Elizabeth Warren is calling Pfizer out (they heavily contributed to Gillibrand in 2012) for a corporate inversion tactic. They are trying to merge with Allergan so they can be a U.S. company but benefit from being taxed outside the U.S. like Allergan is. This is the shenanigans Warren and Sanders want to stop cold. Who gets lobby money from them? Well one of them is Hillary supporter NY Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. He received $9250 from them in 2014..another NY Congressman, Joseph Crowley, received the most of anyone..$28,200 in 2014. Crowley also endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Think Hillary’s rant against this practice last year is genuine? Well, here’s a factoid: Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer donated between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation and spent a portion of its $23.1 million in lobbying expenses from 2009 alone on issues at the State Department.
Bernie always argues it’s pay to play, Hillary says that’s nonsense..Why would she take gobs of Wall Street speaking fees for nothing? Give me a break..these guys that take big Pharma money ARE always taking it for a reason and that reason is NEVER good.