Philosophy

Drug prices continue to rise at the same time the need for medicine continues to grow. What makes the problem more precarious is that without the profit incentive drug companies won’t invest millions of dollars in finding cures that can truly make a difference or even safe life’s.  Therefore an all the above approach must be utilized. Here are the steps that should be taken.

(1) A drug company can extend the federal patent on medicine up to a decade longer if it is willing to work on a smaller margin on the profit of such drugs.

(2) Natural Cures will also have the ability to receive an FDA review to compete with said drugs in the marketplace.

(3) The FDA procedure for approving drugs will be streamlined so that the cost to bring them to market will be reduced.  People will be able to utilize experimental medicine (once the sign a waiver) at a reduce cost as well.

(4) Lawsuits against manufacturers of such medicine will be capped as it relates to punitive damages.

(5) Make it easier to receive a drug patent and allow miniscule differences to be patent-able. Therefore allowing greater competition in the marketplace.

It’s sad to report but Jeb Bush has been Trumped again as his name jebbush.com leads to the Donald Trump website.  Everyone is entitled to his/her mistakes but owning your own name as a link to your website is a mistake the Bush team shouldn’t have made.  This begs the question if the Governor can’t run an effective campaign how well can he lead the country especially with all the big monies behind him? That is another reason why I’ve been sticking with Marco Rubio who has run a fairly tight campaign on a shoe string(s) budget and owns his own name for now.

Ben Carson is the last of the Republican Candidates that I will review for the South Carolina Primary. In some ways he lives up to the saying that “you save the best for last” but in other ways he’s just last. Please see my notes below and add your comments as you see fit.

ADVANTAGES

1. BRILLIANT- He is the smartest person in the field.

2. LOOK- Dr. Carson has a warm friendly look and we can’t ignore he is the only African American running for the Presidency this time from either party. He also has a great smile

3. CONSTITUTIONIST- Ben Carson clearly articulates the values and limits of constitutional power.

4. NEW- Dr. Carson is a refreshing outsider to the political sphere

DISADVANTAGES

1. LOOK- Ben often appears tired and lackluster in his performances on the debate stage

2. NICE- Dr. Carson appears to nice for this political season of Trump.

3. WAITS TURN- He is willing to wait his turn patiently during such a debate and often is heard the least from.

4. EXPERIENCE- Dr. Carson is brilliant but his lack of any real political experience is something difficult for him to overcome especially when there is another outsider who has unlimited funds he’s running against.

Meeting Jeb Bush in person is quite a different experience then the Jeb Bush you see on the television stage.  He is much more personal, relaxed and his humor is even funny. As a whole here  (below) are the positive and negatives sides of his run for the Presidency.

POSITIVE

1. CONSERVATIVE RECORD- Jeb has a strong record of conservative achievement as Governor of Florida

2. WILL ATTACK- Governor Bush will forcefully attack his opponents. The success rate is to be considered below.

3.  LOOK- The Governor is taller then most of his opponents.

NEGATIVE

1. NAME- It appears the public wants a change from the names of Bush, Clinton in the White House.

2. ATTACK MODE- His attacks have appeared to prepared in the past.

3. LOOK- He sometimes appears quirky or uncomfortable as he stands on the debate stage. His expressions appear to often to be forced except when he’s angry.

You’re busy and don’t have time to read extensive pieces on the debate or you’re thinking they’re all pretty much alike well then here’s a few tidbits you might find interesting from yesterday’s brawl.

Match 1- Jeb Bush vs Donald Trump– Bush might not have had a knockout but he landed some good upper cuts making Donald Trump appear more as a conspiracy Democrat on 911 then a Republican. Donald Trump did throw many punches Jeb’s way but few of them landed only inflicting body shots.

Match 2- Ted Cruz vs Marco Rubio- The decision goes to Marco Rubio but only by  a 1/2 point for the punches were going all over the place when it came to the issue of immigration. The win goes to Marco though when he was able to demonstrate Ted Cruz’s difficult with telling the truth on various issues and people.

Match 3- Jeb Bush vs John Kasich- A slow fight with few punches landing on either side. This smack down was more of a patty cake contest.  Jeb Bush landed one punch showing John Kasich to be a bit more liberal on his governor’s record then he would have liked to portray. John Kasich came back with “can’t we get along” type of message.  I’m not sure he knows he’s in a fight.

Match 3- Ben Carson vs Ben Carson- Ben Carson continued to train for the big fight but none of the punches came his way and he didn’t land any knockdown’s as well.  He was the calm reflective man who might have thought too much and spoke too little.

BIG WINNER-  Marco Rubio after having such a difficult fight at the last battle he came out swinging with facts and spontaneity that the crowd continued have expected and was humble enough to thank George W. Bush for keeping us safe (smartest line of the night).  Jeb Bush came in a close second attacking the front runner with pounds of punches.

BIGGEST LOSER- Sorry Donald this wasn’t your best performance. You came out like Mike Tyson throwing everything at once but Jeb and Ted ducked and blocked all the attacking punches.