see, speak, think, and act. It can build homes, write novels, operate on humans, and predict market trends. It can eliminate drudgery, amplify productivity, and uplift lives in every corner of the globe.

According to Goldman Sachs, AI could add $7 trillion to global GDP within the next decade. That’s more than the entire GDP of Japan. Yet just as we stand on the brink of this extraordinary leap, lawmakers are lining up with pens poised to strangle the golden goose. Once again, ask yourself, why? The goal is to seize power and impose taxes.

Make no mistake: this war is not just a battle between companies. This is a geopolitical conflict between various government systems. America’s model is one of free enterprise, innovation, and decentralization. Beijing, China is pouring resources into AI, not to empower citizens, but to surveil them, to build a dystopia where every thought and action is cataloged by the state.

Even with its vast resources and manpower, China cannot match Silicon Valley's dynamism unless we allow our own government to suppress our innovators from within.

The war is growing! Over 1,000 pieces of AI-related legislation have already been introduced across U.S. states this year alone. The regulatory avalanche is poised to crush the entrepreneurial spirit that has made America great.

Here it is; the truth is uncomfortable: the biggest threat to American AI dominance doesn’t come from abroad. It comes from the halls of Congress, from state capitals, and from bureaucrats who want to “help” by slowing us down, caging our companies in red tape, and imposing “ethics” panels that mistake fear for foresight.

But the real secret is the fat-cat political machine sees AI as another cash cow for tax revenue, a tree ready to be shaken, and a ripe harvest ready to be plucked!

Fear is driving the narrative now. Policy makers are using dystopian sci-fi as their rationale. But regulating AI now, while it’s still in its formative stage, so the bourgeoning technology can be controlled and taxed is nothing less than kamikaze economics.

In 1994, when the issue of internet regulations was quashed, giving this newborn technology room to breathe and grow. But this time the hunger for fresh, juicy, delicious tax dollars may just be too much to ignore.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said it best during a Senate hearing: “It is very difficult to imagine us figuring out how to comply with 50 different sets of regulations. That will slow us down at a time where I don't think it's in anyone's interest for us to slow down.” And he's right. Every unnecessary delay is a gift to China.

The best, and only, way for America to win this secret war is to unleash our innovators. Let the private sector lead. Let AI bloom in garages, startups, and labs unencumbered by central planning.

What history teaches us is clear: government is addicted to spending money, not inventing the future. The internet, smartphones, e-commerce, cloud computing, and cryptocurrency, none came from Washington. All came from risk-takers and dreamers who ignored the noise and built anyway.

Final Word: Uttered years ago by Ronald Reagan on August 15, 1986: “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”   Need I say more?