Comments on: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: K. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-19016 K. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:46:46 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-19016 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. 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.

]]> By: drmatt http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-18270 drmatt Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:58:20 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-18270 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. 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.

]]> By: Rich http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-17779 Rich Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:47:42 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-17779 Lawyers rank much, MUCH higher. Lawyers rank much, MUCH higher.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-17736 Marc Brown Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:14:59 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/01/14/multiple-choice-question/#comment-17736 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 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

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