Walter Kirn
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Megan, you and I both attended the RFK Jr. confirmation hearings, I happen to know. I was only one row away from you. And I think we saw there both Bernie and Elizabeth Warren hectoring. The man who wanted to pressure big pharma and challenge them on all sorts of fronts, from the effectiveness of their drugs to testing drugs like the vaccines and so on and prices.
And they were acting like they were lawyers for Pfizer. Well, everybody's a lawyer for Pfizer if they're getting paid by them. And I'm afraid Bernie, you know, he makes it a little complicated. He gets a lot of money from them. He gets it from their employees, and he claims that he gets it one little bit at a time, and it doesn't represent management contributing to his cause.
And they were acting like they were lawyers for Pfizer. Well, everybody's a lawyer for Pfizer if they're getting paid by them. And I'm afraid Bernie, you know, he makes it a little complicated. He gets a lot of money from them. He gets it from their employees, and he claims that he gets it one little bit at a time, and it doesn't represent management contributing to his cause.
And they were acting like they were lawyers for Pfizer. Well, everybody's a lawyer for Pfizer if they're getting paid by them. And I'm afraid Bernie, you know, he makes it a little complicated. He gets a lot of money from them. He gets it from their employees, and he claims that he gets it one little bit at a time, and it doesn't represent management contributing to his cause.
But it's a massive set of donations to him and to the Democrats. He can prove his independence, if you'd like, by coming together with Trump. And if they think there are some problems with this executive order, the particular way that it's going to happen, that's fine. But the principle has been agreed on, as you say, by the horseshoe for a while.
But it's a massive set of donations to him and to the Democrats. He can prove his independence, if you'd like, by coming together with Trump. And if they think there are some problems with this executive order, the particular way that it's going to happen, that's fine. But the principle has been agreed on, as you say, by the horseshoe for a while.
But it's a massive set of donations to him and to the Democrats. He can prove his independence, if you'd like, by coming together with Trump. And if they think there are some problems with this executive order, the particular way that it's going to happen, that's fine. But the principle has been agreed on, as you say, by the horseshoe for a while.
So it's time to do something for the American people. And we must transcend TDS in certain cases. I wish we did in most cases or all. But if we can't do it here, I don't know where we're going to start.
So it's time to do something for the American people. And we must transcend TDS in certain cases. I wish we did in most cases or all. But if we can't do it here, I don't know where we're going to start.
So it's time to do something for the American people. And we must transcend TDS in certain cases. I wish we did in most cases or all. But if we can't do it here, I don't know where we're going to start.
Well, it's not only clever, it's absolutely essential in a time of budget cutting, particularly to do something like this, because the biggest client, the biggest patient in the United States, so to speak, is the United States government. It's the taxpayer who pays for these drugs in so many cases, you know, through all kinds of programs.
Well, it's not only clever, it's absolutely essential in a time of budget cutting, particularly to do something like this, because the biggest client, the biggest patient in the United States, so to speak, is the United States government. It's the taxpayer who pays for these drugs in so many cases, you know, through all kinds of programs.
Well, it's not only clever, it's absolutely essential in a time of budget cutting, particularly to do something like this, because the biggest client, the biggest patient in the United States, so to speak, is the United States government. It's the taxpayer who pays for these drugs in so many cases, you know, through all kinds of programs.
And it's going to save us collectively a lot of money and individually, but you know, untold amount of money in family budgets. I just think that it was time that Trump really held their feet to the fire on the social issues and the populist programs that they claim to support. And I think it's a masterstroke. I did a little reporting on it last night. They've kept it very close.
And it's going to save us collectively a lot of money and individually, but you know, untold amount of money in family budgets. I just think that it was time that Trump really held their feet to the fire on the social issues and the populist programs that they claim to support. And I think it's a masterstroke. I did a little reporting on it last night. They've kept it very close.
And it's going to save us collectively a lot of money and individually, but you know, untold amount of money in family budgets. I just think that it was time that Trump really held their feet to the fire on the social issues and the populist programs that they claim to support. And I think it's a masterstroke. I did a little reporting on it last night. They've kept it very close.
We were all taken by surprise. I'm shocked that it didn't leak. And pharma's counterattack is going to be interesting because it will be somewhat deceptive. Already, they're trying to argue that somehow this is a blow against the third world, which will no longer have the benefit of our subsidized drug research.
We were all taken by surprise. I'm shocked that it didn't leak. And pharma's counterattack is going to be interesting because it will be somewhat deceptive. Already, they're trying to argue that somehow this is a blow against the third world, which will no longer have the benefit of our subsidized drug research.
We were all taken by surprise. I'm shocked that it didn't leak. And pharma's counterattack is going to be interesting because it will be somewhat deceptive. Already, they're trying to argue that somehow this is a blow against the third world, which will no longer have the benefit of our subsidized drug research.
And I've even seen people say, well, they're trying to solve immigration by killing all the people that would immigrate here. I mean, it's going to be hysterical like you haven't seen before.