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All Hail The Free Market
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All Hail The Free Market
September 19, 2015 at 3:01 am
http://www.12news.com/story/news/2015/09.../72424098/

Quote:Company hikes price 5,000% for drug that fights complication of AIDS, cancer

Pay it or die, seems to be their motto.  Someone can now tell me about the marvels of capitalism.
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September 19, 2015 at 8:36 pm
I should have bought stock in that company.
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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 22, 2015 at 9:27 pm
Apparently it is possible to shame a sleazebag.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/pharma-b...ice-gouge/

Quote:‘Pharma Bro’ backs down: Martin Shkreli will roll back outrageous Daraprim price gouge
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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 22, 2015 at 9:53 pm
I have to wonder what legal actions were threatened against him.

And idiot like that wouldn't likely bow to public pressure.

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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 22, 2015 at 10:03 pm
You're probably right, Beccs.  These are people who can steal billions and sleep like babies.
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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 23, 2015 at 1:01 am
http://www.local8now.com/home/headlines/...74441.html

Quote:ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - A former peanut company executive was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak, the stiffest punishment ever handed out to a producer in a foodborne illness case.
The outbreak in 2008 and 2009 killed nine Americans and sickened hundreds more, and triggered one of the largest food recalls in U.S. history.

Quote:A federal jury convicted Parnell, 61, of knowingly shipping contaminated peanut butter and of faking results of lab tests intended to screen for salmonella. Judge W. Louis Sands estimated Parnell faced up to 803 years in prison for his crimes.
"These acts were driven simply by the desire to profit and to protect profits notwithstanding the known risks" from salmonella, the judge said. "This is commonly and accurately referred to as greed."

It’s all bout dem Benjamins..

At least the justice system caught up with this scumbag.
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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 23, 2015 at 2:22 am
Wow... Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli is quite the sonofabitch.

Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Gouged Kids with Kidney Disease Before Ripping Off AIDS Patients

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/pharma-b...-patients/
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RE: All Hail The Free Market
September 26, 2015 at 5:23 pm
Here's another story about greedy corporate cocksuckers.  This explains why they want a "free" market.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/greedy-u...ving-drug/

Quote:Greedy US drug company sues Canada to stop discounting of $700,000 per year life-saving drug
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