Cory Booker Will "Pause" Fundraising From Big Pharma Becaue It "Arouses So Much Criticism"

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37. Perhaps you could provide a list of the industries Democrats are allowed to work in?

Because unless you're wholly uninformed about campaign finance, you must know that politicians are only allowed to accept money from individuals, not corporations. That means Booker will no longer accept funds from anyone who works in a pharmacy related company because of public disinformation campaigns.

So which industries make your list of acceptable employers? Should those who work in unapproved industry quit their jobs to please you and Glen Greenwald? Or do they simply need to accept that they have no right to participate in the political process by donating to campaigns?

I gather defense and guns are okay, since support for those corporations have been declared "progressive" due to a certain politician's voting record. I've heard all about how guaranteeing civil immunity for gun corporations is crucial. That industry is treated unfairly. They have every right to profit from genocide. And defense, especially Lockheed Martin, that's necessary because they make some of their multi-billion dollar clunker F-35s in Vermont.

Dare take a job in a company developing medicine to treat illness and you're declared unfit to contribute to candidates. But industries that profit from the deaths of 32,000 people in the US every year and more abroad, that's acceptable. If you're a biochemist, or even a cafeteria employee working for Merc or Eli Lily, you're unfit to participate in the political process, but if your company profits from war and mass murder, no problem.

I do not share the view that mass murder is more acceptable than healthcare. In fact, I think the opposite, and I find the priorities disturbing. I also find it repulsive that right-wingers like Glenwald peddle in disinformation to generate profits for themselves and spread false claims about Democrats and other liberal parties globally in order to promote the rise of White Nationalism.

So what precisely do you propose? That everyone working for drug companies quit their jobs and find work in industries that profit form killing? No more HIV medicine, diabetes medicines, heart medicine--that stuff is evil. What we need are more assault rifles and war machinery.