08-26-2016, 01:41 AM
(08-26-2016, 12:51 AM)djam Wrote: I never said they dont choose to charge that much did I? What I'm saying is that the entire pharm industry owns a lot of our politicians, democrats and republicans alike. Drug companies have done A LOT of unethical things -not just pricing, but they, for some odd reason, are protected from harm. Do you agree with that or no? Assuming you do, who protects and covers their scams? Lawmakers do --you know, politicians. Do you think these same lawmakers would lie to you to get you to believe what they are saying? They do is most of the time. There is a money racketing scheme going on and the American tax payers are fully funding it. Its why a vote for Bernie would be so dangerous. To submit MORE power to government, the same folks who have been taking payoffs to protect scammers of the American people for decades? Brilliant lol. Bernie does see a lot of the scandals and he has called them out, but his solution will only breed more of it, not less.
Again you have no clue what you are talking about. The DOJ does prosecute pharmaceutical companies. It may not be as much as some of us want but it is better than nothing.
The government needs MORE power to prosecute, not less. Please tell me exactly how you think we will be able to control the large corporations MORE with LESS regulatory power.
You have no grasp of reality. you are basically saying that snce ther is a lot of crime right now what we need to do is eliominate all government crime fighting. How in the hell does that make any sense?
http://www.law360.com/articles/789155/allergan-others-hit-with-generic-drug-price-fixing-suit
Six companies, including Allergan PLC, involved in the manufacture and distribution of generic versions of two drugs have been colluding to dramatically raise the prices of the drugs since at least 2013, according to a putative class action filed Monday in Pennsylvania federal court.
http://www.naturalnews.com/036417_Glaxo_Merck_fraud.html
Drug and vaccine manufacturer Merck was caught red-handed by two of its own scientists faking vaccine efficacy data by spiking blood samples with animal antibodies. GlaxoSmithKline has just been fined a whopping $3 billion for bribing doctors, lying to the FDA, hiding clinical trial data and fraudulent marketing. Pfizer, meanwhile has been sued by the nation's pharmacy retailers for what is alleged as an "overarching anticompetitive scheme" to keep generic cholesterol drugs off the market and thereby boost its own profits.
I can provide dozens of other examples of large corporations being prosecuted by the DOJ. So please tell me how these companies would have evr been brought to justice without the action of the federal government.
