Senator Chris Murphy

We can do this. We have the ideas, but we have to create the institutional reality to get it done.

We can do this. We have the ideas, but we have to create the institutional reality to get it done.

The shit that markets won't properly regulate. Yeah, bring down costs. I mean, Americans have been saying this for years. Come on! Exactly. Exactly.

The shit that markets won't properly regulate. Yeah, bring down costs. I mean, Americans have been saying this for years. Come on! Exactly. Exactly.

Absolutely. That's totally right. But let's also not forget that the tariffs are projected of this administration are projected to raise prices anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000 each year.

Absolutely. That's totally right. But let's also not forget that the tariffs are projected of this administration are projected to raise prices anywhere from $2,000 to $4,000 each year.

Each pill, I was going to be like, oh. That would be very expensive. But my point is, is absolutely we should be able to get drug prices down. We know how to do that. That's a political problem to get that done. We have made some headway in the IRA. We've got a lot more to do.

Each pill, I was going to be like, oh. That would be very expensive. But my point is, is absolutely we should be able to get drug prices down. We know how to do that. That's a political problem to get that done. We have made some headway in the IRA. We've got a lot more to do.

But at the same time, I think we've got to be very focused on communicating that Trumponomics is about raising costs for Americans. That is very clear. And it's going to push us straight into a recession. The only thing that's worse than inflation unemployment. And that's straight around the corner. And we have to have an agenda to rebuild after that.

But at the same time, I think we've got to be very focused on communicating that Trumponomics is about raising costs for Americans. That is very clear. And it's going to push us straight into a recession. The only thing that's worse than inflation unemployment. And that's straight around the corner. And we have to have an agenda to rebuild after that.

Yeah. I mean, we could do it. There is a way in some cases to do tariff policy. I'm sure. You know, smartly, you'd want to have it be targeted and say, hey, we don't want China to dump their EVs in our market, something like that. You'd want to do it with Great Britain. Right.

Yeah. I mean, we could do it. There is a way in some cases to do tariff policy. I'm sure. You know, smartly, you'd want to have it be targeted and say, hey, we don't want China to dump their EVs in our market, something like that. You'd want to do it with Great Britain. Right.

the european union your allies to do it well and then you'd also want to pair it with public investment because you don't want to just make things expensive you want to speed up the production here at home there there's a way to to do that to think about it and bidenomics has gotten a bad rap in a lot of cases but those ingredients were there with a lot of the core elements around climate policy chips and semiconductors and lena kahn's work at the ftc she's fantastic and you see it now even when they say oh apple has decided they're going to move

the european union your allies to do it well and then you'd also want to pair it with public investment because you don't want to just make things expensive you want to speed up the production here at home there there's a way to to do that to think about it and bidenomics has gotten a bad rap in a lot of cases but those ingredients were there with a lot of the core elements around climate policy chips and semiconductors and lena kahn's work at the ftc she's fantastic and you see it now even when they say oh apple has decided they're going to move

Yeah, I mean, literally, the boats that are coming from China are at half capacity right now because the companies are waiting to ship to see what actually happens. So there's an agility in these supply chains, which I think is important to realize. And so, I mean, but again, the question is, what are we going to do on the other side of this?

Yeah, I mean, literally, the boats that are coming from China are at half capacity right now because the companies are waiting to ship to see what actually happens. So there's an agility in these supply chains, which I think is important to realize. And so, I mean, but again, the question is, what are we going to do on the other side of this?

Like, obviously, we have to criticize what's happening right now.

Like, obviously, we have to criticize what's happening right now.

But all the time that we're doing that, we're not developing this positive agenda for the future. And at least the latter is mostly what I'm focused on.

But all the time that we're doing that, we're not developing this positive agenda for the future. And at least the latter is mostly what I'm focused on.