Pharmaceutical companies making billions of dollars’ profit on drugs whose development was subsidized by the US taxpayer - yet is not affordable to millions of people who need it - is not righteous profit. It is institutionalized theft.

Jan 31, 2023 · 11:25 AM UTC

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And, a large part of the problem is that Medicare should pay no more for them than the Veterans Admin. The latter can negotiate and does get better prices.
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gOoD tHiNgS aRE gOoD, bAd ThiNgs aRe BaD 🤪
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Congress is an accessory to corporations’ crime.
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It's industrial austerity and it kills people.
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marshalgrouchy @marshalgrouchy
31 Jan 2023
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Billions of dollars in profit = millions and millions in owed taxes. A fascinating trick is that news outlets and Dem politicians only talk about Pharma taxes in terms of percentages paid. Why? Because the actual $$ amount is so massive it wouldn't cause the desired outrage.
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The biggest client of #BIGPHARMA is the US government. Who's zooming who?
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theft and corruption are legal in the US, unlike many countries
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One big grift, MW.
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