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Trump calls for pharma giant to LOWER RIPOFF DRUG PRICES

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Aug 14, 2017.

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  1. Carl Herrera

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    #1 Carl Herrera, Aug 14, 2017
  2. adoo

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    more nuance is needed.

    Ken Frazier, the son of a janitor in Philly, is a lawyer who has risen to become the CEO of Merck, one of few Blacks in America to have achieved that level of success. Trump invited him and other CEOs of major US Corp to join an advisory council to help on job creation.

    Few bad judgement calls by Trump have led to several CEOs to quit the council.

    when trump pulled the US out of the Paris Accord on climate change, Elon Musk and Uber's CEO quite the council. These two white CEOs didn't get insulting tweets from Trump

    Trump's refusal to called out the White Supremacists in Charlottesville has prompted Ken Frazier to quit. within minutes of the black CEO quitting, Trump posted two insulting tweets against him.

    since then, 2 more CEOs, from Intel and Under Armour, have quit the council; no insulting tweets against them.
    one can infer that the color of their skin had spared them from Trump's insulting tweets.

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    btw,
    As for price price gouching in the pharma industry, "pharma bro" Martin Shkreli raised the price of life-safing anti-parisitic drug Daraprim from $13.50 a pill to o $750 a pill, a 5,000% increase. yet, no insulting tweets from Trump;​

    one can infer that the color of "Pharma Bro's" skin had spared him from Trump's insulting tweets.​
     
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    Why not try deregulation? How about give the big pharma Yuge tax breaks so they can pass the savings to the customers? LOL
     
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  4. adoo

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    why not the 7-yr old child in the White House treat every CEO alike, regardless of their skin color ?
     
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    This is quite a reach. He has insulted plenty of other skin colors with his tweets.
     
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  6. adoo

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    just the facts.

    we're talking about

    CEOs quiting Trump's advisory council
    • 5 have quit the council; 4 whites and 1 black.
      • Trump has tweet insult only the black.
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    pricing in the pharma industry
    • rampant price gouching in the industries, of hundred of co
      • Trump has tweet insult only the one that is headed by a black CEO
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    why can't you be specific,

    in the context of Trump's CEO council and the Pharma industry,

    who, what other skin color, which co ?    ​
     
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    thanks for the research adoob, what is the importance of merck vs turing pharmaceuticals in the drug game and what disparaging remarks did trump make about shkreli through means other than twitter?
     
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    Trump seemed particularly perturbed by Shkreli's inclination to dig in earlier in the week. Trump said Shkreli came off like he thought "he was hot stuff."

    "That guy is nothing. He's zero. He's nothing. He ought to be ashamed of himself," Trump said.
     
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  9. adoo

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    you need to stop spreading fake news like Trump.

    show the insulting tweet or just STFU !
     
    #9 adoo, Aug 15, 2017
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    The yelling at the end reminds me of this:

     
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    Guessing

    Trump love to have a share of the black votes and likes. Losing a prominent one (and only black CEO on his job council) is painful and he vented. He doesn't have much emotional control - he is probably not even conscious of his feeling and hate.

    Losing the White CEOs - less impact.
     
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    fake news is equating
    • "earlier in the week" to an article from 2015, 2 yr ago
    • the insults dissed out by a POTUS to those by a carnival barker years ago

    false equivalency is a tactic often used by the con-man Trump to spread fake news

    such as he equating the Alt Right domestic terrorists in Charlottesville, VA and the counter protesters​
     
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    Of course the article was from 2 years ago when the shrekli story was relevant. Are you saying he became racist when he became president?

    If you believe the counter protestors were blameless in the 3 lives lost in Charlottesville then i feel bad for you.
     
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    So I guess calling him out in 2015 but not 2017 makes him racist.
     
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    have't you done more than enough to publicize your ignorance ?
     
    #16 adoo, Aug 15, 2017
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    Link?

    Ignorance would be calling out Trump for not dissing Skreli when it is documented that he has already has. But whatever, that doesn't fit your racist narrative so ignore it.
     
    #17 Astrodome, Aug 15, 2017
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    Is this thread about anything in particular? We all know (some still think he is a great president) Trump has the temperament of an insolent child.

    Anything else?
     
    #18 peleincubus, Aug 15, 2017
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    and I thought this thread was about big pharma getting called out to lower prices
     
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    Jesus, this is like watching a couple break up on Facebook.
     
    #20 larsv8, Aug 15, 2017
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