Comments on: Locals React To State Of The Union Address

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 19:06:53 +0000

There hasn’t been time to credit Trump with changes to the economy. It doesn’t work that way. The economy has been on the upturn for years. And while a few employees may have gotten bonuses and, even fewer, raises most have not. The majority of leaders of big corporations have publicly stated that any gains they see will be turned back to their stockholders, not to their employees. Some of us may own a few shares of some stock, but not to the extent we are going to see huge profits; that’s reserved for the big gamblers. As for the extra we may see in our paychecks, that is TEMPORARY and when it expires our taxes are going to increase to more than they already are to pay for the PERMANENT breaks given to businesses. In other words, the working class will be funding the tax cuts in the long run. I’ve already calculated my “yuge” increase and right now it looks like the rise in gas prices have already eaten it up.

By: willy

willy — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:59:37 +0000

I didn’t watch it to be honest. I couldn’t just like other presidents before him. I detest the way the country has fallen to pieces solely based on partisan politics. The race wars have gotten worse(fifteen years ago nobody gave a crap what color you were) the two parties can’t find ANY common ground to walk on(and a third, logical party is out of the question) Most of todays younger voters expect something to be given to them NOW instead of having to wait for a change. It just doesn’t happen that way. I straddle the fence when it comes to politics and am honestly insulted by how our government is conducting itself right now. We are failing our forefathers in leaps and bounds. Our constitution is being raped and human rights only apply to those who scream the loudest(on any given day…..unless you’re a Caucasian) The rest of the countries are just sitting back, waiting for us to self-destruct and we’re doing a great job of making their dreams come true. And to President Trump, PLEASE stay off of twitter……PLEASE?!

By: Susan H

Susan H — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:02:37 +0000

The first year successes or failures are usually a residual effect from the previous President, whether it be Republican or Democrat. I personally have not seen a raise or increased quality of life under either party. I can not afford to get sick and I have health insurance, or what passes for it and I work in healthcare. I just did my income tax return and it was a joke! And I haven’t had a vacation in 5 years! People wake up! Quit idolizing politicians of either party. Both parties are killing this nation, both it’s people and the land!

By: Robinhood

Robinhood — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:10:23 +0000

History Lesson 101 – After the President CARTER era it took RONALD REAGAN 8 years of REPUBLICAN service and then GEORGE “Old Man” BUSH spent 4 years in the President seat which makes up TWELVE (12) YEARS of Republican service and got the NATION’s budget balanced and back in the BLACK. Then shameful piece of crap called BILLY CLINTON got into the office of the President with a BALANCED BUDGET and MONEY in the bank and the DEMOCRAPS wanted to say Bill did that and was the only president that sat in the office and actually balanced the budget …….. WHAT A CROCK OF CRAP and the Republicans never ever took the credit as the DEMOCRAPS are doing at this time with how the economy is going. They want to say their DUMB ASS leader called OBUMMER is responsible for the economy doing so well WHAT A JOKE and they believe that crap as well. It really goes to show you how DUMB and STUPID DEMOCRAPS really are and LIE as well to push their illegal ideas.

By: Grand Locust

Grand Locust — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 06:43:36 +0000

As a result of this “gusher” of defense spending—to quote former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates—Pentagon leaders have not been forced to make the hard choices between competing programs as they traditionally have. And the ballooning defense budget played a significant role in turning the budget surplus projected a decade ago into a massive deficit that forces the U.S. government to borrow 43 cents of every dollar it spends. The worse part is many Republicans realize that our massive investment in carrier groups which now are totally vulnerable from any third world country with a tactical nuke on a million dollar ballistic missile , has chilled traditional tough cost cutting Republicans to question how effective our defense of America is. The French Maginot Line is the fear. These massive F-35 investments are putting all our eggs in one basket and the waste is not being reviewed for fear people will ask you to leave your country using traditional fiscal Republican responsibility.

By: Howling at the moon

Howling at the moon — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:40:55 +0000

I smell a wolf in sheep’s clothing claiming to be a locust of grandeur. As for the speech, not bad for his first SOTU. God bless the military men and women, money well spent for the freedoms we enjoy. For those who don’t want to pay the price, there are planes leaving for other countries everyday.

By: Stephen Gundelfinger

Stephen Gundelfinger — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:39:34 +0000

@ Toby, the Russia situation is a sham and Stormy Daniels herself said the allegations are not true on Jimmy Kimmel.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 02:37:15 +0000

I’m indifferent to this speech it felt forced or acted out, a performance. His approval ratings are still very low in the rest of the country compared to Obama and Bush Jr. When I hear this man speak its almost as if he cant articulate what he is trying to convey. I really do wish we could have several political parties or more options like other countries. We’ve become very simple minded and anti intellectualism is a real thing in this country, If Trump had talked of overhauling our failed education system I would have more respect for this man.

By: Grand Locust

Grand Locust — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:30:35 +0000

As a life long Republican, I am ashamed at how my party has just ballooned the deficit again. As a traditional middle of the road main street Republican I fought for balanced budgets for years with my party in the leadership. The military waste of 17 trillion not accounted for and continued blowing up the budget with military spending is insane. We have never been less threatened in the history of this nation. More people have died from bee stings since after 911 than have died from terrorist in America, yet the very thing my Republican idol Ike warned us about was the military industrial complex. The entire panhandle has become panhandlers depending on big government spending on military. Take a deep breath America, and stay within a budget. There is NO excuse for these type of deficits during peace times. Sorry, my republican party has been taken over by radicals who are destroying this country. What happened to experienced intelligent fiscal conservatives. They have left the building. Donald Trump is a democrat who is busting our budget. One trillion deficit already, and more to come since the tax cut for the wealthy. People just do not understand that the biggest threat to America is debt.

By: Facetious Bob

Facetious Bob — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 23:28:34 +0000

A veteran newsman, after the speech, while reviewing the phlegmatic response of the Dems, asked the question, “did their dogs die?”