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bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 09:58 AM Mar 2020

This is the colossal failure of the American business model

Big Pharma in a big crisis-missing in action. They are out peddling opiates but can’t do jack about a health crisis.

For profit medicine in a big crisis. Will bleed the remaining blood from any “consumer” oops they mean “patient” they can get their hands on.

American CEOs in a big crisis-Trump says they are volunteering. Volunteering to buy back their stock with our money. Volunteering to fight their employees hope of paid sick leave.

American billionaires in a big crisis- Elon Musk promises 1,000 ventilators from Tesla in a week. Let’s watch that because “cave diving” that is why. At least he said something but how about that Koch family fortune? Walton family? Devos family? Rupert Murdoch and offspring? Crickets.

Oh and for government I quote Anne Applebaum’s twitter slogan from the dawn of the Orange presidency “After this is all over, I never, ever want to hear again about how businessmen would run the government better than politicians.”




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