It does not take long for the new set of politicians to start selling out just like the old set. Cap and trade was supposed to raise hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue by auctioning off the emission credits, but now it seems that most will be given away for free to whoever was best at bribing the politicians. Next up, the politicians sell out to the drug companies, in what could easily amount to hundreds of billions of dollars. What a bunch of suckers we are to keep putting our faith in these politicians.
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/08/white-houses-deal-with-big-pharma.html Robert Reich wrote: "....Last week, after being reported in the Los Angeles Times, the White House confirmed it has promised Big Pharma that any healthcare legislation will bar the government from using its huge purchasing power to negotiate lower drug prices. That's basically the same deal George W. Bush struck in getting the Medicare drug benefit, and it's proven a bonanza for the drug industry. A continuation will be an even larger bonanza, given all the Boomers who will be enrolling in Medicare over the next decade. And it will be a gold mine if the deal extends to Medicaid, which will be expanded under most versions of the healthcare bills now emerging from Congress, and to any public option that might be included. (We don't know how far the deal extends beyond Medicare because its details haven't been made public.)...." _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
