Dave Rubin deserves credit for dragging this short, brutal clip into the light so hardworking Americans can see a billionaire actually telling the truth about a disastrous policy idea. Rubin shared the exchange where Mark Cuban calmly dismantles the overheated narrative from Silicon Valley elites and liberal hosts, and the clip went silent for a reason — Cuban had facts on his side.

Mark Cuban didn’t mince words when he pushed back against Kara Swisher’s cheerleading for Elizabeth Warren’s billionaire tax, even telling Warren to shove her virtue-signaling where it belongs. Cuban’s intervention wasn’t performative outrage; it was a clear-eyed take from a self-made entrepreneur explaining how punitive, ill-conceived taxes on wealth would blunt the very incentives that drive new businesses and job creation.

Let’s be clear about what Warren and her allies are actually proposing: an annual net worth tax that targets Americans with more than $50 million and steepens for those over $1 billion. That’s not bold reform — it’s an invitation to second-guess every investment, to punish success, and to tell innovators that the American dream now comes with a government clawback.

Independent budget models back up Cuban’s gut instinct: analysts warn a wealth tax would shave measurable growth off our economy and hurt wages over time by discouraging investment and shifting capital. These aren’t conservative talking points; they’re the sober results of economic modeling that show long-run damage to GDP and worker pay if you tax unrealized gains and frozen wealth.

This is why Cuban’s voice matters. He’s said before he’s fine paying his fair share, but he isn’t willing to surrender the future of American enterprise to a policy that celebrates “billionaire tears” while ignoring the entrepreneurial engine that made this country rich. Conservatives should welcome a billionaire who defends capitalism because defending capitalism means defending the jobs and breakthroughs that raise living standards for everyone.

Meanwhile the mainstream tech press and left-wing pundits keep chanting the same simplistic slogans, hoping voters will believe that wealth is a villain rather than the fuel for innovation. That’s why clips like the one Rubin shared are so important — they puncture the smug consensus and expose the policy for what it is: performative punishment dressed up as fairness.

We should take Cuban’s point to heart: America doesn’t win by penalizing risk-takers and starving startups of capital. Real patriots support policies that unleash creativity, protect property rights, and keep America the best place in the world to build something from nothing. If voters want prosperity instead of decline, they’ll reject Warren-style wealth taxes and support leaders who understand that prosperity comes from freedom, not from confiscation.