Monopoly
prescription drug racket goes global with push from Bush
administration, pharmaceutical companies
The situation is even worse than we feared: not only is
the Bush Administration conspiring with pharmaceutical companies
to defraud American consumers by banning the importation
of lower cost prescription drugs from other countries (notably,
Canada), but the administration is actually forming trade
agreements with other countries that would make it illegal
for those countries to import lower cost medications as well!
It's all part of the Republican/pharmaceutical drug racket
designed to control the world drug market and exploit consumers
for every last dollar. And it's working.
Calling this system a global drug cartel is no longer an
exaggeration. U.S. pharmaceutical companies are strongly
backing this political play by the U.S. President, claiming
their sole reason for doing so is to "protect the health
of American consumers." Yeah, right. It's more like
protecting their distribution lines in the same way a Miami
cocaine dealer protects his: by taking out the competition.
The pharmaceutical industry has already proven it will do
practically anything to boost profits: distort drug trials,
delay the recall of prescription drugs that kill people,
hide the results of negative studies, sue online pharmacies
to prevent them from selling products to consumers... the
list goes on and on. And from it all, an intelligent observer
can only conclude one thing:
The U.S. pharmaceutical industry opposes the free market!
A free market is the very last thing they want to see. Instead,
they want monopolistic control over all drug supplies and
distribution channels. They want to be able to continue to
import prescription drug ingredients from Europe for 1/1000th
the cost, then turn around and sell drugs to U.S. consumers
at markups that exceed 50,000%, 100,000% and even 500,000%!
(It's true.) It doesn't sound democratic at all. Sounds like
a drug racket to me.
A racket is good for business as long as you're the one
running the show. And right now, the drug companies are in
charge. With the FDA as Al Capone and the Bush Administration
selling out for drug money, they've got the whole system
under wraps. So they're pushing it to Australia and other
countries, telling them that they can't buy cheaper drugs
for their citizens either! How's that for global free trade?
It was never about free trade, folks. It was never about
protecting the public. It's always been about three simple
things: money, money and money. |
