Comments by "Vic 2.0" (@Vic2point0) on "Trump Changed How Politicians Speak w/Stephen Dubner | Joe Rogan" video.

  1. I don't care how they speak anymore, TBH, but Trump's doing a great job. Record-low unemployment rates (especially for minorities), increased wages, prison reform, Right to Try, lower prescription drug prices, the list goes on and on. Also like what he's done for the pro-life movement, but I understand that's a more controversial topic.
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  2. @ssp A. Trump's still doing a great job with all those other things I listed (which you ignored). and B. It would be silly to conclude that the stock market is going down because Trump is incompetent. It had been going up steadily beforehand, and all you guys had to say was "Who cares about the stock market? It only helps the rich people anyway!" (which isn't even true, but I digress)
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  3. I don't care how they speak anymore, TBH, but Trump's doing a great job. Record-low unemployment rates (especially for minorities), increased wages, prison reform, Right to Try, lower prescription drug prices, the list goes on and on. Also like what he's done for the pro-life movement, but I understand that's a more controversial topic.
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  4. ​ @sspbrazil  A. The stock market is another talking point, separate from all the things I listed that Trump's done a great job with (all things you ignored). and B. It would be silly to conclude that the stock market is going down because Trump is incompetent. It had been going up steadily beforehand, and all you guys had to say was "Who cares about the stock market? It only helps the rich people anyway!" (which isn't even true, but I digress)
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  5.  @sspbrazil  "wages haven’t increased," They absolutely have. Median household income went up $4,144 since Trump took office. https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/ED-AZ014_Moore_16U_20190926102706.jpg And no, the cost of living has not gone up that amount over the last three years 🙄 If you want to claim that it has, you're going to need to post proof of your own here. Also keep in mind that the middle and lower classes continue to shrink while the upper class grows. "unemployment had already been on a steady decline since after the Great Recession," Sure, but we're seeing record-low unemployment rates far lower than the norm, lower than they were before the recession even hit. And Obama didn't even think it was possible to bring some of those jobs back without a "magic wand". "Pharmaceutical medications still cost the highest of any developed country in the world," Which is a different point altogether. My point was that Trump had caused prescription drug prices to fall at historic rates, and he did so by getting more drugs approved by the FDA. http://caseymulligan.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-brief-summary-of-activities-in.html There are many reasons why drugs still cost more here. I suspect that our healthcare industry is just plain more heavily regulated (over 130,000 pages of regulations in 2013, doubtless it's climbed a great deal since). We're also dealing with corruption in our government, which is inevitable so long as government has power over that market which can be bought by corporations. But mostly, we lead the world when it comes to the creation of new drugs and research, none of which is cheap (the government is a factor there as well). "The costs have not been negotiated and capped," Right, because those would be artificial "solutions" not addressing the real costs, because costs and prices are two different things. But when there is competition in an industry, the companies competing have incentive to find ways to provide their goods/services cheaper without sacrificing quality or efficiency as we're seeing happen in nations with "free" healthcare. Government interference causes prices to skyrocket (as it did with healthcare in the 60s), whereas a relatively free market causes prices to fall. https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CPIChart2018.png And regardless of what I think about Trump on a personal level, I will always appreciate efforts to further the pro-life agenda. So these points, in addition to prison reform and the Right to Try Act, still stand despite your trying to brush them off or explain them away. I don't agree with everything he's done and said, but I think he's doing a great job overall, far better than I'd expect any of his opposition to do.
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  6.  SC O'Dubhlaoch  Lol, nice one! But don't forget to give Obama credit for bringing it to Trump's attention that he'd be needing a "magic wand" to create more jobs! Trump might've gone into it thinking tax cuts and deregulations would do the trick otherwise 😉
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  7.  @sspbrazil  Well that doesn't seem to be a point against Trump, or anything with which to dismiss the good he's done in that area. A $4,144 increase to median household income in just three years is HUGE. And if more free market principles were applied, we'd be doing much better than we are today.
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  8.  @sspbrazil  Unfortunately for you, name-calling doesn't work as a rebuttal. Nor is anyone making assumptions about what the economy will be like in 10 years. But we do already have data on how free market principles fare over time as well, so good luck arguing that Trump's somehow destroyed us. https://mises.org/wire/how-government-regulations-made-healthcare-so-expensive https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CPIChart2018.png
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  9. You must go from CNN straight to MSNBC and back all day long.
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  10.  @kourtneyr.scruggs0988  Well, part of what's convinced me to vote for him this time is exactly that. Record-low unemployment rates (especially for minorities), increased wages, prison reform, Right to Try, lower prescription drug prices, the list goes on and on. Also like what he's done for the pro-life movement, but I understand that's a more controversial topic.
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