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Here’s a recording from the Greedy Bastards radio program. Have a listen to this …
https://soundcloud.com/dylanratigan/gb-paul-blum-2-0?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=email

Ahhh, life in a world where all too often greedy politicians and corporations “dominate man to his injury.”

Thanks fitz, the audio, though a couple of years old, speaks for itself. It identifies the entities responsible for compounding the greed, not only impacting the US, but other nations around the world, whether it’s accross government lines or corporate lines.
As you know this country considers itself the worlds leader and touts its freedoms as a model for the rest of humanity to emulate. Those freedoms, for the majority have been sold to the highest bidder. Unfortunately, I personally feel that the changes needed will never come about on an individual national scale for any country. Nationalism only tends to separate people. It’s been the cause of the two greatest wars mankind has fought up to now and is on the rise once again.
No, you won’t find me taking sides for any one nation. I am a fellow human, residing on the same planet as the rest of humanity. I guess you could say I’m kinda like those involved with, “Doctors Without Borders” less the “university papers” and the cash to actually travel like they do. So I do what I can, when I can, where I can.
Make no mistake, I care deeply about people wherever they are, everyone deserves the opportunity to improve theirs and there families lives, and so for the past 40 years of my life I’ve done unpaid volunteer work in whatever community I’ve lived to help people see how they might do that. That’s where I, “personally” enjoy seeing any progress being made.
On the other hand, through this site hundreds, soon maybe thousands, have been and are being helped to find, what has been denied to them elsewhere. That is, fairly cheap and comparatively easy access to these life saving meds. Add to that the education and warm support one finds here and you have a veritable treasure trove containing “pearls of great value.” I count you among those, fitz.
That’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it, as the saying goes.

MK

“America bashing!” Really???
Although, again I think you are seeing the “boogeyman” where he isn’t I have amended my post and put it on a global level for you. I only ask that you stop seeing every hint of protest against American political and corporate greed as an evil plot to drive Americans away from this site. I, for the most part, see people, including Americans as pretty capable. Able to think for themselves, draw their own conclusions, and decide for themselves the value or lack thereof of information presented to them.
I consider myself an average person and I am able to do that. I have confidence in my fellow countrymen to use the same abilities. I needed no self appointed defender to direct my search here and protect me from what he/she thought might be offensive.
I feel you calling me out publicly as bashing America, (though I understand your concern), does more to draw attention to the detriment of your cause than in helping it.

MK

P.S. Everyone! I pm’d fitz and told him I didn’t want to hash this out in the public forum … and here I go, hashing it out.
P.P.S. fitz and I realized we were both on the same page as to who the “Greedy Bastards” are. They are definately not the general public residing in … (you know where)

Who wants less government when it comes to airline safety, highways and national defense.
Government regulates utility prices and the health of the economy through the Federal Reserve.
Why is human health less important?
If a person is sick, there is an effective cure and he or she want to get well, money should not be a factor. Especially when the disease is cripplng and potentially life threatening.
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Don’t worry about it guys.

Corporate greed is entrenched in the western world. It’s taught religiously in all business schools in every university in every country. The two party political system that has evolved in most western countries makes a mockery of democracy. Whoever wins power quickly forgets what they promised the voters to get that power, but never forgets their obligations to those who funded their campaigns. Unfortunately, that’s what our democracy has become. The USA is no different to Australia, the UK or any other European country in general terms. No country is either better or worse.

I fully agree with Greedfighter. You can’t shame them, because they have no shame, and you can’t change them, because they’ve spent their whole corporate lives striving to get to where they are and they are not going to give that up overnight. The best thing to do is to increase awareness that there are easily accessible generic DAAs that will cure HCV at an affordable price. Anyone in the western world who has suffered HCV for decades will find a way to get the US1,500. Hopefully, competition amongst generic manufacturers will reduce the price of generic DAAs over time for HCV sufferers in third world countries. Let’s focus on helping others access an affordable HCV cure by working around the system that has been set up against them.

Let’s all just say it and admit it.

America is fucked up. 99.8% of the people are great, will help their neighbors and care for them.

But we are governed and dominated by the .2% who fuck it all up. They want to abuse us. They live like kings.

You see it everywhere; most people are barely existing. Meanwhile, someone else buys an existing house and levels it and builds a stone palace worth millions. Sadly, America has become a place of every man for himself.

Buy your own medication, or wait for the rich man to declare you sick enough for treatment, so he can keep living like a king.