LOBBYING In AMERICA (and Canada)
Crony Capitalism depends on corporate lobbyists to fleece our citizens.
LOBBYING In AMERICA (and Canada)
Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine are two molecules that were been approved by the FDA decades ago for human consumption, have been taken billions of times safely for diseases for which they were approved by the WHO, and are very inexpensive to produce since their corporate patents expired long ago.
When Donald Trump was infected by SARS2, his doctors gave him hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and he is still alive today as evidence of its safety. Likewise for Joe Rogan who was given Ivermectin (IVM) when SARS2 infected him. Would their doctors have risked their licenses and reputations using these products on two of America’s most famous citizens if they did not believe them to be safe and effective?
The FDA and WHO famously approved IVM only for use in clinical research studies even though much research was already available to indicate its safe and effective use for COVID-19 prophylaxis and early treatment.
Why did the FDA refuse to grant EUA approval for HCQ and IVM to be used and widely available in the early treatment of COVID-19? Pressure from behind closed doors applied by the pharmaceutical lobby is most likely your answer. The USD billions in profits that Pfizer and other Covid vaccine* companies is your best evidence.
The sugar lobby.
“Stevia, a natural sweetener derived from the plant Stevia rebaudiana, can be a zero-calorie substitute for sugar, honey or other sweeteners. However, because research on stevia is still limited, it’s difficult to know whether there is an upper limit above which stevia becomes unhealthy.”
Stevia rebaudiana grows in Brazil and Uruguay. The FDA regulated against its importation and use in America in the 1960s; later Stevia was approved for corporate giants Coke and Pepsi to sweeten their soft drinks. Today, refined versions of Stevia in liquid and powder form are available for limited use as a food sweetener in grocery stores. However, the FDA has yet to approve the natural, unrefined form of Stevia citing the need for further studies.
Obesity affects some 45% of Americans (about 150,000,000 people). They suffer serious and costly health complications as a result. In countries like South Korea and Thailand, obesity is much less common as is the incidence of associated health harms. Obesity is a far more serious public health issue in America than SARS2. Stevia shows great promise for its use to reduce sugars from the American diet yet funding for research is never a news topic or a public health announcement.
Why is Stevia not promoted to the public as aggressively as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines* have been? Is America’s powerful corporate sugar lobby the answer?
Crony Capitalism, (known by the term “fascism” in 1930s Italy under the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini) is properly defined as the collusion between corporate and state actors to create legislated economic conditions for their mutual gain and at the expense of the public. Corporate lobbying is practice by which these “partnership” are pursued and effectually established to generate the expected results. Some corporations spend more on lobbying than advertising to further their corporate agenda.
Here are some interesting questions to consider:
__ When did corporate lobbying begin in America?
__ At what point did back room deals between lobbyists and politicians and government officials begin to produce policies that put profits ahead of public health?
__ What will it take for American (and Canadian) voters to clearly see that Crony Capitalism replaced ‘free market capitalism” long ago and at their great expense?
__ Given that Crony Capitalism (and its siblings Crony Socialism and Crony Statism) is so deeply rooted in Western nations, their legislation and their economies, what can be done to eradicate its most pernicious affects on the lives of citizens who disapprove of it?
Is Too Much Stevia Bad for You? https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/much-stevia-bad-you-7423.html