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   Skeeter to All   
   Re: Welcome to the 'annoyance economy':    
   23 Feb 26 08:45:01   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, talk.politics.misc   
   From: invalid@none.com   
      
   In article ,   
   noemail@aol.com says...   
   >   
   > pothead  wrote in   
   > news:10nf5ut$26mv9$1@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   >   
   > > On 2026-02-22, Mitchell Holman  wrote:   
   > >> pothead  wrote in   
   > >> news:10nf28i$259bv$1@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On 2026-02-22, c186282  wrote:   
   > >>>> On 2/21/26 17:12, pothead wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 2026-02-21, Lee  wrote:   
   > >>>>>> pothead  wrote in   
   > >>>>>> news:10ncecn$19i0e$2@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>> If people refuse to pay ridiculous prices for items or services   
   > >>>>>>> then the price will eventually go down.   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>>   
   > >>>>>> Sick people should just stop buying   
   > >>>>>> their medications, that'll lower   
   > >>>>>> drug costs. Right.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> Stop snipping context deceitfully.   
   > >>>>> I'm speaking of things that the OP spoke of.   
   > >>>>> Coffee, lettuce, movie tickets, show tickets, eating out vs at   
   > >>>>> home etc.   
   > >>>>>   
   > >>>>> So Trump is working to lower drug prices and so far it   
   > >>>>> seems to be going well. Time will tell.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>    Drugs don't BELONG to 'the sick' - they BELONG   
   > >>>>    to those who develop/manufacture.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>    If they can't turn a buck on the products then   
   > >>>>    they won't develop/manufacture - no-profit   
   > >>>>    models don't work. The talent and facilities   
   > >>>>    will move to China or India or wherever.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>    Govt takeover ? Then they'll REALLY cost The People   
   > >>>>    ten times as much due to inefficiency and corruption.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Our leaders, both parties, have "given away" our manufacturing of   
   > >>> many of our necessities, like drugs, medical supplies and literally   
   > >>> just about everything to other countries, China in particular.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> The pandemic should have taught us a valuable lesson.   
   > >>> But the greed and elite who really run the country, and the world in   
   > >>> fact, just want money and power.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> The US is in a precarious position right now. What if a country that   
   > >>> supplies most of our drugs decides they will not sell to the USA?   
   > >>> What are we going to do?   
   > >>> Take over the country?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> We need to bring manufacturing back to the USA and in a HUGE way.   
   > >>> And we need to do it quickly.   
   > >>>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>    Nothing says "stop exporting jobs" like   
   > >> supporting a president who exports ALL his   
   > >> manufacturing jobs.   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump cell phones - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump watches - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump sneakers - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump Bibles - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump suits and ties - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump campaign banners - made in China   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump's Menswear Line - Made in Mexico   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump shirts  - made in Bangledesh   
   > >>   
   > >> Trump Inauguration hats - made in Vietnam   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > ROTFLMAO!!   
   > >   
   > > I was going to add an additional comment to my post something   
   > > like "cue Hollow complaining about Trump's trinkets and swag being   
   > > made overseas in 5...4...3...2...1.."   
   > >   
   > > I deleted it because I didn't think you could be that ignorant.   
   > >   
   > > I was wrong.   
   > >   
   > > Hint: comparing Trump's trinkets made overseas to something like   
   > > Ciprofloxacin is idiotic.   
   > >   
   >   
   >   
   >     So exporting jobs is wrong unless Trump does it.   
   >   
   >     Just like adultery is wrong unless Trump does it.   
   >   
   >     And committing fraud is wrong unless Trump does it.   
   >   
   >     And refusing to pay debts is wrong unless Trump does it.   
   >   
   >     You MAGA have no principles, none at all.   
      
   Like you're a fucken angel.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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