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Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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>Supreme Court might be sympathetic to some of the industry’s arguments

No surprise here, the US Supreme Court is now just like the rest of the US Gov, they are very happy to take bribes. And due to how the US Gov is structured, no way to stop them from holding out their hand. So getting appointed to that Court is a great gig, you do not even have to care about the law these days.

Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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>Supreme Court might be sympathetic to some of the industry’s arguments No surprise here, the US Supreme Court is now just like the rest of the US Gov, they are very happy to take bribes. And due to how the US Gov is structured, no way to stop them from holding out their hand. So getting appointed to that Court is a great gig, you do not even have to care about the law these days.

Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts.

Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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An industry that heavily lobbied for a law which heavily boosts their profits wants to heavily lobby against the destruction of such a law? Shocked. /s

Honestly I see no theoretical benefit to not allowing the government to negotiate. Maybe there is a practical one?

Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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>Supreme Court might be sympathetic to some of the industry’s arguments No surprise here, the US Supreme Court is now just like the rest of the US Gov, they are very happy to take bribes. And due to how the US Gov is structured, no way to stop them from holding out their hand. So getting appointed to that Court is a great gig, you do not even have to care about the law these days.

Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts.

> Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts^H^H^H^H^H bribes.

FTFY.

As of 2022, the salary of a US Supreme Court Justice is $274,200 per year. The Chief Justice of the United States, who is the head of the Supreme Court, receives a slightly higher salary of $286,700 per year.

Of course no one will take that job. How much does a banana cost again? $10?

Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts.

> Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts^H^H^H^H^H bribes. FTFY. As of 2022, the salary of a US Supreme Court Justice is $274,200 per year. The Chief Justice of the United States, who is the head of the Supreme Court, receives a slightly higher salary of $286,700 per year. Of course no one will take that job. How much does a banana cost again? $10?

Yeah, how many millions of government employees and contractors who have to be under very strict gift policies and much lower salaries. Somehow they stay in their jobs without taking bribes.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Justice Thomas said (in 2001) that for the pay they receive no one would take the job if not for the gifts^H^H^H^H^H bribes. FTFY. As of 2022, the salary of a US Supreme Court Justice is $274,200 per year. The Chief Justice of the United States, who is the head of the Supreme Court, receives a slightly higher salary of $286,700 per year. Of course no one will take that job. How much does a banana cost again? $10?

Yeah, how many millions of government employees and contractors who have to be under very strict gift policies and much lower salaries. Somehow they stay in their jobs without taking bribes.

Frankly it's unreasonable that a supreme court justice should be expected to only have two modest homes instead of three enormous ones.

Re: Drugmakers are ‘throwing the kitchen sink’ to halt Medicare price negotiations

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>Supreme Court might be sympathetic to some of the industry’s arguments No surprise here, the US Supreme Court is now just like the rest of the US Gov, they are very happy to take bribes. And due to how the US Gov is structured, no way to stop them from holding out their hand. So getting appointed to that Court is a great gig, you do not even have to care about the law these days.

The gov should do what Singapore does: pay senior officials well but exterminate any sort of non monetary perquisites and impeach or fire violators. Also ban any gov person from trading on insider info.

Also, if I had it my way, no government person while in the employ of the gov, should be able to vote at the level they represent or work in. If they’re fed employees no voting in fed elections and so on. Yes, I know under our constitution this would violate their rights. But you know, one can wish. I see it as a conflict of interest.

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