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raindaddy

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4. Obama's been in the back pocket of Pharma from the very beginning....

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2015, 08:53 AM

Jul 2015

From secret meetings guaranteeing their obscene markups during the healthcare negotiations to his secret "trade deal".

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Leaked: What's in Obama's trade deal [View all] n2doc Jul 2015 OP

Oh, I am sure we are just being pranked. Or else something that will raise the cost of medicine djean111 Jul 2015 #1

I've said it from the beginning, IP and environment... joshcryer Jul 2015 #2

Something so good has to be kept secret. It's the New Democratic way of helping Big Pharma. Octafish Jul 2015 #3

Obama's been in the back pocket of Pharma from the very beginning.... raindaddy Jul 2015 #4

Ahh, those United States Trade Representatives Pimping for the Corporations Yet Again fasttense Jul 2015 #5

You got it. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #9

USTR wrote the damn thing, and they are noting but a revolving door of Wall Street executives. Elwood P Dowd Jul 2015 #33

"...between what Pharma wants and what the U.S. is demanding...". They are the same fucking people! GoneFishin Jul 2015 #6

Who you gonna trust? Big Pharma or Doctors Without Borders? Divernan Jul 2015 #7

Exactly! kenfrequed Jul 2015 #10

The fact that you had to define your term to avoid an alert is sad. blackspade Jul 2015 #14

Yup. Charles Dickens wept! Divernan Jul 2015 #18

Who is at the table representing American consumers? Roy Rolling Jul 2015 #8

I believe there's a symbolic empty chair off to the side. Divernan Jul 2015 #12

More evidence Thespian2 Jul 2015 #11

Shocking! Not. blackspade Jul 2015 #13

This is borderline, mass genocide Oilwellian Jul 2015 #15

If America was a DEMOCRACY instead of an OLIGARCHY 90-percent Jul 2015 #16

We knew this already but thanks to Guam we now have the proof - but of course it does us no jwirr Jul 2015 #17

The only time both parties work together d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #19

Truer words were never spoken. City Lights Jul 2015 #23

Makes you wonder if EVERYTHING up until now has been kabuki to keep us distracted until GoneFishin Jul 2015 #24

Well they HAVE taken away our d_legendary1 Jul 2015 #25

Obama's people will simply include some non-binding brentspeak Jul 2015 #20

kinda like 'worker retraining' HFRN Jul 2015 #29

the answer to "why is Obama X?" is always "because we'll crawl back begging forgiveness." ALWAYS MisterP Jul 2015 #21

I have no problem with strong patent protection that blocks copycats. msanthrope Jul 2015 #22

Of course you don't! nt Romulox Jul 2015 #26

No one who cares about consumer safety does. Copycats are killers. msanthrope Jul 2015 #32

'free trade' keeps consumer prices high and protected, while sending wages to the bottom HFRN Jul 2015 #27

What galls is that our "free trade" shills won't/can't defend this. nt Romulox Jul 2015 #28

Why should they, they won n2doc Jul 2015 #30

And if it sucks, the Republicans won't pass it neverforget Jul 2015 #31