IT’S THE SLEIGHT-OF-HAND TRICKS IN WASHINGTON – AGAIN.
In a rare attack of conscience, the mainstream press actually reported the latest under-the-table dealings in Washington, and we will pay the price, as usual.
This seems outrageous to me! How can one industry, Big Pharma, have so much influence and control over our elected leaders? The President promised, while a candidate, to clean up this very type of thing. But, not even a year into his term, he’s playing “footsie” under the table with Big Pharma – and they’re laughing all the way to the bank.
He lied to the voters before the election, he lied to the people by denying this agreement, and once again Big Pharma is in the money-funded driver’s seat. They’re the ones running this country, not our elected sheep. Excuse me, I meant to say, elected congressmen and senators.
What do you think about this? I seems illegal to me, but I’m not an attorney. I suppose they could just pass another law giving themselves permission to accept bribes and lie to the public. In fact, I think they already did.
What are we doing to support our industry associations? Every dollar counts. Certainly the natural products industry can’t match Big Pharma’s bottomless well of money, but every bit helps. Maybe we don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to give perks to hundreds of thousands of “yes-men” doctors, but we do have the potential, and the ability to reach out and inform hundreds of thousands of people in this country. Let’s use our influence to lobby the voters. These are the people who, in greater numbers every day, are seeing the dangers and wrongness of Big Pharma. With enough pressure on congress, maybe we’ll start to see some change for the better.