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Trump delivers his first State of the Union (and Democratic Response) [W:1, 228, 317]

Re: Trump delivers his first State of the Union [W:1]

Greenbeard said:
I'm watching the NBA on TNT instead, but I gather from Twitter that he embraced price controls for pharmaceuticals again? If so, did Ryan clap?
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No...not price controls.

Just magical lower prices. No actual ideas, except maybe allowing ‘Right to Try’, which is actually just ‘Right to Die Quicker with Snake Oil’.
 
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In my opinion, this isn't a bad SOTU Address. At least not so far. The stuff about Obamacare and the Wall I didn't like, though.
 
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OrphanSlug said:
"Much tougher on drug dealers and pushers"... oh here we go, lock them up. Private investment in Prisons should go up tomorrow.
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Nobody can argue with jailing drug dealers.
 
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OrphanSlug said:
"Much tougher on drug dealers and pushers"... oh here we go, lock them up. Private investment in Prisons should go up tomorrow.
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And go after those pot dispensaries! :doh
 
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Threegoofs said:
No...not price controls.

Just magical lower prices. No actual ideas, except maybe allowing ‘Right to Try’, which is actually just ‘Right to Die Quicker with Snake Oil’.
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Ah, okay. I thought I saw a quote of him pointing to the prices other countries get (somehow!).
 
Re: Trump delivers his first State of the Union [W:1]

Unitedwestand13 said:
anyone notice how trump is clapping his hands close to the microphone every time there is a round of appluase?
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He's been doing that **** ever since the campaign trail. Hell he thinks he's still on the campaign trail.
 
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Chomsky said:
And go after those pot dispensaries! :doh
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Nobody said anything about that.

Does pot fall under the opiod epidemic? I don't think so.
 
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Mason66 said:
Nobody can argue with jailing drug dealers.
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Actually, as you conservatives like to say, everyone is accountable for their own choices.

If you try drugs and you get addicted/die, then you're the one that should be solely responsible.
 
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Chomsky said:
Than instead, feel free to refer to it as "custom" or "tradition" if you'd prefer.

But it is, what it is.
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Tradition. Fair enough.
 
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Conservative said:
measurement of performance are the numbers I am talking about and that has been presented and that is what has been ignored by many over the past year. Trump made promises and he is delivering on those promises and it is taking the state of the union to get those results before the American people.
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Your saying so doesn't make it so, so why don't you leave it for an economics thread.
 
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*obnoxious clapping intensifies*
 
Re: Trump delivers his first State of the Union [W:1]

TheGoverness said:
In my opinion, this isn't a bad SOTU Address. At least not so far. The stuff about Obamacare and the Wall I didn't like, though.
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It's kinda'the usual.

Which given Trump's track record, should be considered good I think.
 
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Cardinal said:
Welp, it's a Potemkin speech, he's reading from the teleprompter reliably, and so far he hasn't managed to punch a black baby, so I'd say this SOTU speech is going about as well as it could.
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I’d say it’s going about as well as the invitations the WH printed:

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MovingPictures said:
Actually, as you conservatives like to say, everyone is accountable for their own choices.

If you try drugs and you get addicted/die, then you're the one that should be solely responsible.
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That doesn't alleviate the responsibility of the drug dealer.
 
Re: Trump delivers his first State of the Union [W:1]

Chomsky said:
Your saying so doesn't make it so, so why don't you leave it for an economics thread.
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Numbers are part of the state of the union and need to be put before the American people because the media isn't reporting those numbers. How do you judge performance without numbers?
 
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I seem to be noticing all the people trump is praising deserve praise, but the expressions of those people seem to indicate they do not want the praise, wierdly I can relate to that, in the military i was in numerous ceremonies and I hated being called out for praise, I saw it as doing my job, not for the glory and recognition.
 
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Mason66 said:
That doesn't alleviate the responsibility of the drug dealer.
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The main drug dealers in the opioid epidemic are rural family doctors. Don't see many of them getting arrested.
 
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Threegoofs said:
They aren’t.

And ‘chain migration’ (which is actually called ‘family reunification’) has nothing to do with illegal immigration either.
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Exactly. Two unrelated issues. Illegals can't reunify.
 
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