The following chart shows political campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry to various politicians. Which presidential candidate has the least credibility when claiming a record of ”taking on” Big Pharma?
[via Pharmalot]
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This is the first time for a long while that pharma/healthcare donations have so far been more or less equal between GOP and Dem. Before, GOP has had far more, but pharma/health does not rank highly in industry terms. See http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.asp?Ind=H04
Posted 15 Jan 2008 at 5:14 pm ¶Lawyers rank much, MUCH higher.
Posted 15 Jan 2008 at 7:47 pm ¶Noam Chomsky once said (and I agree) The Republicans and Democrats are two factions of the business party. Think about it, they both recieve donations from big oil, big pharm, tech industry and so on, the difference in donation amount is a business gamble, give the most to who you think will win, but leave nobody out in case an underdog wins they will still owe you something.
Posted 17 Jan 2008 at 8:58 am ¶Ah, drmatt beat me to the punch. The large company my husband works for is a liberal’s dream, but they donated almost as much to the Republican party. I know an extremely conservative man who is a very large donor to the Republican party in a Deep South state, but he’s always careful to donate to the Democrats as well. His industry is sensitive to government contracts, and he won’t risk his profits on his personal political preferences.
So when I see that list, I see that the pharm companies are following the political prop markets and betting on the most likely horses, not a statement on Clinton or Obama’s candidacy.
Posted 19 Jan 2008 at 3:46 pm ¶Post a Comment