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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is what oligarchy and a corrupt political system are all about.
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The emerging opposition appears to be vast, spanning drug manufacturers, big banks, tech titans, major retailers and oil-and-gas giants. In recent weeks, top Washington organizations representing these and other industries have started strategizing behind the scenes, seeking to scuttle key elements in Democrats proposed overhaul to federal health care, education and safety net programs.
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Disney, Pfizer and Exxon declined to comment. Jessica Boulanger, a spokeswoman for the Business Roundtable, said in a statement it is engaged in a significant, multifaceted campaign to stop tax hikes and would continue to ramp up our efforts in the coming weeks.
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One such group, the right-leaning American Action Network, in August announced a $5 million ad campaign against Democrats that blasted the reconciliation package broadly and likened its drug pricing proposals to socialism. The network has received past support from PhRMA, including a $4.5 million donation reported on the pharmaceutical groups 2019 tax filings, which were obtained by The Washington Post from the Center for Responsive Politics. The American Action Network did not respond to a request for comment.
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The coalition did not respond to a request for comment. PhRMA, meanwhile, declined to comment on the ads. Debra DeShong, the groups executive vice president of public affairs, previously said in a statement that Democrats plans threaten to turn Medicare into a piggy bank to fund projects that have nothing to do with lowering out-of-pocket costs for medicines.
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WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)Complaining about Billionaires!
How exciting!
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)if ones' vision is limited to viewing a knothole instead of seeing the burning forest around them.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)Does Senator Sanders have a plan or is this just rhetoric
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)The way I see it, the preeminent question should be is the critical rhetoric accurate, true or not?
TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)The question of whether or not a solution is presented is a valid one.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)whether the critical rhetoric is correct or not.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,017 posts)about ideas. If Senator Sanders was a Microsoft Application it would be either Word or PowerPoint. I cant decide.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)Would your indecision regarding Word and Powerpoint also be transferable to whether any of this "populist talk" aka; critical rhetoric regarding corruption, oligarchy and such to be valid or not?
malaise
(267,812 posts)Off to the greatest page for truth
TheRealNorth
(9,435 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)No matter to what left right scale one wishes to measure them by, that will always be the case under their current business models, "news" has to make money.