Public Relations or Bribery?

by Robert L. Gisel


This news blog reveals an interesting, if unverified, datum:

"The Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, conducted an analysis of the pressure applied to politicians during the health care debate and found that 1,750 companies and organizations hired an army of 4,525 lobbyists and spent a jaw-dropping $1.2 billion in lobbying funds to make sure the bill didn't go against their interests. And some of that money is going straight to politicians." Yahoo News

Earlier figures I saw indicated that close to 1/2 of the 4,525 lobbyists were of the 2 groups Big Pharma and the Insurance companies with drug company lobbyists some 1200 of that army. Even if it was 50% for and 50% agin, the winning side of the lobbying finances was a prima facie $600 million.

These figures lead one believe the Health Care Bill was bought and paid for by special interest groups and was evidently a financial windfall for some politicians. We have known this is what happens, however, the large figures are shocking as to what extent the Congressional process has become commercialized.

My concern from my Favoring Life blog is Big Parma so bent on drugging America. The Bill still contains the Mother's Act which will lead to Big Bucks from women pre and post pregnancy onto psychiatric meds. This alone could be worth at least a billion dollars in sales of these addictive drugs.

If you are a pregnant mother do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the net. Refuse psychiatric evaluation (hence labeling and prescription psych-drugs) if it is suggested for you. Prepare a family member or midwife or your own physician to look after your interests, and please, do not get placed on psychiatric drugs. They are killer.