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And by what s going on. but we knew we had to do more. there s more than one way to bring down costs. another expression my dad used to use for real, he d say, joey, he said at the end of the month, the question is after you pay all your bills, do you have just a little left for breathing room. just a little left for breathing room. all your bills paid, do you have anything left. well, inflation eats into that obviously. but guess what, bringing down the cost of medication goes a long way to giving you a little more. that s why through the inflation reduction act, we finally gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices like the v.a. does. we ve been trying to get this done for decades in the senate. this time we finally beat big pharma for the first time. [ applause ] ....
Down inflation remains one of my top priorities. it s less than half of what it was a year ago, inflation caused by russia and the war in ukraine and by what was going on. we knew we had to do more. there s more than one way to bring down costs. another expression of my dad, for real, he would say, joey, at the end of the month, the question is, after you pay all your bills, do you have just a bit left for breathing room? all your bills pay, do you have anything left? well, inflation eats into that, obviously, but guess what? bringing down the cost of medication goes a long way to giving you a little more. that s would you, through the inflation redrug act, we finally gave medicare tauthorization fo ....
Have a little left for breathing room. just a little left for breathing room. all your bills paid, do you have anything left. well, inflation eats into that, obviously, but guess what. bringing down the cost of medication goes a long way to giving you a little more. that s why through the inflation reduction act we finally gave medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices like the v.a. does now. trying to get this done, dick and i, for decades in the senate. this time we finally beat big pharma for the first time. you know [applause] you know, same drug made by the same american company sold in chicago is more expensive than that same drug sold in toronto, great britain, france, germany, any city you can name, for real. ....
Anyone who says there are easy answers is not being straight with the british people. some argue for spending cuts, but that would not be compatible with high quality public services. others say savings should be found by increasing taxes but conservatives know high tax economy is damage enterprise and erode freedom. we want low taxes and sound money but conservatives know sound money but conservatives know sound money has to come first because inflation eats away at the pounded people s pockets even more insidiously than taxes. with half of the consolidation coming from tax and half from spending, this is a balanced plan for stability. i turn first to our decisions on tax. i have tried to be fair by following ....
Money has to come first, because inflation eats away at the pound in your pocket or pounding your bank account every bit as insidiously as taxes, because it pushes up the cost of your weekly shop. of your weekly shop. everybody is ttoin to of your weekly shop. everybody is going to pay of your weekly shop. everybody is going to pay more of your weekly shop. everybody is going to pay more tax, of your weekly shop. everybody is going to pay more tax, public - going to pay more tax, public services are going to be reduced, you keep saying it s difficult and we have to do this but you do not have to do it like this, we will come to your plans for energy a bit later but one of the things we know you are going to do is freeze tax thresholds and that s why everybody will pay more tax. it s a bit sneaky to do that, isn t it? chancellors have done it before, you will not be the first to do it but essentially millions of people will be paying more tax even though you are not putting taxes ....