Amazon pledged $2 million to Trump's inauguration. They stand to gain $2.5 BILLION from his corporate tax cut.
Meta will give $1 million. They stand to gain $1.4 BILLION.
Google and Microsoft each offered $1 million. They stand to gain over $3 BILLION apiece.
Follow the money.
An FTC report released this week found that the "Big Three" pharmacy benefit managers — middlemen for 80% of prescriptions — jacked up the price of lifesaving medications by as much as 7,736%.
The result? $7.3B in extra revenue.
Corporate greed is a threat to public health.
Israel murdered 950 health workers in order to wipe out Gaza's health system. Of the 5 Consultant Pathologists there are now only 2 still alive; there are no more board certified Kidney specialists; no board certified Emergency Medicine doctors and the list goes on. We must NOW start to train a new generation.
not to be barbie but how do you guys cope with the growing sense of dread that the world is legitimately going to end in our lifetimes and everything you know and love will collapse into chaos
SUNDAY RANT:
I was on call today.
100% of the patients seen had a respiratory infection
...some had COVID-19.
ER's are overwhelmed.
Hospital beds are at 200% capacity.
And yet -
MASKS ARE STILL NOT REQUIRED in primary care settings.
You’re soon going to pay even HIGHER PRICES for eggs 🥚and chicken 🐓🍗— US already has record deaths & culling of chicken this quarter because of H5N1. Now, we are about to suffer even higher prices than before due to bird flu.
Just 33% of all Americans express a favorable view of the Democratic Party, an all-time low in CNN’s polling dating back to 1992 https://t.co/vCZ8mFN29j
A memecoin is a zero-sum* lottery.
There is no wealth creation. Every buy order is simply matched by a sell order. And after an initial spike, the price eventually crashes and the last buyers lose everything.
* It’s actually negative sum if the platform takes a cut.
As the saying goes, ‘If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.’
So, it’s no surprise from looking at Donald Trump’s cabinet of millionaires and billionaires that America’s middle class is on the menu.
The Republican so-called ‘menu of cuts’ are the clearest sign yet that Republicans are intent on balancing the books for a costly tax plan for the ultra-wealthy and corporations, off the backs of hardworking average Americans.
Stop talking about republicans & democrats & start talking about the wealthy & the working classes.
Stop discussing "left and right" & start discussing top & bottom.
Stop concerning with having the most & best & start concerning everyone having enough.
Start thinking.