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dansolo

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7. Not really

Reply to SleeplessinSoCal (Reply #3)

Sun Sep 20, 2020, 07:17 AM

Sep 2020

The Trump administration wanted the drug companies to pay for them, effectively giving an in-kind contribution to the Trump re-election campaign. The drug companies aren't really the "good guys" here. They just refuse to be extorted.

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Deal on drug prices collapsed due to WH insistence on "Trump cards" [View all] Tanuki Sep 2020 OP

Could I hate the GOP/tRump any more than I do? BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #1

So, #TRump wanted to BRIBE folks with small checks which they would recieve before Nov. Election!! riversedge Sep 2020 #2

Worked for W. rickyhall Sep 2020 #6

yikes! the drug companies are the heroes in this story. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2020 #3

Not really dansolo Sep 2020 #7

The biggest f*cking asshole in the world kysrsoze Sep 2020 #4

Trump Cards?? yuiyoshida Sep 2020 #5

To MF45 all it takes is money. Just like is sudden interest in sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #8

A$$hole Maggot. Isn't it bragging about how it lowered drug prices, even now? SammyWinstonJack Sep 2020 #9