VIDEO: Big Pharma’s Big Windfall
On this week’s Daily Poster/Breaking Points discussion, Andrew Perez discusses how lobbying saved the drug industry nearly half a trillion dollars.
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A Shadow Lobbyist At The Vatican
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Pharma Dems Saved The Drug Industry Half A Trillion Dollars
Corporate Dems saved Big Pharma $450 billion by watering down the party’s drug pricing plan.
The U.S. Is Blocking Climate Reparations
At COP26, the U.S. and its rich allies refused to consider how to pay for the damage their emissions are wreaking on developing nations.
Dems Are Giving The GOP Another Political Bailout
By demanding new tax breaks for the rich, Democrats are again helping Republicans portray them as elitists just before a midterm election.
How Workers Are Inadvertently Propping Up Fossil Fuels
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