I don’t think we can say this will be a positive for the middle class because there’s absolutely no actual plan for implementation here
Comment on Trump to sign executive order he says will slash drug prices by up to 80%
PigStyle@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoCan you explaine how this is not a positive for the middle lower class? I may be missing something here, but over all it seams like it would be a good thing?
Wazowski@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Do you think this is actually going to lead to anything? Under what circumstances do you imagine the president is vested with the power to price consumer goods? What do you think is actually going to happen here? With one stroke of his fucking sharpie people will have affordable drugs???
How could you - how could anyone - think he works for the average American?
PigStyle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Idk, that is why I’m asking. Best way to learn is to have a civil discussion and to learn other people’s views.
Wazowski@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I will take you at face value.
This is complete bullshit, amounting to absolutely nothing. The companies that profit from selling us drugs will not just sit by idly while their profits dwindle. They spend billions of dollars on lawyers (to say nothing of buying politicians) and they will challenge the EO in court. It is plainly above and beyond the powers granted to the Executive in Article 2. They will win. This is nothing more than the worthless, fevered, narcissistic daydream of a grandiose cunt who cares not one whit for the common man.
FUCK, I can’t believe this is our fucking reality.
WorldwideCommunity@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
It seems like you want to be angry at Trump no matter what he does without actually understanding what the actual problem is and when someone asks you to explain you treat them with hostility. So here is what is dangerous about Trumps Pharma tariffs (so you can actually articulate your rage). The order proposes that the US be given Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status – meaning drug companies would be asked to match the lowest price for a drug abroad when selling to US consumers. www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/…/ar-AA1EDZ1S The thorn in that rose is that Big Pharma will simply raise their prices abroad to compensate for the loss of profit in America - essentially f^cking over every other nation on earth who will now have to pay more for life saving drugs, that includes nations who are so poor that drugs are heavily subsidized just so people don’t die in the thousands. There will now epidemics because there will be no one who can afford basic medicine. In the end Covid19 may end up being a holiday compared to what we might yet see.
PigStyle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So executive orders are more just instructions? They don’t hold any real power, or is it just more the fact that it can be openly fought by anyone? Guessing I don’t fully understand how the executive order system works.