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seaourfreed on Sept 7, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Health insurers just published close to a trillion...

...because the healthcare corporations get congress to sell out citizens. $3.5 BILLION flow through lobbyists every year (all industries). Healthcare being a huge part of that. Congress sells out US citizens & corporations fuel it

gruez on Sept 7, 2022 [–]

That's a pretty good deal considering US federal spending alone amounts to 7.3 trillion dollars.

diordiderot on Sept 7, 2022 | [–]

Lobbying American reps has the highest ROI of any investment in human history.

Ted Cruz would probably cosign a bill to 'throw all puppies off a mountain' for an all inclusive trip to Tulum

broguinn on Sept 7, 2022 | | [–]

This is an underrated joke.

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