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TiberiusB

(526 posts)
7. Not all Democrats...
Mon Jun 20, 2022, 10:28 PM
Jun 2022
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/09/pharmaceutical-industry-backs-democratic-holdouts-on-drug-pricing-plan/

Does anyone really need to be told at this point that Republicans are the worst? Democrats know it and Republicans think it's a virtue.

Trash like Sinema and Manchin, along with corporate sellouts like Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Kurt Schrader (former D-Ore.), Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Robert Menendez all did their part to stick a knife in drug pricing legislation.

This is what happens when simply focusing on getting a "D" into power, the "electability" calculation, takes precedence over character.

In the end, if money...legalized bribery...isn't dealt with, democracy in the U.S. hasn't got a chance.

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