Myrtle Beach, SC, Orlando, FL and Washington, D.C. July 5, 2025—Thinking Outside the Boxe has released the transcripts of the question and answer session from its Independence Day Champagne Summit held in Orlando on July 4, 2025. Participants included correspondents from Prescott Valley, Arizona; Orange County, California; Gastonia, North Carolina; Wheeling, West Virginia; Bismarck, North Dakota; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Sydney, Australia; Sheffield, Jamaica; Knoxville, Tennessee; Long Island, New York; Tyler, Texas; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Dayton, Ohio; Clermont, Florida; Owatonna, Minnesota; Las Vegas, Nevada; Jacksonville, Florida; and Novi, Michigan.
This year’s Summit addressed the first months of the current administration, border enforcement and legal labor pathways, AI and the design of education and the safety net, the federal debt trajectory, competition with China, responsiveness of the administrative state, domestic energy production, distrust of media and expert institutions, fiduciary limits on non-financial investment criteria, and the speed and cost of major infrastructure projects.
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