Khashoggi Killing, ‘Borrow and Spend’ Republicans, New Rule Targets Big Pharma

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Mike and Jay open the show with discussion of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabian security personnel. Jay argues that while President Trump’s rhetoric has been typically Trumpian, in terms of substance his response has been measured and reasonable. Mike calls for strong action in response to the killing and argues that the Trump administration’s decision to go all in on friendship with the autocratic Saudi regime should be reconsidered. Then it’s a look at the federal budget deficit, which rose nearly 17 percent from last year, due in large part to sharp declines in corporate tax revenue following the GOP tax bill that passed in December of 2017. Mike says that this is no surprise, as economists on both the right and left said the cuts wouldn’t come close to paying for themselves. Jay argues that while this may be the case, growth is strong and we need to wait longer to see if the long term results of the cuts are positive. After that, the Guys take a look at a new rule proposed by the Trump administration that would require pharmaceutical companies to include price information in their drug ads. Mike applauds the move, though he doesn’t think it will lead to the sort of cost reductions the administration hopes for. Jay agrees, and argues that this is unnecessary government interference in the market. Show Notes Who should be the first non-guy Politics Guy? Let us know (and tell us what you think about the current Politics Guys) by taking this short Politics Guys Hosts Survey. We appreciate your feedback! Listen to Mike being interviewed on the Thales’ Well podcast. He gets into his intellectual origins, Edmund Burke, John McCain, Donald Trump, and lots more. Check out Outvote, the app Mike mentioned on the show. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American
0:04.2	politics and policy. I'm Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:09.3	With me today is my regular co-host, Cleveland Area Attorney and Republican Factotum Jay Carson.
0:14.6	Good morning. Hey, Jay, how are you doing?
0:17.0	Well, I'd like to say I'm tan, rested, and ready after a couple weeks off, but I'm neither tan nor rested, but I suppose I'm ready.
0:25.4	But you are ready. It is nice to be back after a short break. And by the way, about that, folks, before we get started with the show, as you know, if you're a regular listener, the last two weeks, Trey has been hosting this show with two of our potentially new first non-guy politics guys co-host,
0:45.4	the first Athena King and then Alexandra Philandra.
0:48.1	And we need to get your feedback now.
0:50.9	We have our thoughts on it, but of course, you know, we do the show for you, and we want to
0:54.8	know what you think about both Athena and Alexandria and also about, you know, the rest of us as well.
1:02.0	So I put together a really short, simple survey that takes, I think, two or three minutes at most to fill out,
1:08.6	and that's if you're being kind of verbose about your
1:11.2	comments and you don't have to put in comments. But if you could, let us know what you think.
1:15.8	That would be incredibly helpful. And I will put a link to the survey in the show notes. And so we
1:21.2	would really appreciate your feedback on that. Thanks so much. It's like American Idol or the voice.
1:26.5	It's like you get you get to choose
1:28.0	America's next podcast superstar. Yeah, it really is. In fact, I was going to start up saying,
1:32.3	it's time to choose, but I thought that would be a little hokey, so I didn't do it. One other thing
1:37.2	before I get started also, I was actually interviewed on a podcast called Bailey's Well, which is a podcast about philosophy, politics, current affairs,
1:47.4	literature, and film based in the UK. And the host of the podcast, Patrick O'Connor actually is a
1:53.4	listener to this show. And he contacted me a while back and said, would you like to come on and talk
1:58.2	about yourself and political philosophy and all that? And I said, well, you're sure. Absolutely. I'd be happy to do that. And we had a great
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