Trump calls Amazon's deal with Postal Service a 'scam' costing 'billions'

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LOL at the people who think Trumps tweet is going to actually hurt Amazon. Good God people get a freaking clue.
 
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Septic said:
Did I say that there were?
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You said it’s an egregious abuse when no laws have been broken. Gun manufacturers did not break any laws but there were still plenty of comments and tweets that affected their market cap. Drug company stocks took hits when Clinton said they needed more regulation, they had not broken any rules.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
You said it’s an egregious abuse when no laws have been broken. Gun manufacturers did not break any laws but there were still plenty of comments and tweets that affected their market cap. Drug company stocks took hits when Clinton said they needed more regulation, they had not broken any rules.
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And? I'm confused, did I say something contradictory previously? Are you disagreeing?

There are 7.4 billion people on the planet - why do you keep asking me about what other people are randomly commenting or tweeting about?

I feel like you're continually attacking my position with a "some people say" argument gambit. If I didn't say it, please stop trying to pin it on me.
 
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Septic said:
And? I'm confused, did I say something contradictory previously? Are you disagreeing?

There are 7.4 billion people on the planet - why do you keep asking me about what other people are randomly commenting or tweeting about?

I feel like you're continually attacking my position with a "some people say" argument gambit. If I didn't say it, please stop trying to pin it on me.
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To quote the late Huff, JFC.

You said this:
No, what I'm saying is that the president shouldn't single out a private business to attack, ever. It becomes even more egregious of an abuse when no laws have been broken. Especially when the intent is to cause harm, which he's done with clear vindiction.

So I said how is this different than Obama tweeting about guns or Clinton tweeting about drug regulation when neither sector had broken any laws?
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
To quote the late Huff, JFC.

You said this:
No, what I'm saying is that the president shouldn't single out a private business to attack, ever. It becomes even more egregious of an abuse when no laws have been broken. Especially when the intent is to cause harm, which he's done with clear vindiction.

So I said how is this different than Obama tweeting about guns or Clinton tweeting about drug regulation when neither sector had broken any laws?
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Did Obama or Clinton single out any particular private business when making such comments?
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
To quote the late Huff, JFC.

You said this:
No, what I'm saying is that the president shouldn't single out a private business to attack, ever. It becomes even more egregious of an abuse when no laws have been broken. Especially when the intent is to cause harm, which he's done with clear vindiction.

So I said how is this different than Obama tweeting about guns or Clinton tweeting about drug regulation when neither sector had broken any laws?
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Well, for one - I pretty clearly pointed out that he singled out a private business for doing what MANY other businesses are doing concurrently. This is the point which you fail to grasp.

I don't recall Obama tweeting that Colt Defense was solely responsible for Sandy Hook nor do I recall Clinton tweeting that McKesson Pharmaceuticals are completely responsible for the opiod crisis. If they did, that'd be completely fcked up, but they didn't do that. What donny is doing is a focused attack on a specific company and not a partisan swipe at an industry.

While I'd still loathe his intervention, it'd be far more tolerable had he just stated that the USPS should renegotiate and reformulate their long term strategy's.
 
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hog88 said:
Obama criticizes Staples; Staples responds he doesn't 'have all the facts'

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That's a great point.

Obama was answering a direct question posed to him by a reporter about the company that had made statements about his legislation. In fact he starts his answer by saying he doesn't have the fact but suspects Staples can afford something.

It was ill advised to be sure, but it's not even in the same realm of an preemptive and unprovoked twitter tirade on Amazon by dotard don accusing them of "SCAMS".
 
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Septic said:
That's a great point.

Obama was answering a direct question posed to him by a reporter about the company that had made statements about his legislation. In fact he starts his answer by saying he doesn't have the fact but suspects Staples can afford something.

It was ill advised to be sure, but it's not even in the same realm of an preemptive and unprovoked twitter tirade on Amazon by dotard don accusing them of "SCAMS".
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You don't know what I was trying to imply with that post or what I was thinking.
 
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114VOL said:
When the POTUS makes a disparaging public statement about a company, it's always going to have some sort of negative effect on that company
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Not going to hurt Amazon in the long term. Might cost them some money, but they will be completely fine.
 
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Septic said:
Well, for one - I pretty clearly pointed out that he singled out a private business for doing what MANY other businesses are doing concurrently. This is the point which you fail to grasp.

I don't recall Obama tweeting that Colt Defense was solely responsible for Sandy Hook nor do I recall Clinton tweeting that McKesson Pharmaceuticals are completely responsible for the opiod crisis. If they did, that'd be completely fcked up, but they didn't do that. What donny is doing is a focused attack on a specific company and not a partisan swipe at an industry.

While I'd still loathe his intervention, it'd be far more tolerable had he just stated that the USPS should renegotiate and reformulate their long term strategy's.
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Regarding Turing:

Price gouging like this in the specialty drug market is outrageous. Tomorrow I'll lay out a plan to take it on. -H https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/645656049882632192

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 21, 2015

Mylan:

EpiPens can be the difference between life and death. There's no justification for these price hikes. http://hrc.io/2c7lhrs -H

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 24, 2016

Valeant:

When drug companies like Valeant hike prices for profit, lives hang in the balance. One family’s story: hrc.io/1UO04ha

More on epipens:

Drug companies should never put profits before patients. Our plan to stop excessive prescription drug price hikes:
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
Regarding Turing:

Price gouging like this in the specialty drug market is outrageous. Tomorrow I'll lay out a plan to take it on. -H https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/645656049882632192

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 21, 2015

Mylan:

EpiPens can be the difference between life and death. There's no justification for these price hikes. http://hrc.io/2c7lhrs -H

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) August 24, 2016

Valeant:

When drug companies like Valeant hike prices for profit, lives hang in the balance. One family’s story: hrc.io/1UO04ha

More on epipens:

Drug companies should never put profits before patients. Our plan to stop excessive prescription drug price hikes:
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That's outrageous. I can't believe that anyone would be upset about a life saving drug going from $94 to $609 over night while the company used a patent expiration for a health insurance money grab.

This is exactly the same as Amazon negotiating a deal with a courier and a third party years later deciding they didn't like it.

Levity aside, politicians should stay away from making comments about businesses.
 
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