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Why do you support Donald Trump? >> Uh, a couple reasons. Number one, um, I mean, mo most of us economic. Number one is kind of his lacks of the way that we're going about data centers. Um, I sell servers, AI data centers. So, it's very important for me that those are, you know, they're able to get built and they'll be able to built quickly. A lot of Democrats, uh, number one, there's a lot of misconceptions about about data centers on the Democrat side that people just don't know anything what they're talking about with them. Um, also the wealth tax, inheritance tax, Donald Trump has gone away with that. That's personally very important to me that that's does not become a that that does not get reinstituted. Um, yeah, that's pretty I mean just economically.
Okay, so practically every metric of the economy is worse off since Trump got in office. We have lower real GDP growth in 2025 as compared to 2024. Lower real median wage growth in 2025 as compared to 2024. We the worst year job growth in the past four years. We saw unemployment increase. Uh we saw inflation increase due to Donald Trump bringing us to war with Iran, increasing gas prices and leading to the OECD forecasting 4.2% inflation since the war with Iran has started. So practically every metric of the economies got worse. And the main metric that he said that you would make better uh real domestic manufacturing investment has declined every single quarter of Trump's administration.
>> Okay. Yeah. So question for you. Um so the growth that we did see in the GDP over the last two years. Do you know pretty much the one sector that that's come from?
>> Healthcare.
>> No. AI.
>> AI is AI. AI data center. AI in general. AI companies have fueled pretty much 100% of the growth of the economy in the last two years. Um so the I mean AI is part of it but um it's not all of it and it's also like I just want to say like if you look at the especially the recent reports you'll have different uh different parts of it especially in terms of the jobs most of the jobs are specifically in the healthcare sector specifically with people who are dealing with um who are older dealing with a particular type of care that they would need. So that's actually the jobs that we've seen increasing recently to the highest extent.
Wait, so wait, wait, wait. You say that the you're saying that they're employing people to take care of the old people that need some kind of like?
>> Yeah, because proportionally more people are becoming older. So there is a high demand for healthare workers specifically for older individuals.
>> AI AI is by far the number one contributor of the growth to the economy in the last two years. And that's not it's it's not even close. Healthcare might be second. I'm not sure. But if it's
>> not in terms of jobs.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, that's not that's not G. Oh my god. You know what? This actually makes me I this I I really don't mean this to come off as as rude, but I listen to you a lot. Um and sometimes I wonder if you actually have an econ degree because sometimes you say things that just don't make sense. Um like that. Like I understand what you're saying. Yeah. jobs. Well, yeah, you're partially right because yeah, AI, they really don't require that many jobs. AI data center goes up, it's really after it gets built and everything's installed. Yeah, there's not many jobs that go into taking care of it, but the but the economic impact of AI is more than just those jobs. It's it's it's money that goes into the economy. It is it's it's the stock valuations of the company. It's people like me that are selling them. It's pe It's people who work for my company that are, you know, that that that are benefiting from it. It's more than just
>> Yeah, but that's not where the main job growth is. So, like I just I was just clarifying. I was saying in terms of job growth, and by the way, me saying that in terms of job growth does not mean I don't have an economics degree. You're being ridiculous.
>> What What's drag in in economics?
>> What is drag?
>> Drag.
>> I'm not familiar actually.
>> That is a like sophomore level term that you should like it. No, you tell me then what is it?
>> It is where inflation uh pushes income up into so if you make 80,000 a year uh I I don't have an econ degree. I have a marketing degree but uh you know let's just say that you have two tax brackets and you're at the upper end of one tax bracket and then inflation pushes you up into a second tax into that next level tax bracket. Well, now you're paying higher higher level of taxes, but your quality of life, your, you know, real disposable income, everything around your life, it stays, you know, lower than that than that next tax bracket. Anyway, I'm just kind of surprised somebody with an econ doesn't know what fiscal drag is. But, um, okay. I guess I mean, you did just say drag, but so just to clarify, like I mean, that doesn't really have much relevance, right?
>> That's why that's probably why they don't really bring it up in econ classes. No, they they they
>> I mean, what relevance would that have at calculating anything? What relevance would that have theoretically speaking either either?
>> Again, it's again, it's just
>> because like the tax brackets have it so that the tax brackets have it so that you don't pay more uh uh specifically in terms of like a proportion based upon the level of prior income that you had based upon making more income and getting into the next bracket. Again, again, it's just something that that a sophomore econ major would know, but anyway, that that whatever.
>> Not really. I mean, I bet there's a lot of econ majors that that don't remember what that one is.
>> Okay. Yeah. Well, anyway, um so, but again, the the when you're talking about growth to an economy, you are not specifically and exclusively talking about job creation like like that. That's just not how it works. When you're talking about growth of an economy, you're looking at far far more than only the number of jobs that are that are created year-over-year, especially when you're talking about one vertical, one industry like that.
>> Okay. So, I was just telling you based upon the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs growth numbers, like what was most the job growth is coming from. Do you want me to mention like a PhD economist that said this?
>> The one on Tik Tok that you mentioned? No, I don't. I I don't care about a Tik Tok economist.
>> She has a PhD and she's an economist.
>> Okay, that's fine. I I I don't care about somebody that's only known because of their Tik Tok. Like
>> she she has a PhD and she's an economist.
>> I don't give a [ __ ] because this is bubble.
>> I bet you do. You're I bet you I bet you don't give a [ __ ] about someone with a PhD in economics, right? You don't care at all. You don't care. That's not That's not at all important for how much they would know. You know,
>> by the way, it's just them going over the jobs report, too. So, you're just being ridiculous right now.
>> Yeah. Okay. Um,
>> you don't think a PhD economist is qualified in explaining the jobs report to you?
>> I think you're pivoting because we're talking about
>> Yeah. Yeah. Everybody, he's
>> he doesn't think a PhD economist can explain a jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to him.
>> No, I didn't say that. That's what you just said.
>> You're not going to accept someone who's only known from Tik Tok. So, how else are they going to get the information to you, genius?
>> Oh my. How does any economist, there's one of them that's famous on Tik Tok, how does the rest of the economists get the info, too?
>> Exactly. I I think I I think if anything, specialized individuals that have PhDs should be doing things like that to a greater extent because people like you do need this information.
>> Children like you and Dean. Okay.
>> What's up?
>> Because they're children making TikToks like you and Dean are. Okay. I'm not a child. Do you think I'm a child?
>> And in in I mean basically you're what? 21.
>> I'm 23. I turned 24 tomorrow.
>> 23. All right. Well, happy early birthday. But no, you're I I guess technically legally, no. You're not a child, but you kind of act like one sometimes. But anyway,
>> says you should look into a mirror for once in your life. Maybe. I think you're just projecting.
>> Oh, okay. because I don't spend my day watching economists on Tik Tok.
>> I'm sorry. I I told you about one PhD economist on Tik Tok that could describe this to you and then you just started crashing out.
>> You bring this woman up 15 other times with people.
>> Anyway,
>> yeah, because she goes over the BLS stuff and it's great information. Why wouldn't I want to tell people where to find good information?
>> Tell me that data AI growth is not is not the biggest contributor to the growth of the economy in the last two years and you're wrong.
>> Well, I'm not sure over the last two years. I've said recently in terms of job reports, right? And also in terms of jobs, I don't think that I don't think AI data centers produce many jobs. I if you like to show me anything within the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report that indicates most of the jobs came from AI data centers, I don't give a [ __ ] You're not talking about four jobs. You're talking about for corporations profits typically, right? And by the way, Democrats just want to regulate it. You know that, right? Like we want to regulate it because we care about the environment.
>> Okay. Oh, wait. Here we go. Wait, this is what you guys All right. Now tell me what what needs to be regulated for AIA zones.
>> Uh I think that in in typical the expansion the decrease in terms of the ability for the EPA to like literally enforce its prior um regulated uh regulation standards, right? I think is going to limit us from being able to
>> Okay. So, like yeah in terms of energy production because data data centers increase energy needs and if energy production doesn't have the same sort of um uh enforcement in terms of regulations from the EPA right then there's going to be a lot more harms in terms of the general public because of the fact that those that pollution will impact people's health. Okay. So, I have a question. How much more uh electricity uh do number one um AI data centers are they're they're have it's they're getting mandated now. They have to essentially create their own electricity. They they can't be tapping into the general power grid that everyone else uses. They have to have generators. They have to have everything else that that is getting built with the data centers. So, that
>> that's a regulation by the way. So, you're agreeing with regulating AM.
>> No, no, no, no, no. I'm No. I'm not saying there should be none, but but you're telling me all this stuff, but anyway. Well, wait, let me keep going. Let me keep going. So, number one, you didn't know that.
>> I did. I actually did know that.
>> Oh, so why do you Oh, so all right. Well, you didn't say it.
>> I didn't need to. Just because I didn't say it doesn't mean I didn't know it.
>> Okay. All right. Um, cool. So, I don't believe you. But, uh, so what else?
>> I don't care.
>> Keep going. Tell me more. Tell me more. I don't
>> what what else is about big bad data centers that that
>> all I did was tell you that like Democrats want to enforce EPA standards to a greater extent than Republicans which is beneficial to the average American and not for corporate profits.
>> All right. So number one corporate profits who act like there's big evil thing the entire country the world economy I'm not saying corporate profits in of itself is necessarily an evil thing. What I'm saying is that corporate profits over human health is bad. Like you can't listen. You can't properly explain my view correctly. You just have to straw man my view to try to make it seem worse than it actually is.
>> No. No. It's that you guys just big bad evil corporate America. The one that feeds
>> No. I said that you shouldn't do profits over human lives and and whatnot. That's what you didn't listen.
>> It's just the same [ __ ] always with you guys. Just big bad corporate America. It like really it is. It's kind of it's it's it's sad that you guys
>> like corporate America. You think Tik Tok's not corporate America?
>> Dude, I have a company. I have a business. I'm not saying all business is bad.
>> Yeah, well, all right.
>> You're not listening. I'm saying putting profit over human lives and like human health is bad. And he's like And he's like, "You you don't want business in our country. You're against profit. You think corporation evil bad." So, how often do you think that actually happens in corporate America? And give me an example of
>> enough to say that we should regulate it.
>> Regulate what?
>> The environment. That's why we need the EPA.
>> Okay. So, you're talking about electricity. What else? Anything. And number one, I didn't say we don't need the EPA, but what else? Let me guess. Water, right?
>> Oh, wait. By the way, chat, sorry, I was getting a message. appar uh Artemis in like 10 minutes is going to go around the moon. So, I might I might put that on the stream for a quick second.
>> So, what do you think about like I see people commenting about like water and [ __ ] Do you think it's like taking off water and everything and that's bad?
>> It's uh polluting water uh and uh obviously like it does use water. The and that the relevance in that is that it that uses electricity.
>> Yeah. So, again um you're wrong again. They actually all use closed loop cooling systems. Um, and they are so waste water instead of fresh water now. So again,
>> so so again, by the way, another regulation that you're saying exists because it didn't prior exist. So you're now giving an example of how they should regulate it. By the way, let me give you Can I please finish that?
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I thought you were done. Yeah. Go ahead.
>> Yeah. So, uh that's that's still going to obviously um rely upon electricity usage and it's still obviously going to then be using uh again cuz not all these regulations apply everywhere. Um uh still going to be using water systems that people were using and it's still going to be using uh systems specifically in terms of electricity from the general power grid, right? Uh until these regulations are put in place. And by the way, these regulations are being proposed mostly by who? Democrats. They're already in place.
>> Not all of them. No. No, they're not. Provide me a s Can you provide me a source?
>> Dude, I work in it. I'm literally sitting here at my computer doing it right now.
>> Okay.
>> I work for the I work
>> sir. Then sir, then you should be able to easily provide me that source.
>> Jesus. HPE
>> that like you can go online HPE that they have meetings with them every day about this [ __ ]
>> Okay. Hey dude, instead of crashing out, you can just provide me a source. I don't know why you're crashing out.
>> dude. I'm not sitting here looking up articles when I have meetings with their team every day. Like,
>> I'm I'm sorry that I'm sorry that I've hurt your feelings.
>> All right. Now,
>> and that you're probably going to cry,
>> but like I just I I want you to provide me a source, man.
>> Listen, I'm uh So, you want me to give you an example of the regulations that are hurting the the industry? I I want you to like give me an example specifically of the fact that these regulations are in place and I want you to tell me who put in place those regulations.
>> Dude, again, I'm not reading articles about this. I am having real world examples when I'm in meetings with our teams.
>> Yeah, I I don't I don't I don't care about your anecdotes, my guy.
>> I could care less, my guy.
>> You don't have to. You don't have to.
>> Okay.
>> Then go look it up. I don't. You can look it up. I'm the one that's
>> You're the one who's claiming it. You got no source.
>> You agreed with me.
>> You agreed with me. What are you talking about?
>> What did I agree with?
>> That these regulations You said not everywhere. You said not everywhere. But so you agree for the most part they are in place.
>> Oh, can can you uh actually provide any source that they specifically were in place?
>> No, because you agreed with me. So, no.
>> I I want you to look it up. I want you to look it up. And if they're in place, can you tell me who put them in place?
>> The government. Probably Democrats.
>> Probably Democrats. There you go.
>> Yeah, that's
>> So, by the way, if there are these regulations that he agrees with, he agrees that it's probably Democrats that brought them into place.
>> No. And I wait, wait, I didn't say they're all bad. Now, I just told you I can give you examples of ones that are bad. And then you said, "No, no, no." Like but like I literally I earlier was like dude Democrats literally just want to regulate AI and you're like no they don't wait that's not where they want to stop though. They don't want to stop at where the electricity and the water is. They want to set like Bernie Sanders had an interview I can't remember who it was with and he was talking about you know how bad he thinks this is going to go and how we got to basically put a stop on all new data centers going up. You can AI is what's going to power that whoever wins the AI race is going to dominate the next century. If if in the 1900s we didn't well go farther back than that in the 1800s if we didn't make it focus on
>> while you guys are defunding renewable energy. By the way, you you should say the same thing about renewable energy. Bro, actually you know what we need is energy production.
>> I don't have that big of a problem with renewable energy.
>> Yeah, but Trump defunds that.
>> Well then it goes into private. So, like my grandparents are farmers and uh BP came h I came here for BP or not. They came in and they're leasing I don't know two or 300 acres of my grandparents land for a solar farm. Um, you know it's it's not it's not economic for them because the amount of money they're paying uh they're paying to lease the land um versus the amount of money and the amount of energy that's getting that's coming from it. But uh you know I'm not I'm not totally against it. That's I think that it it it there's a place for it, but uh it's never going to be able to be the, you know, overwhelming vast majority of our energy.
>> I think Yeah. Yeah. It can it definitely can be in the future for sure.
>> That might not be right, but it will take a long long time.
>> Okay.
>> So, I mean, all right. I I don't want to talk about renewable energy right now, though. Um, [ __ ] I forgot what we were talking about before you said that.
>> Okay. All righty. Um, how about this? Is there anything Trump could do that would get you to stop supporting him?
>> Yeah. Put in the inheritance tax.
>> Dean, I I opened it and it is it is a little bit boring. You just like see the moon. That's all it is. It's literally just the moon. It's kind of boring. I'm like, how are there 600,000 people watching this on on YouTube right now? That's crazy, bro. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
>> Did you hear me?
>> And apparently the spacecraft is going to lose communication with the ground for 40 minutes. Okay. Well, sorry. Um, sorry. Repeat what you just said.
>> Uh, place in a death tax, inheritance tax, whatever you want to call it.
>> Okay. And
>> said, how would I lose support for Trump? So if he put an inheritance tax then wait if he increased your taxes in general would you
>> would you support him?
>> Yeah.
>> Okay.
>> But I'm talking about inheritance tax.
>> Why only inheritance tax?
>> Because that's the most penalizing, most ridiculous and the most costly of anybody that it affects.
>> How do you have a big inheritance?
>> Are you a trust fund baby? Uh not a trust fund, but uh it's not a trust fund because it's in land right now. But uh
>> so you have you have a big inheritance and you just don't want to be taxed on it.
>> Yeah. And it's not fair to be taxed on it. It's not fair for anyone to be taxed on on
>> You're going to get taxed less on the inheritance than people get taxed on income.
>> No, I'm not.
>> Yes, you will.
>> It's 50%.
>> Yeah. And people pay that in income on that level of income.
>> My family pays over pays 50.
>> Okay, then pay it. then pay it and shut the up.
>> No.
>> Yeah,
>> because it is it is tens of millions of dollars that they
>> Oh, okay. So, yeah, you're just a selfish pig, dude. That's what it is.
>> Call me whenever you want to. It's
>> I will. That's literally just being selfish.
>> You're not entitled to it. No one's entitled to that person. No, they're not.
>> Yeah, they absolutely are.
>> How?
>> Because uh we need a society. We need it to function and everyone gets taxed on it. You're not a little child that doesn't get to pay their taxes because they don't want to, right? You, like everyone else, need to pay your taxes. Shut. Stop only caring about yourself. You want to only care about yourself, go live in the middle of thes. You have that wealth because society exists and functions in such a way in which it allows for you to have that wealth in the first place.
>> Okay. How about the fact that we're letting uh companies use land for um for for solar farms? How about the fact that we
>> And by and by the way, let me let me just clarify the 50% number. Where the hell did you get that from? Whatever the number is on the inheritance tax,
>> it's not even 50%.
>> You're just a whiny baby. Like literally, you're a whiny baby. It's unbelievable.
>> Pay your fair share, bro. Jesus Christ. If you you're getting tens of millions of dollars, you're going to be okay.
>> You are going to be okay. If you have tens of millions of dollars, you'll be fine, dude. Holy [ __ ]
>> Who pay Who pays like what 80% of taxes in the country?
>> Not you yet. Have you paid anything?
>> Oh, yeah. Oh, no. No. Yeah, I'm I'm still in that. Me personally, I'm I pay a ton of taxes.
>> You should pay more.
>> Oh, you can you can say that. It won't happen.
>> It will.
>> It won't.
>> It won't.
>> I'm going to I'm going to purposefully get someone into office just so that I can tax you specifically.
>> That's fine.
>> I'll make sure we increase Joe's taxes to 50%.
>> Here's the funny thing.
>> I want Joe to pay 50%.
>> Here's the funny thing. People like you can't afford to put someone like that in office. It's people It's way way richer people
>> can't afford. So are you admitting that you guys like buy the elections? Are you admitting that?
>> No, I don't. I don't. My family doesn't. But but PE but the very very wealthy people are the ones who do.
>> Yeah. Isn't that like what you just said you were?
>> I just said I'm not one of like we do not put money into whatever. But you said you had a tens of millions of dollar inheritance, right?
>> We could. We could, but we don't.
>> But I'm saying the people that do that, the the ones that that fund about this Kla Harris that they what they gave her.
>> So, by the way, you're you say that like that doesn't tell everyone that they should stop supporting the people that you're supporting. Like you know that, right? Like you're just admitting like, "Yeah, our side is corrupt. It is trying to give tax breaks to like rich and wealthy Americans while we [ __ ] over the middle class." But like that's good for me. So I'm okay with that. That's just what you're saying right now.
>> Do you think it's a secret that wealthy people buy the elections?
>> And who are and who are they supporting dis and who do they support Harris?
>> And who do they support disproportionately? They support Republicans disproportionately.
>> How much money did they give Kla Harris?
>> Kla Harris had a lot of money to be able to run the election. I'm not disputing.
>> How much How much?
>> And she would have taxed you more, wouldn't she?
>> Billions. Are you mad that Kla Harris would tax you more on your on your wealth over 1 million?
>> You're saying it's only Republicans that do it and it's both sides. It's honestly probably more Democrats than the Republicans because you guys have the Cook brothers or not the Cook brothers. You have the uh um Oh, Hang on. Let me see who's Oh my god.
>> Let him look it up.
>> Just saying that it happens on both sides. Um, you guys have the Soros family that is the biggest financial donor of any family [ __ ] ever.
>> How do you know that Soros isn't funding me, bro?
>> Because you're too low on the totem pole.
>> How do you know that?
>> How do How do you know that I'm not directly DNC Soros funded and that I'm like directly involved with all these people and I'm going to increase your taxes? Bro,
>> you're confused. I wouldn't give a [ __ ] if he was. If if you're you'd be an idiot if he if he came to you and offered you $10 million to to put to do what you're doing and put You'd be an idiot to say no.
>> Yeah, dude. I'm I'm actually It was 10 trillion. Yeah.
>> So, yeah, I like that's the thing. That's the thing. Like I wouldn't give a [ __ ] if he's giving me money to push or anybody like
>> 10 trillion. Actually, 10 trillion. So, yeah, I'm gonna increase your taxes, bro. I'm gonna tell them to do it. We can because I have 10 trillion, bro. I'm gonna buy the election, bro. What you talking about?
>> Yeah, go ahead. You can't. But go ahead.
>> Yeah, I can bribe 10 trillion.
>> Yeah. Well, you guys need a candidate first.
>> Good luck, buddy. You You're going to get cooked, bro.
>> You guys don't You guys need candidate
>> specifically, you know, policy is going to get passed. It's going to say increase Joe's taxes to 50%. That bill is going to get passed. The Joe's Tax 50% bill uh act is going to do great.
>> Yeah. Well, if you guys can find a candidate,
>> if if you support that policy, everybody type a three in the comments section right now. Everybody, if you want that policy passed, let's do it. Everybody, let's get that [ __ ] in.
>> If you guys find a candidate that somebody will vote for, then go for it. But I don't think you guys can do it.
>> The Joe 50% Tax Act.
>> Well, you you love
>> the Joe 50% act.
>> You love you. Would you put you'd put AOC in there, wouldn't you? She'd pass it.
>> Absolutely.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Keep
>> W's for AOC in the comment section right now. She's going to pass the Joe 50% tax act, everybody on his inheritance of tens of millions of dollars, everybody.
>> Hey, if she does, I'll be glad to pay it. I won't be glad to pay it, but I'll pay it.
>> You'll be okay. Okay. You know what?
>> But here's the thing. Here's the thing. Wait.
>> Tax the rich. Tax the rich. Tax the Come on. Say it with me. Tax the rich. Right.
>> Tax the poor. But
>> Oh, there you go. He said, he literally just said the quiet part out loud. You'd rather tax the poor than you would tax the rich like you.
>> Hold on. Hold on.
>> You greedy, selfish piece of
>> you. You say everyone needs to pay their fair share.
>> Yeah, you're not
>> the rich.
>> You're advocating to not pay your fair share.
>> The They pay far more than their fair share.
>> Far more.
>> Who? How? Wait, you know that the You know that the top uh 400 billionaires actually pay a lower effective tax rate than the working class?
>> Okay, you you picked the top 400 billionaires. pick the top 5% income ear murders in the US.
>> Okay,
>> let's see. Let's see real quick.
>> Yeah, if you make your income through that, you do pay a fair share, right? If you make it actually in in some states, not all states.
>> States. So, like you're talking about state income taxes as well.
>> Yeah. State income tax on top of federal.
>> Well, but that just goes to to that that's only for state funding though. So, that has nothing to do with federal funding.
>> I'm not disputing that.
>> Okay. And you have and and that that state that taxfree income, the state income, that's why a lot of people are moving there. Like South Carolina, well, South Carolina, I can't remember her name. The woman that's running for governor, she's running on no state government. Florida, Texas.
>> Guess what? Guess what state I live in?
>> California.
>> Yep.
>> Okay. That's fine. And if you're happy to pay those those taxes and you value living there and you value the weather and all everything else there that that you you put a value on that more than the state income tax that you're paying, then all right, good for you. But the thing is you can get similar uh uh similar economies that similar weather
>> where weather or you mean or what?
>> Yeah. Where can I get similar weather, similar economic conditions? Florida.
>> That sucks, dude. It's It's incredibly humid.
>> I want to be clear. I don't live in Florida.
>> Incredibly humid. Hurricanes,
>> the people I definitely like, dude, think about it this way.
>> I am a liberal content creator. Think about it this way. I'm a liberal content creator. Do I want to go to an area that is predominantly right-wing right now? Probably not. It's not going very well for Dean where he is. I definitely would prefer to live in California right now.
>> Okay, but here's the thing. You It's what I just said. You value everything about California more than the amount that you pay in state income tax. If you did not value everything that you get in California,
>> I would be I would be doing I would be staying here in California either way because I I love living near my family.
>> A rational person, but that's part of living in California. It you're an economy uh you have an economy degree, you say.
>> Economics degree, whatever. Sorry, I'm doing two things at once. If you have an economy, e economics degree, then you know that it's all about what a rational person would do. You value everything about California more than you value the money that you send them every month or every year in state income taxes. If you didn't do that, a rational person, you would move to another state that has less or no state income tax. If you don't know that, then I know for a fact that you don't have an econ degree because that that is literally microeconomics 101.
>> Yeah, I value living in California more than I would value
>> the amount of money that you pay in state income taxes. So there you go. Other people don't value their where they live as much as the amount of money that they're paying in state income tax. So they move to another state that has none or less. That's just how it works. And then those states get subsidized by California.
>> Not really. They actually make it up. Not not fully make it up, but they uh the amount of money that they don't make in state income tax, they do have higher taxes in other places. Like I live in North Carolina and so you know we have a 7 and a half% sales tax
>> and then we pay into federal systems in which are to ensure stuff in areas in which you guys are not willing to provide it because your states don't give a [ __ ] about your people.
>> Dude, what are you talking about? I live in Charlotte. I live in sec I live in Charlotte. It's a second biggest banking hub in the country. We make like
>> I'm saying red Charlotte we make we we raise enough tax dollars just in Charlotte alone to rival a lot of other major cities.
>> Okay. You want a cookie? What's your
>> No. Sitting here saying that red
>> is is Charlotte blue or red?
>> Charlotte is blue, but North Carolina is consistently red. Not I know we're not a red state, but we're
>> So So the blue city provides all of the wealth for the red state. interesting.
>> Well, you actually if you look at the demographics of everything, um if you look at Charlotte as a whole, so we're
>> you just said that that city is responsible for like most of the wealth. It's a blue area in a red state.
>> Wait, okay, but who uh so like the companies like we have Bank of America, uh the world headquarters is here. Uh Honeywell North America is here. You think the people that work for those companies are blue? It's the people that don't work for the companies that produce all of the revenue for everything around. It's all the people around that are that that make far less money and that they're not contributing as much.
>> Can Can you tell me why like uh democratic areas tend to have higher GDPs
>> because they Wait, what?
>> Can you tell me why democratic areas tend to have higher wages, higher GDPs, and better living conditions? Because Democratic areas are a lot of where they're major cities and that's where a lot of the really good jobs are.
>> Why aren't there Why aren't there Republican major cities?
>> There are. Oklahoma City is Dallas is
>> And are they Dallas is blue. Are they are they better than Republican or Democratically run cities?
>> Wait, say I'm sorry. Say that again.
>> Why are they less prevalent? And do you think that they're better?
>> But here's All right. No, but you're not understanding what I'm saying. within those cities, within the cities that that produce all that are blue, right? Yes, they are blue, but the amount the number of people that are responsible for creating a lot of that economic prosperity is not the is not the base of the city. It's a relative small number of people that work at that that like Bank of America. The number of people that work at Bank of America might be, I don't know, 25,000 people in Charlotte. That might not be right. I'm just pulling a number out of my ass. Charlotte, we have like what 1.5 million people in the Charlotte metro area. So like those 25,000 people, most of those are going to be conservative.
>> Iron ironically enough, Oklahoma City also is blue. Can you tell me a single city that is red that you think is good?
>> Oklahoma City is red.
>> Um, it says it leans Democratic.
>> I don't know. I don't think that's accurate. I've spent a lot of time there in Oklahoma. Oklahoma went red. The entire state of Oklahoma.
>> I might I I guess I can I look. That's what originally came up. It could be wrong.
>> Yeah.
>> Legal clarity.
>> Does every county in Oklahoma
>> Oh, here we go. Oklahoma City leans Republican. Why did it say on the thing when you already click on it, it says it says it leans Democratic, but then when you click on it, it says it leans Republican. That's really weird. I I don't I mean I'm sure it's like pretty close, but I'm like I do know that Oklahoma
>> it still does not compare to other large blue cities, but like the point that I'm making is that like these red areas are subsidized by the blue areas.
>> But no, no, but the so the re a lot of these blue areas are the major metropolitans, right? And so you get whatever like in Charlotte, we have whatever 1.5 million people, however many people live in Charlotte. And yes, we're blue, but a majority of the people that live in Charlotte are not responsible for the economic prosperity in Charlotte. It's a relatively small number of people. And then the reason that you have a blue city like this is because it is more expensive. It is like there everything is a lot like rent here, I think, for a one-bedroom apartment in Charlotte is right at $2,000 a month. And
>> again, because more people want to live in the blue areas than the red areas, interestingly enough. But it's not because it's it's but the the prosperity though. Yeah.
>> So I mean you you guys like not you guys you guys love being funded by blue areas and then trying to say that like oh the Republican areas are where people want to go. I'm saying is the republic the the a vast majority of the people that are high up at these companies that are making you know the decisions that is increasing market cap and that is making these companies more profitable which is putting more money in the in the pockets of the people who work there those people are overwhelmingly republic. So you think trickle down economics works?
>> Absolutely. It's why I mean the United States why you're wrong.
>> Let me explain. Let me explain the United States. Do you think we have the biggest most powerful economy in the history of the world? And we're the richest country in the history of the world.
>> We are the richest country in the history of the world. We don't have the most powerful economy within every respect though.
>> Okay. If you're going to say every respect, I guess
>> we don't have the highest GDP per capita.
>> We don't have the highest real median wages. Luxemb you're talking about like a country like Luxembourg has
>> Luxembourg
>> well okay but they're all the other countries are very very small countries that that you're talk you're referencing in all practical respects the United States is the most powerful economy in the world
>> in terms of nominal GDP yes
>> and influence that we can exert on the rest of the world
>> you said um sure because of our military But again, in terms of GDP per capita, uh, Norway, Singapore, Iceland, Switzerland, Ireland, right, and a bunch of different countries rank higher than
>> Okay, so we're still what, eighth or ninth?
>> 11th?
>> 11th. Okay. Like, whoopdedoo. Out of what, 276 countries, we're 11th. Yeah, that's not bad at all.
>> Out of 218. Sure. Yeah.
>> 218. Whatever.
>> Okay. What's your point? My my point is that we didn't get to where we are. Like where we got was like capitalism a central idea of it is you can argue it relates back to trickle down economics and it's worked out really good for us.
>> Worked out very well.
>> So I don't think that's because of trickle down economics. Now, if you want to reference trickle down economics, um I think that you uh don't really have an incentive to pass down your wages to your employees or reinvest in the firm um unless you profit maximize from it. So, essentially the taxes are a way to make it the profit maximizing condition to reinvest in the company or pass money down to your wages to your employees. That's why we see when there are higher top marginal tax rates that there are wage increases that go along with it.
>> Okay? But also, if you live in a capitalistic society that thrives off competition and you have a company that makes billions of dollars a year or let's say you have two companies that make billions of dollars a year, one of them does not pass their does what you're saying. They just profit. That's all they they they don't pass anything down. They're just holding all this thing and their wages have been stagnant for two years, three years, 5 years, 10 years, whatever. And then you have a competitor comes in, they have a similar profitability and they say, "All right, we're going to raise incomes 8%, 10%, whatever." Guess what? They can go over there and poach from from their competitor all their workers. And then if the company if everyone leaves the company, that hurts the company. And so they have an incentive to make sure that their their employees stay.
>> Yeah. It's within that context, that incentive. if they don't have that incentive, they're not going to pass down their money to their employees. So, what we're trying to do is we're trying to increase wages by increasing the top marginal tax rates, which is fine. Top marginal tax rates going up is actually a good thing. Um, and there's very good evidence to indicate that it's positively beneficial for workers.
>> Competition is the incentive.
>> Yeah. And uh tariffs, for example, reduce competition. So, I don't know why you support Trump.
>> Tariffs reduce international competition. Yes. But it it actually increases uh competition within the US because there's more.
>> Why have we seen a decline in real domestic manufacturing investment then?
>> Wait, what?
>> Why have we seen a decline in real domestic manufacturing investment then?
>> I I I don't know much about uh about the manufacturing space. I I I do not know. Um I I'm sure that there's a reason for it that is something other than you know your talking points but um you know I don't know
>> my talking points. What talking points do you think are an issue here?
>> Uh that everything is Trump's fault.
>> I never say everything is Trump's fault. I say things are Trump's fault if Donald Trump does that.
>> Um I you name everything you tie back to to Trump. You do. And like
>> I don't tell you everything, but definitely definitely a lot does a lot is caused by Trump. So
>> maybe you don't literally say everything is caused by Trump, but everything that comes up on these lives, you find a way to try to tie Trump it and say it's his fault when I mean you you blame everything on the guy.
>> I don't blame everything on him.
>> Okay. All right. Well, name one issue in America right now that's not Trump's fault, then. How about that?
>> Name one issue in America that's not Trump's fault. Yeah.
>> Like like a big national issue like like a like a like a big big issue.
>> Uh lack of access to child care and healthcare that pre-existed Trump. But Trump also perpetuates it and makes it worse.
>> There you go. See, even when you say it's not his fault, you still say, "Oh, well, it is still kind of his fault." So like is
>> No, I I said I never said it was I said that he contribut. saying he perpetuates it, which ins Yeah. Name something bad about our country that Donald Trump doesn't help perpetuate. I don't know.
>> All right. See, there you go.
>> I I genuinely I don't know. I have no clue.
>> Okay. I get that. And I know you're not literally saying everything is his fault, but you are inferring that he that
>> I mean, can you give me an example
>> of what? Something that
>> Can you give me an example of something that Donald Trump doesn't make worse in our country? something he doesn't. Yeah, plenty.
>> Give me an example.
>> Uh the Okay. Uh terrorists. We have uh well, immigration. How about that? Immigration.
>> I mean, he doesn't make that better. He makes that worse under my view. So,
>> but no, just strictly speaking from a legal sense of illegal immigration. It has gone down.
>> Hey everybody, just letting everyone know this is the the lunar flyby. Just letting everyone know. I'm going to quickly show everyone Lunar flyby. This is it, everybody. That's literally it. This is it. There's like 800,000 people watching this right now. This is it.
>> That's so disappointing.
>> This is the flyby, everybody. Yeah. Look at this. It's going to be a lot more exciting when they go to the surface. But yeah, this is that's literally it.
>> But I think it's pretty sick still. I still think it's pretty sick. But
>> there's 720,000 people watching that.
>> I'm I'm I got to get back to work.
>> All right. Bye.