GOP Governor Threatens People With Military Force
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Military Will Be Called In If People Protest
Instead of cutting off children in need of health care and squeezing even more money from an already financially stretched middleclass by raising their health care premium rates, politicians should research the very entities that are literally milking the American system dry.
Stop Pillaging Middleclass America
- A good start would be the pharmaceutical industry.
These corporations are raking in hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars annually, profit that is left over AFTER paying their bills including research for new drugs, obscene CEO salaries, etc. I believe it was the year 2009, one drug titled Lipitor, made a profit of $11.4 BILLION dollars. If this doesn’t scream gouge, I don’t know what does!
- Maybe they should investigate medical equipment & supply companies to uncover why these companies need to charge such outrageous fees for their surgical and health care supplies. The cost of these supplies are ridiculously marked up.
- Maybe they should find out why hospitals feel it’s necessary to charge $75 for a nurse to give two Tylenol pills to a patient. Keep in mind the nurse is paid around $25 hourly and this entire process typically takes less than 5 minutes.
- Maybe they should ask hospitals why they charge $10 per Tylenol pill, when you can go to a nearby store and buy a bottle containing 120 pills for $5.00. The nearby store charges approximately five cents per pill. That means the hospital is enjoying a markup of around 20,000%.
Of course middleclass Americans have no say, because the politicians will make back room deals with the corporations that are lining their campaign pockets. And if that isn't corrupt enough, now Governor Walker of Wisconsin has threatened to use the military if the people rebel, because the Republican Governor intends to get his way.
sam3m 15 months ago
pam,
another great hub. nicely done. what americans should do and what we will do are 2 very different things. we should begin more actively let our representatives in wash. know that if they do nothing to change the situations we are in, we will vote them out and continue to do so until we find people who will truly represent our interests. a long process, but it's a start. forming groups to lobby representatives is also a beginning step.
these things won't happen because we as a people are far too complacent, satisfied with our own situations and too selfish to care about anyone else's. we weren't like this before the reagan admin. the "greed is good" attitude really has caught on. what also has become prevalent is politician's catering to the lowest common denominator in terms of analytical thinking. the "big lie" is working so well that it has become the rule rather than the exception.
i term my attitude justified pessimism.