Gaines Gunn0:00 Alright, guys, I have another topic that I've been thinking about recently.0:03 Um, and this is about you know presidency and switching from one leader to the next, and so kind of the main driving point for me is um the main question that I'm posing is whether or not um people who are leaving office or leaving a position have the right and should um basically sabotage the upcoming person regardless of if they are allies or not.0:28 And so kind of the example that I have is when the Biden administ administration was leaving office, they know that Donald Trump's main push is going to be immigration and the southern border and building a wall.0:38 You know, there was that whole um debate and push for a wall at the southern border.0:43 And so there were a lot of materials for this wall stockpiled um in Texas.0:48 And so basically what the Biden administration decided to do is they were going to sell off these materials within their last few months in office for pennies on the dollar.0:58 So let's say a beam cost a hundred dollars, they were selling that beam for like three dollars to you know, whoever.1:05 And I just think like this situation I am sure has happened throughout history with all politicians on both sides of our political um agenda, you know, both right and left winged, and you know, people in the middle as well.1:20 And I just think it's really interesting.1:22 Um that the government is just going to buy these beams again, and you're simply just stabbing your own country in the foot, in a sense, is if Donald Trump is truly that motivated to build his wall, he's going to go and buy those materials and make it happen.1:39 And it's simply just wasteful the fact that he now has to go rebuy those beams that were already bought and purchased by the United States.1:46 So I just think it's really interesting, and I am sure there are gonna be things that Donald Trump does before he leaves office that is gonna harm the next um president.1:55 And it's I think it's just really as as a normal citizen who's paying taxes and seeing where our money is going, and just knowing that there's things like this happening in our politics, it just makes me really upset almost.2:09 Not upset, but it's just like like it just it's just like why like why why would you do this?2:15 Why would you sell these beams?2:17 Why would you kind of shoot the next president in the foot in a sense?2:20 And it's just like I don't know.2:22 And so I'd love to hear people's opinions on this.2:24 Um whether this is right, whether this is something that should continue.2:29 I mean, I think it's a pretty um self-explanatory answer.2:33 But if someone does disagree with me on this topic, I'd love to see like kind of your thought process and where this idea is coming from that this is something that is okay and is just and um you know is is okay.2:46 So just let me know.
Vansh Patel0:00 I think you bring up a excellent issue that needs to be addressed.0:03 I think uh as Americans we're losing the peaceful transition of power uh as our founding fathers intended.0:12 There was meant to be a peaceful handoff of power after each presidency and we're slowly starting to see a decline in that due to the polarization of political parties.0:24 Uh as you look throughout the day, throughout history, uh the parties weren't that much different back in the day.0:32 You know, uh they definitely aligned on many issues and uh you'd often see a Democrat voting for a Republican or a Republican voting for a Democrat.0:41 But nowadays with the polarization of uh these parties, you you really would never see that happen anymore.0:49 And I think it's something that definitely needs to be addressed.0:52 But yeah, I think uh we're losing that peaceful transition of power because of the polarization of political parties.1:01 You we really don't align on any issues anymore and uh it feels like we're conflicting more than bringing the American people together at this point.1:11 I think when we vote, uh we're voting as enemies instead of as a whole nation, and I think that's what needs to be addressed.1:20 So excellent point.
Noah McDonald0:00 Hey Gans, thanks for your response.0:01 Uh first of all, I d I think sabotage is a little harsh there.0:04 You know, I don't really think that Biden was really trying to sabotage one economy or the other.0:09 Um I think he purely was trying to move money around.0:11 Same thing how the Trump administration is moving moving money around in ways that both parties disagreed.0:17 I mean we I mean obviously the reason parties exist is because there's a cognitive dissonance, there's a uh discourse and a like difference of opinions, and that's why there's these two parties that exist to kind of combat with those like solutions to those problems.0:33 And so I think it wasn't really an intentional effort, but more of just a strategical one.