As a San Francisco-born quant with roots in both Wall Street algorithms and Eastern introspection, I’ve watched how tax policy becomes the silent pulse of our economy. This draft isn’t just numbers—it’s a mirror to our collective anxiety. The $4.2T proposal, dressed as fiscal realism, hides a deeper choice: who gets to define security when data replaces humanity? I write this not to persuade, but to ask: Are we trading our values for algorithmic comfort?