PBD Podcast Chinese Billionaire Birth Tourism Surges As U.S. Faces Security Threats | PBD #732
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Feb 4, 2026 
Jeff Snider, macro and Eurodollar analyst and founder of Eurodollar University. Conversations cover senators grilling Netflix over children’s content and merger risks. Discussion of Disney’s new CEO and whether parks experience fits streaming. Debate around Palantir’s growing ICE contracts and surveillance concerns. Markets talk on the selloff pressure hitting gold, silver, and Bitcoin.
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Tackle Birth Tourism Via Visa Rules
- Use consular authority and visa screening to deter birth tourism quickly without constitutional changes.
- Target birth-tourism agencies, require proof of medical insurance, and bar repeat visa liars to raise enforcement costs.
Surveillance Tech Sells Safety, Risks Privacy Creep
- Palantir markets its tools as privacy-compliant and useful to critics of ICE, but speakers warned of defense-contractor motives and privacy tradeoffs.
- The panel highlighted the historical pattern where safety tech expands state surveillance beyond initial promises.
Voter ID Has Broad Public Support
- Voter ID enjoys broad popular support across races and parties, making 'controversial' status politically weak.
- Panel noted the real test is whether ID laws affect marginal races, not broad opinion polls.
