How Many Billions in Profit Is It Worth to Kill 212,000 Americans a Year?

I read this narrative before- but one thing that’s always lacking is the “how”. How are these politicians being bribed? They can’t take funds directly. Is it all through super pacs? If bribery is the reason why nothing can get fixed- we should focus on the mechanism of bribery itself more and fix that (which would have down stream effects of fixing all the issues it helped fester).

&quot;The simple answer is the same reason we have an ongoing climate crisis and a student loan crisis that Republicans refuse to let Congress address...&quot;<p>That tells you all you need to know about Commondreams&#x27; partisanship: all committees of both houses and all roll calls are under full control of the <i>Democrats</i>. There is no mechanism for Republicans to limit Congress from &quot;addressing&quot; <i>anything</i>. Filibuster is limited to calling for <i>votes</i> only. The House can literally push through legislation all the way from drafting to passage without allowing Republicans to even <i>see</i> the bill, as was done with ObamaCare.

Odd that lobbying is legal, while bribery is not. Are they not both the same thing?

It&#x27;s fruitless to make this argument in a society where there is no agreed upon truth.

I thought this was a good thing? All that extra money goes to development of new and novel treatments that trickle down to everyone everywhere in the world.<p>Go ahead, destroy that and watch the world suffer. Including the people that can only get Medicare and Medicare.