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(5,954 posts)Canada gets its drugs FROM U.S. pharmaceutical companies....but that's NOT TRUE anymore. The last time I checked, SEVEN of the ten largest pharmaceutical companies were in Europe. And that number has probably gone up by now.
I checked into that number just before the ACA was passed, because rubes, shills, and paid trolls were flooding the internet with B.S. about how 'socialized medicine' kills medical research and medical innovation. I would then whip out my list, showing that 7 of the 10 largest pharmaceutical companies are located IN countries that have socialized medicine.
1) Yes, Booker is a sellout.
2) Yes, the pharma industry has too much influence in the Democratic Party.
3) Yes, the Democratic Party has to start doing a MUCH better job on picking its friends and allies, but...
4) I'm not going to condemn Booker or any of the others, (with the possible exception of Manchin, who is unrecognizable as a Democrat) because the Party has to start showing solidarity in the face of the worst Republican government since Hoover. This is no time to start with the circular firing squad.