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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aBig Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation | Ars Technica2023-11-23T04:25:57+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/big-pharma-gave-9m-to-dark-money-groups-to-fight-drug-pricing-reform/
asterisk2adark pattern money lobbying lobby thinktank revolving door SuperPAC USA vested interest profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0416cf0cb0d5/(90) Trump und der Staatsstreich der Konzerne | Kurzgefasst | ARTE - YouTube2019-02-08T01:47:37+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwtNGLk04xo
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump lobby revolving door Washington BarackObama transparency vested interest democracy No Representation kleptocracy greed self-regulation bailout book PAC SuperPAC poverty inequality social mobility American Dream Brexit Macron France Germany tax evasion avoidance 1% Rentier working poor trap Austerity GFC oligarchy aristocracy Elite taxation short-termismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ddc96c83714f/Noam Chomsky: Republicans ‘dedicated with utter servility’ to the needs of the 1 percent2014-12-05T19:47:21+00:00
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/noam-chomsky-republicans-dedicated-with-utter-servility-to-the-needs-of-the-1-percent/
asterisk2aUSA oligarchy No Representation Career Politicians 1% Super Rich SuperPac Democratic Process democracy lobby revolving door barackobama presidency voter turnout election campaign promiseshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:af751fe3311a/How Much Does It Cost to Be Ambassador to Hungary? - Bloomberg View2014-12-03T21:17:52+00:00
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-02-11/how-much-does-it-cost-to-be-ambassador-to-hungary-
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