While I have not always agreed with our President Donald Trump. After college, I worked only 6-7 yrs as an employee. I often “bucked the system” as an employee. Six years after college I decided to open my own community pharmacy, and before I retired years later, I had started a handful of businesses, not everyone was a success, but most were.
As being an entrepreneur myself, I have to respect President Trump for all his accomplishments both personally and for our country. Those people who have never own/ran a business. They have little/no idea of what is involved and the meaning contained by the saying “signing the front of a paycheck”.
Our country should be considered a business, and unfortunately most the people that we elected to run our country – at least during my lifetime – the majority seemed to be more interested in their own personal success and the POWER that they can wield.
I & “WE” can hope that President Trump can use his skills as a entrepreneur to lower our national debt, lower our tax rates and essentially put more MONEY in all our pockets.
Donald Trump comes to office as a “lame duck” because he can’t run for another term, so he doesn’t has to worry about getting re-elected and have to concede on his goals to cull political favor.
I heard on TV today that someone, some group is already filing lawsuits against a couple of President Trumps proposed programs. I am sure there will be more and others who are planting “landmines” that are designed to cause President Trump and our country to FAIL.
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Trump is not admired as a businessman—he robbed and cheated everyone who worked with/for him (did you not pay attention as he raped Atlantic City?). As a bonus (for dumb ugly fat guys who wanna be the boss of the little ladies who reject them) he’s an adjudicated rapist. There is no sunrise on America as long as he’s in charge. I’m not supporting the creepiest horror show on the planet, you however wholeheartedly joined his American Nazi Party. What happened to your wrong morality? Did you break it on your way down to Hell?
Thank you for reading my blog and sharing your thoughts. I looked up your area from your IP address and apparently, you are from Raleigh/Durham NC area. Basically the “bay area”of the East Coast – thanks to how Duke University dominates the landscape in that area.
According to http://www.perplexity.ai Duke Medical – if you read between the lines – has a fairly restrictive opioid prescribing process. If you are a chronic pain pt, I hope that their processes are not preventing you from getting adequate therapy and pain management
Duke University Medical does not have a strict no-opioid prescribing policy. Instead, they have implemented a more nuanced approach to opioid prescribing that focuses on education, responsible prescribing practices, and alternative pain management strategies.
Duke has made several changes to address the opioid crisis:
1. Enhanced curriculum: The medical school has expanded its education on opioids, addiction, and pain management[1]. This includes:
– A four-week brain and behaviors course in the first year
– Content on pain management in second-year clerkships
– A formal course on substance use disorders in the psychiatry rotation
2. Improved prescribing processes: Duke University Health System is working to improve opioid prescribing processes for patients, including those on chronic opioid therapy[2].
3. Participation in research and workshops: Duke is involved in FDA public workshops on opioid prescriber education, indicating their commitment to staying informed about best practices[3].
While Duke has not implemented a no-opioid policy, they are taking a more cautious and educated approach to opioid prescribing. This aligns with the broader medical community’s shift towards more judicious use of opioids while still ensuring appropriate pain management for patients who need it[4][9].
Citations:
[1] https://www.aamc.org/news/students-learn-treat-pain-and-without-opioids
[2] https://populationhealth.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2021-06/Carnago_OPPIP_RxSummit2021_Poster.pdf
[3] https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/events/fda-public-workshop-opioid-prescriber-education
[4] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/rr/rr7103a1.htm
[5] https://scholars.duke.edu/individual/pub1555233
[6] https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pmtf-final-report-2019-05-23.pdf
[7] https://healthpolicy.duke.edu/sites/default/files/2021-10/Opioid%20Prescriber%20Education%20Workshop%20Slide%20Deck.pdf
[8] https://scholars.duke.edu/individual/pub1556323
[9] https://anesthesiology.duke.edu/news/opioid-crisis-requires-new-approaches-prescription-opioid-management
[10] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8344207/
You really should start a political blog and move this type of crap there. People seeking medical knowledge come here for that, and most of them have zero interest in your political views.
You do manage to bring attention to certain issues regarding the state of medicine in this country, info that can’t always be found elsewhere. That is why I check in every few weeks. I am a legacy intractable pain patient, and do appreciate what you provide regarding everything that relates to my world.
But if I want to read the latest political news, I know where to go. And it definitely ain’t here! (Running the largest government on earth is NOTHING like running a business! And trump? He’s just in it for the grift. Drink the koolaid if you want, but it would be great if you could piss it out on some other site.)
I don’t expect you to publish this. But I dare you to!
I am sorry that you – and many others – see no relationship between politicians/bureaucrats and how chronic pain pts and their ability is affected if and how well chronic pain pts receive treatment. President Trump’s older Brother died early because of his alcoholism and Trump himself is a “teetotaler” because of that. If Pam Bondi gets confirmed as Fed AG, you should go to my blog and type BONDI in the search bar and see all she did in Florida while she was AG in FL for 8 yrs in the early 2010s, regarding the availability of opioids to treat chronic pain. Gov DeSantis has appointed the current AG of Florida Ashley Moody – who is married to a DEA agent. To assume Marco Rubio’s Senate seat and Rubio got confirmed yesterday by our Senate 99-0 vote. I am also aware of a Federal Senator who apparently is a chronic pain pt, but the prescriber allows them to come to the prescriber’s office at 4AM-5PM to “pee in a cup”. Apparently, this Senator doesn’t want to be known to be a chronic pain pt who is apparently receiving appropriate pain management. I am sorry that you and many other chronic pain pts see no relationship between politics and their pain management, but after all it was Pres “tricky Dick” Nixon that started the war on drugs because of his known racism & bigotry.
Do you really believe that Donald J. Trump isn’t interested in having as much POWER as possible???
entrepreneurs have an ingrained need to build businesses. Trump has joined 4 other of our Presidents that has/will donate their salaries to charities.
The Presidential salary is $400,000/yr. So during his last 4 yr term and the coming 4 yr term – he will donate 3.2 million to charity.
I don’t know many people who think the last 4 yrs were a huge success – 21% inflation, interest on house loans nearly DOUBLED. – 10s of millions of illegal immigrants flowing across our borders. 100,000K+ dying from illegal fentanyl from China & Mex cartels. etc…etc…etc
According to this some members of Congress promised to donate their salaries during a government shutdown – if the government had a shutdown.
According to the Washington Post’s research, nearly 150 lawmakers out of 237 (or 244) who made the promise during the 2013 government shutdown either donated their salaries to charity, refused to accept them until the government reopened, or returned them to the Treasury[3]. Specifically, at least 116 of the 244 lawmakers who pledged to return part of their pay donated more than $494,500 to charity[7]. It’s important to note that this data is from the 2013 government shutdown, and the exact number may have changed since then.
More recently, some members of Congress continue to make similar pledges. For example, in September 2023, Congressman Vern Buchanan announced that he would refuse to accept his Congressional salary in the event of a government shutdown and donate the money to charity[6]. However, comprehensive data on the current number of members donating their salaries is not available in the provided search results.
Citations:
[1] https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/donor-demographics
[2] https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/us-house-of-representatives/summary?id=D000000412
[3] https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/02/majority-congresspeople-who-promised-donate-or-withhold-their-salaries-actually-did-it/358654/
[4] https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-recipients
[5] https://www.gao.gov/products/b-206396.2
[6] https://buchanan.house.gov/2023/9/with-potential-shutdown-looming-buchanan-announces-he-will-refuse-to-accept-congressional-salary-donate-money-to-charity
[7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-government-shutdown-dozens-of-lawmakers-gave-to-charity/2014/02/27/a21aa768-9b35-11e3-ad71-e03637a299c0_story.html
[8] https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30064
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salaries_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress
The Trump organization has: The Trump Organization has 22,450 employees[1][4][9]. This figure represents the total number of employees across all of Donald Trump’s business ventures and investments, which are held under The Trump Organization as a conglomerate[7].
Citations:
[1] https://www.zippia.com/the-trump-organization-careers-41590/demographics/
[2] https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/08/these-agencies-have-lost-most-workers-under-trump/150577/
[3] https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-The-Trump-Organization-EI_IE3007.11,33.htm
[4] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trump_Organization
[5] https://www.brookings.edu/articles/tracking-turnover-in-the-trump-administration/
[6] https://www.vpm.org/npr-news/npr-news/2025-01-20/trump-seeks-to-end-telework-for-federal-workers
[7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_brand
[8] https://www.factcheck.org/2018/04/trumps-numbers-first-quarterly-update/
[9] https://www.zippia.com/the-trump-organization-careers-41590/
[10] https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-trump-organization
Agree. 95% of people have no idea what is going on and misdirect their anger brought on by widespread corruption to the wrong source. People are blind. I, however, am not. I also reached out to a few attorneys regarding the corruption taking place with adhd medications presently. The brand Adderall was bought by a Japanese company – Takeda – which is essentially owned by Blackrock and now magically the medication and its generics not only no longer work, but are making people sick. Coincidence? I think we know the answer. This country has been calcified with corruption and it’s seeped its way into everything we touch. I am tired. I demand answers and accountability. Godspeed, God Bless, and Cheers to a (hopefully) new day.