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Presidential Address to Congress 2/28

wyomama0427wyomama0427 member
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Lets discuss... I know I'm not the only one watching! How do you feel about the things being proposed right now?
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Re: Presidential Address to Congress 2/28

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  • wyomama0427wyomama0427 member
    Yeahhhh some of the things he said about healthcare had me like huh?
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  • wyomama0427wyomama0427 member
    lahearn18 said:
    As a military family the increased military funding and veteran support is something I am very intrigued about. And as a Navy spouse, honoring Mrs Owens was very heartfelt and brought tears to my eyes as my husband puts his life on the line for our freedoms as well, her current reality is my nightmare. 
    Yesssss I definitely cried too... so many feels. There are definitely some things I can get behind here and the military will ALWAYS be one. 
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  • jutondreaujutondreau member
    lahearn18 said:
    As a military family the increased military funding and veteran support is something I am very intrigued about. And as a Navy spouse, honoring Mrs Owens was very heartfelt and brought tears to my eyes as my husband puts his life on the line for our freedoms as well, her current reality is my nightmare.

    ETA: I am sure I am gonna get some heat for opening my mouth...
    Yes. THIS EXACTLY. With deployment looming over the horizon (less than 6 weeks till estimated departue...definitely always nerve racking). I am thrilled to think funding will increase and with that the possibility of increasing access to healthcare & healthcare jobs in the MILITARY realm. (I'm not even touching the other things he said about healthcare...more so thinking about being able to provide more jobs for us spouses...)
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  • Becky012016Becky012016 member
    I have a feeling the money would go to contracts (weapons manufacturing, intel from non military corporations, more fleet vahicles/boats/planes manufacturing, drone development, etc) that the real military men and women won't see much of an improvement. We spend waaaaaaay more on maintaining our military than then the next 6(?) countries combined and yet we still have problems providing for the actual military personnel, both active and retired. 
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  • wyomama0427wyomama0427 member
    @amandarene112 lol that's fair, just thought since he was talking about healthcare it was worth a chat! But I totally understand. I don't want to argue with anyone either  :#
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  • mrs_tacosmrs_tacos member
    @daniellelynette I normally love a healthy, respectful debate. I'm just so politiced-out lately, I'm not sure I can manage the respectful part, so I'm just going to sit this one out. :wink:


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  • wyomama0427wyomama0427 member
    @amandarene112 I see how it would be easy to get burnt out since there has been so much going on with politics, I personally don't see anyone but my one year old all day and then when DH gets home he gets annoyed when I dump all my adult thoughts on him and he doesn't want to talk about trump at all so I've got no one to discuss things with lol. 
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  • jesigirlijesigirli member
    Politics is a parenting issue. The current political climate is a bit unprecedented but I'm glad to see discussion on the bump : )
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  • sugarrushsugarrush member
    We had nasty storms here last night from 6 until 10pm, and we have satellite so I missed the whole thing.  :/
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  • MyNamesTakenMyNamesTaken member
    It scares me how many divisive policies he wants to bring forward. That VOICE program sounds like a disaster waiting to happen and he's still on about the stupid wall...
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  • kelseyrayaykelseyrayay member
    edited March 2017
    lahearn18 said:
    As a military family the increased military funding and veteran support is something I am very intrigued about. And as a Navy spouse, honoring Mrs Owens was very heartfelt and brought tears to my eyes as my husband puts his life on the line for our freedoms as well, her current reality is my nightmare.

    ETA: I am sure I am gonna get some heat for opening my mouth...
    I agree! My dh is a marine vet! 
    I didn't watch though because I was asleep by 8 lol (migraine/ sinuses) but I saw a video where he was talking about mrs Owens 

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  • mrsmarygsmrsmarygs member
    I'm skeptical but interested to see what comes out of the healthcare reform. Obamacare obviously didn't work, but I'm not sure how HSAs are going to help anyone but the upper middle class.
    I'm also really interested to see how these tax cuts are going to go into effect. I think it would be really smart to give businesses tax breaks if they give their employees paid maternity leave. He's talked about both separately, but how are you going to make businesses pay their employees that aren't working without government overstepping their bounds into private businesses (everything that Trump and his party are again). If there is an incentive like a huge tax break, then maybe more businesses would offer paid or partly paid maternity leave.
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  • towntownstowntowns member
    @daniellelynette I appreciate a genuine hope for a friendly discussion about politics. I work in an office all day of people who just want to argue with each other. I feel like it's understandably challenging these days no matter where you stand! 

    As someone who was extremely apprehensive about both candidates, I was pleasantly surprised to see him keep his cool and be respectful to both parties in the room, as well as appealing to them and talking about unity. I feel like it was maybe one of the first times I really heard him explain in organized thought about what the gameplan was, and same with @mrsmgsee I'm curious to see more details and how it starts to pan out. 

    This is is the most involved I've ever seen millennials in politics and as a millennial I have to say I'm very happy about that. 
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  • jessieR358jessieR358 member
    He makes my skin crawl, so we watched the People VS OJ on Netflix instead 
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  • lilpootslilpoots member
    edited March 2017


    I have forgotten how to gif :(
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  • HollyGolightly09HollyGolightly09 member
    @lilpoots  there ya go ;) 

    you click on the little icon that looks like paper with the corner folded down, and then paste it in that little box.
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