Harry Reid Gets a Big Thank You from Big Pharma
You may have seen Politico is reporting this afternoon about a new PhRMA-sponsored a new ad airing in Nevada that thanks Harry Reid for his work supporting…jobs. As Politico notes, “Though the ad makes a passing reference to health care, it’s basically the groups’ way of saying “thank you” to Reid for pushing the health care bill to passage.”
This shocking – shocking! – development raises some interesting questions: First, How does a health care bill with $573 billion in tax increases create jobs for anyone other than government bureaucrats? Second, why should the American people believe that Democrats’ government takeover of health care will benefit them if “Big Pharma” is running ads celebrating the outcome? Who exactly were Harry Reid and his Democrat allies seeking to help – their constituents, or themselves and their special interest friends?