Tucker: Leaders show no obligation to American voters

[Tx_Aggie]

You are way too perceptive to be posting here.

Thank you. I really appreciate that, especially coming from you.

[Tx_Aggie]

Exactly. Hard drugs aren’t inherently more available in Appalachia than they are in Houston. What’s prevalent is the lack of a future. I’m from West Virginia originally. I don’t live there anymore...I wanted to have a career. There are amazing and beautiful parts of the state that firmly buck the stereotype, but sadly much of it does not.

That's no joke. I've lived in Appalachia for going on 8 years now. I was shocking how much soul crushing poverty there is here once you get outside of the towns that still some sort of manufacturing or tourist attraction, or the occasional college town. There's a lot of truth in the idea that you must be willing (and financially able) to leave if you want to have any sort of successful career.

[26 Inf]

That's no joke. I've lived in Appalachia for going on 8 years now. I was shocking how much soul crushing poverty there is here once you get outside of the towns that still some sort of manufacturing or tourist attraction, or the occasional college town. There's a lot of truth in the idea that you must be willing (and financially able) to leave if you want to have any sort of successful career.

When you start discussing this with folks, you find a lot of them have the 'well, they just need to move and get better jobs' mindset without having a clue as to how difficult that might be for some people.

[Buncheong]

You are way too perceptive to be posting here.

+ 2

He summed it up very well, can’t add a thing.

[SteyrAUG]

I’ll let them do all the drugs they want as long as they sign a document rejecting any government assistance of any kind for life.

Do all the drugs you want, I have zero interest in continuing to fund peoples bad decisions.

I don't want to be in traffic with them nor in line behind them at the grocery store. I'm all for "sign in" clinics where you can get any drug you want.

[Tx_Aggie]

When you start discussing this with folks, you find a lot of them have the 'well, they just need to move and get better jobs' mindset without having a clue as to how difficult that might be for some people.

Agreed. I had the same attitude when I was younger and hadn't seen enough hardship to know better. There are people who pull themselves out, often through sheer grit and determination, but it's not an easy thing to do.

[Tx_Aggie]

I don't want to be in traffic with them nor in line behind them at the grocery store. I'm all for "sign in" clinics where you can get any drug you want.

I think Portugal has had some luck with the decriminalizing recreational use of Heroin (and other drugs) in 2001 and switching to a focus on voluntary treatment. They've seen rates of drug use and HIV infection drop dramatically, and large increases of voluntary enrollment in addiction treatment programs.

They haven't gotten rid of the problem, but they seem to be managing it a hell of a lot better than we are.

[Averageman]

That's no joke. I've lived in Appalachia for going on 8 years now. I was shocking how much soul crushing poverty there is here once you get outside of the towns that still some sort of manufacturing or tourist attraction, or the occasional college town. There's a lot of truth in the idea that you must be willing (and financially able) to leave if you want to have any sort of successful career.

My family slowly moved from Virginia (before they split the State) to Kentucky (and a few of them stayed.) and then North to better farms and factory jobs.
You can still find some amazing poverty all over Kentucky, but especially on the far east side. We would go there sometimes and visit Family, until my Dad just said "No More." It's about attitude and wanting to do better for the next generation.
Drugs and Alcohol are an amazingly soul sucking addiction and for many people, there is no way out of it.

[Groyper]

I don't agree with everything the man says, but this is absolutely worth the 15 minutes it takes to watch.

It's nice to see someone in the MSM actually giving some thought to the plight of the average American.

This aged like a fine wine.

[Dr. Bullseye]

As far as I am concerned Tucker stabbed Trump in the back. No kissing my ass now Tucker, screw you and your channel.