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Swede

(40,101 posts) Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:49 PM Dec 2025

Lutnick is such a sychophant that he's literally trying to rewrite the rules of math to kiss up to Trump.

Nutlick is disgusting.

FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you

LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was 0 and you bring it down to , it's down 7 times

F: Not a 600% cut

L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-18T20:10:25.908Z

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Lutnick is such a sychophant that he's literally trying to rewrite the rules of math to kiss up to Trump. (Original Post) Swede Dec 2025 OP

JFC, they are not even trying to pretend. niyad Dec 2025 #1

This guy has no clue how percent change is calculated. Borogove Dec 2025 #2

Right. What Lutnick said has ZERO mathematical validity. Wiz Imp Dec 2025 #4

Even if he said he reduced prescription drug costs by 1%, he'd be lying. Wiz Imp Dec 2025 #3

Howie the Nutlicker Hassler Dec 2025 #5

Stupid people love Trump Johonny Dec 2025 #6

Sadly, US electorate doesn't choose their guy/lady based on math abilities, . . . . or decency. Silent Type Dec 2025 #7

niyad

(134,056 posts)

1. JFC, they are not even trying to pretend.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 07:30 PM

Dec 2025

Sadly, their base is so fucking stupid that they will believe this BS.

Borogove

(632 posts)

2. This guy has no clue how percent change is calculated.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 07:58 PM

Dec 2025

Wiz Imp

(10,446 posts)

4. Right. What Lutnick said has ZERO mathematical validity.

Reply to Borogove (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:08 PM

Dec 2025

Math can't be manipulated. There is only one correct Percent change between 2 numbers. It's a foundational rule in math that a positive number can not be reduced by more than 100% and remain a positive number. What Lutnick is doing is not a mathematical calculation of percent change - it's simply total bullshit.

Wiz Imp

(10,446 posts)

3. Even if he said he reduced prescription drug costs by 1%, he'd be lying.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:01 PM

Dec 2025

Something Lutnick and Trump are too stupid to know is that Prescription Drug prices are measured as part of the CPI. The CPI for November was released today, and the ove-the-year increase in Prescription Drug prices was 1.9% (slightly lower than overall inflation - thanks to previous Democratic Legislation that lowered some prices) but nowhere near dropping. The most reccent over the month change for Prescription Drugs was 0.3%, the same as the overall OTM inflation rate.

Hassler

(4,968 posts)

5. Howie the Nutlicker

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:18 PM

Dec 2025

Johonny

(26,631 posts)

6. Stupid people love Trump

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 08:26 PM

Dec 2025

Silent Type

(12,412 posts)

7. Sadly, US electorate doesn't choose their guy/lady based on math abilities, . . . . or decency.

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:11 PM

Dec 2025

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