In fairness, there aren't many in either house who aren't on the take from somewhere; witness the F-35 money pit with a vendor in every Congressional district in the country. I suspect that, in this case, the two named Senators are providing valuable coverage for some of their colleagues who would otherwise have to put themselves in poli…
In fairness, there aren't many in either house who aren't on the take from somewhere; witness the F-35 money pit with a vendor in every Congressional district in the country. I suspect that, in this case, the two named Senators are providing valuable coverage for some of their colleagues who would otherwise have to put themselves in political jeopardy by making their positions clear.
As much as I'd like to see Medicare be able to negotiate drug prices, as long as PhRMA is supported by 10% of most members gross annual income (listed as Advertising and Promotion in the annual statements) we're unlikely to see any effective change.
Yes. Witness the difference I pay for medicine through the VA - which can negotiate prices - to what I pay through Medicare. They have a lot of "coin of the realm" to pass around.
Someone once wrote that representatives and senators ought to have to wear "Congress
Suits," like the overalls racecar drivers wear, with all their "sponsorships" on the suit.
In fairness, there aren't many in either house who aren't on the take from somewhere; witness the F-35 money pit with a vendor in every Congressional district in the country. I suspect that, in this case, the two named Senators are providing valuable coverage for some of their colleagues who would otherwise have to put themselves in political jeopardy by making their positions clear.
As much as I'd like to see Medicare be able to negotiate drug prices, as long as PhRMA is supported by 10% of most members gross annual income (listed as Advertising and Promotion in the annual statements) we're unlikely to see any effective change.
Yes. Witness the difference I pay for medicine through the VA - which can negotiate prices - to what I pay through Medicare. They have a lot of "coin of the realm" to pass around.
Someone once wrote that representatives and senators ought to have to wear "Congress
Suits," like the overalls racecar drivers wear, with all their "sponsorships" on the suit.
Some of them would need flowing robes to hold all the logos.
Exactly Dave. The robes that have trains of many feet of material trailing behind them.
Yards of material. :-)