• dhork@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    These companies are huge, and know how to lobby the government. It seems to be the wrong industry to piss off.

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      7 days ago

      know how to lobby the government.

      I’m thinking this may be how it’ll work. More like “bribe” though, and Trump is probably doing this on purpose to coerce companies for bribes. Aka, racketeering on the highest level.

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      7 days ago

      I never thought I’d side with big corporations…but for the next 4 years, some of them may well be the lesser evil.

      gag

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        Pharmaceuticals are an important component of modern life. We really need them now more than ever. They are a good thing.

        Their capitalist greed and the big money that runs them is also doing all it can to suck every last cent out of the public.

        Unfortunately both things can be true.

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      That’s one thing I’m putting some hope in. Tariffs and stupid shit like Worm Boy running our national health infrastructure into the ground benefit no one. Not big companies, not us little guys. I’d hope these big companies will lobby hard to mitigate the stupidity that is bearing down on us.