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| The rich swamp badly needs drained |
A couple of pieces this week caught my eye, and both deal with the effects of corruption not only on our political system, but on our everyday lives.
The first was an article contrasting two druglords--the infamous El Chapo, who was recently sentenced to life in prison (which at his advanced age means he'll likely die in jail), and John Hammergren, the CEO of McKesson Corporation, a pharmaceutical company that under his leadership distributed 14 billion opioid pills in America from 2006 to 2012, which helped to lead to the deaths of over 200,000 Americans. For his troubles, Hammergren (who recently retired) has received close to a billion dollars in compensation since his tenure at McKesson began in 2001.
The second wonders how little we know about exactly how deep Donald Trump's corruption goes. From where he got the $66 million to finance his first Presidential campaign, to the $25 million fraud settlement for Trump University, from who's paying the Maralago membership fees to how his family lives a life of luxury when Trump himself is a massive failure as a businessman and no reputable bank will loan him money.
Both pieces certainly make the case for America's wealthy having a lot more in common with the Mafia than they do with the average American citizen.
And if we don't check it soon--by electing leaders who have our interests and not the wealthy elite's at heart--it's not going to be too long before America is the planet's most populous third world nation.
Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee
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