The State of the Union

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Dude653

Dude653

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I think Biden expressed some good ideas like going after pharmaceutical companies jacking up drug prices
Trying to pass a junk bill act which will prevent businesses from padding the bill with hidden fees
Better training for police officers
Close loopholes that allow billionaires to get out of paying their fair share of taxes
Give teachers a pay raise
Increase border security
 
ZNP

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Dude653 said:
I think Biden expressed some good ideas like going after pharmaceutical companies jacking up drug prices
Trying to pass a junk bill act which will prevent businesses from padding the bill with hidden fees
Better training for police officers
Close loopholes that allow billionaires to get out of paying their fair share of taxes
Give teachers a pay raise
Increase border security
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The only good ideas I am interested in now is how to cut the US budget. And how to cut the nanny state. The only reason drug companies can jack up prices in the US and not in other countries is because we have protectionist strategies protecting them from competition. Just get rid of those laws, let there be competition, and the price will be competitive. Hidden fees are not hidden once they are exposed. Do your research and you can learn about and avoid these fees. The biggest hidden fee I want him going after is inflation and the way you do that is stop printing money and the way you do that is stop the government from borrowing more money.

I think "going after Billionaires" is a fools errand. Every billionaire can afford multiple homes so that their residence can be where taxes are least, and they can employ the best accountants to find tax loopholes, and in the end how many billionaires are there?

I know Warren Buffet talked about this but almost all his money is tied up in investments. And he is a long term investor. If you want to go after him you would have to increase the taxes on selling investments and that would go after every single American with a 401k or IRA or pension. Also if you raise taxes on investments you will likely have less money invested and that will negatively impact the economy.

The same thing is true of Bezos or Musk, all their money is tied up in their business interests which are employing tens of thousands of people and are themselves paying corporate taxes.
 
Godsgirl1983

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Dude653 said:
I think Biden expressed some good ideas like
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Dude653 said:
going after pharmaceutical companies jacking up drug prices
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In the mean time, insist everyone run out to get jabbed with God only knows what NOT once, nor twice, but ( :unsure: how many "boosters" are they up to now?)

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Give teachers a pay raise
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How about teachers actually go to the school buildings, and actually WORK. None of this virtual, long distance crap (unless that is the program parents WILLINGLY choose for their children. )
How about teachers stay off their personal devices during WORK hours... they are supposed to be there for the kids (not playing and complaining on social media)

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Increase border security
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:rolleyes: do I REALLY have to explain this one?
 
Dude653

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Godsgirl1983 said:
In the mean time, insist everyone run out to get jabbed with God only knows what NOT once, nor twice, but ( :unsure: how many "boosters" are they up to now?)


How about teachers actually go to the school buildings, and actually WORK. None of this virtual, long distance crap (unless that is the program parents WILLINGLY choose for their children. )
How about teachers stay off their personal devices during WORK hours... they are supposed to be there for the kids (not playing and complaining on social media)


:rolleyes: do I REALLY have to explain this one?
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If you don't want the vaccine, you don't have to take it. No one is holding a gun to your head
 
ZNP

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Dude653 said:
If you don't want the vaccine, you don't have to take it. No one is holding a gun to your head
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Tell that to the people who were fired or forced to because they couldn't afford to lose their job.
 
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The state of the 🧅 is that it stinks and makes us cry sometimes.


I had to, just had to... :)
 
Nehemiah6

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Dude653 said:
If you don't want the vaccine, you don't have to take it. No one is holding a gun to your head
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It's high time you abandoned all the Leftist nonsense and faced facts. Here is one fact that totally refutes what you just said:

Fingerprints of Unvaccinated NYC Teachers Flagged to FBI
https://teachersforchoice.org/2023/02/09/fingerprints-of-unvaccinated-nyc-teachers-flagged-to-fbi/

And you are simply ignoring the hundreds of thousands who lost their jobs and much more because the refused the bogus vaccines. Communist Biden held the gun to the heads of all the military personnel until very recently, and now that the mandate has been removed, they are being penalized for standing up to COVID tyranny. At the same time all the illegal invaders of the USA were given a free pass and did not have to even prove if they were brining diseases into the country. So who should really be having a gun held to his head?
 
Nehemiah6

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Dude653 said:
I think Biden expressed some good ideas like going after pharmaceutical companies jacking up drug prices
Trying to pass a junk bill act which will prevent businesses from padding the bill with hidden fees
Better training for police officers
Close loopholes that allow billionaires to get out of paying their fair share of taxes
Give teachers a pay raise
Increase border security
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Dude, this is all SMOKE AND MIRRORS. "Increase border security"? Really? While flooding millions of illegals into the country? "Better training for police officers" while defunding the police and releasing criminals onto the streets daily? "Give teachers a pay raise" so that they can either stay home or corrupt little kids? You must be smoking something psychedelic.
 
ZNP

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Nehemiah6 said:
Dude, this is all SMOKE AND MIRRORS. "Increase border security"? Really? While flooding millions of illegals into the country? "Better training for police officers" while defunding the police and releasing criminals onto the streets daily? "Give teachers a pay raise" so that they can either stay home or corrupt little kids? You must be smoking something psychedelic.
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Only the absolutely most gullible would still take Joe Biden at his word.
 
Godsgirl1983

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Dude653 said:
If you don't want the vaccine, you don't have to take it. No one is holding a gun to your head
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I'm not talking about whether to take the vaccine or not...
You said:
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good ideas like going after pharmaceutical companies jacking up drug prices
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first off, biden doesn't have any "good ideas"
and second (which was my point before) he is part of the problem with the pharmaceutical companies.
 
ZNP

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Godsgirl1983 said:
I'm not talking about whether to take the vaccine or not...
You said:

first off, biden doesn't have any "good ideas"
and second (which was my point before) he is part of the problem with the pharmaceutical companies.
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No good ideas?! Don't you remember when he ran for president he had a great idea on how to squash the pandemic if we would elect him then he would tell us. After being elected his idea was to wear masks, socially distance and take the vaccine.
 
Godsgirl1983

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ZNP said:
No good ideas?! Don't you remember when he ran for president he had a great idea on how to squash the pandemic if we would elect him then he would tell us. After being elected his idea was to wear masks, socially distance and take the vaccine.
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:unsure: nope sorry, I don't remember him running for president.
I do remember him hiding A LOT though.

Oh! but you've got it wrong.....
he couldn't possibly want everyone to take an unnecessary, poisonous concoction.
After all, doing so would only aid in pharmaceutical companies "get rich quick" schemes by"jacking up" their prices :cautious:
No, no, no. Old Joe wouldn't sell out the health and well being of the American people!
:unsure: Would he?
 
ZNP

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Godsgirl1983 said:
:unsure: nope sorry, I don't remember him running for president.
I do remember him hiding A LOT though.

Oh! but you've got it wrong.....
he couldn't possibly want everyone to take an unnecessary, poisonous concoction.
After all, doing so would only aid in pharmaceutical companies "get rich quick" schemes by"jacking up" their prices :cautious:
No, no, no. Old Joe wouldn't sell out the health and well being of the American people!
:unsure: Would he?
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Sounds to me like you are not a fan of the Big guy.
 
Dude653

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He's already passed a bill that prevents pharmaceutical companies from overcharging diabetic people for their insulin
 
ZNP

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Godsgirl1983 said:
What was your first clue?
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Give Biden the respect he is due

Joe Biden is the president of the most powerful nation in the world with the most incredible intelligence gathering capabilities. (Granted, a guy with binoculars in Billings Montana was able to see what he wasn't able to see concerning China spying on the US.)

But still this guy is commander and chief of the most powerful military in the world. (Granted, maybe not more powerful than the Taliban which completely plundered us in Afghanistan.)

When he says our Southern border is secure, that is it. (Granted 5 million + have crossed that border, Fentanyl deaths are sky high in America and human trafficking has become the cash cow to the cartels.)

The reason "he is the big guy" is because he is the guy with the plan. He alone had a plan on how to squash the pandemic, and that plan was to keep on doing what Trump had been doing.

But that is not all he is the guy with all the secrets, some are in his garage, some in his closet, some in Hunter's bedroom, this guy has so many secrets he has completely lost track of them.

Besides, it isn't all about national security, think about the economy. The guy is a genius, how many people on his salary could have 3 homes, one of which he rents out at $49,000 a month? Also, think how ethical he is, most people wouldn't charge rent to their son.
 
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