advertised directly to consumers? that s allowed in only one other country on the planet. but it s allowed here. it may not surprise you that in this country drug companies spend more on lobbying to congress than any other industry. a lot more than any other industry. they don t do it by accident. they do it because it pays off in a deal like this. a pretty remarkable deal that they have worked out with politicians. the government uses your tax dollars to buy billions worth of their products and then in some cases forces you to use those products. sometimes those products work and sometimes they don t work. and some cases the products can injure you. no matter what happens, there is nothing you can do about it because politicians have given these companies complete immunity. if their products hurt or kill you, you cannot sue them. you are not even really allowed to complain about it. that s an incredible deal. imagine if your company had struck a deal like that with the congr
advertised directly to consumers? that s allowed in only one other country on the planet. but it s allowed here. it may not surprise you that in this country drug companies spend more on lobbying to congress than any other industry. a lot more than any other industry. they don t do it by accident. they do it because it pays off in a deal like this. a pretty remarkable deal that they have worked out with politicians. the government uses your tax dollars to buy billions worth of their products and then in some cases forces you to use those products. sometimes those products work and sometimes they don t work. and some cases the products can injure you. no matter what happens, there is nothing you can do about it because politicians have given these companies complete immunity. if their products hurt or kill you, you cannot sue them. you are not even really allowed to complain about it. that s an incredible deal. imagine if your company had struck a deal like that with the congress. you w