Offsite Post: ‘Give Louisianans a Say on COVID Policy’

One of the lovely aspects of the English political tradition, which was grafted into Louisiana after President Jefferson bought her from Napoleon, is the many ways it gives folks to combat abusive actions of government officials and those outside its halls:  trial by a jury of one’s peers, the writ of habeas corpus, and so on.

However, nearly two years of COVID policies by government officials and private corporations from school board on up have shredded many of those protections that have stood for hundreds of years, to the point that even the most basic human rights – to worship God in a church with other Christians, to breath unimpeded, to refuse to be injected with an experimental drug – have been grossly violated.

Considering the money Pfizer and other Big Pharma companies stuff into the pockets of politicians, this isn’t so hard to comprehend.  Mr Daniel Horowitz quotes Pfizer’s own PAC message from 2020:

 

It has been a year like no other, and we are proud of the all the hard work and long hours our colleagues dedicated and continue to dedicate to develop and deliver the first COVID-19 vaccine. As if COVID wasn't enough, 2020 was also a big election year and Pfizer and the Pfizer PAC continued to support candidates of both political parties who support policies that impact our purpose: Breakthroughs that change patients' lives. We do not contribute to Presidential candidates or super PACs. In the 2020 cycle, Pfizer PAC and Pfizer Inc. supported 1,842 candidates and multiple political committees at all levels of the government. Forty-nine percent of the Pfizer PAC disbursements in the 2019-2020 cycle went to Republicans and 46% went to Democrats. We continue to advance our purpose to discover and deliver breakthroughs that change patients' lives, thanks to our PAC members and our Pfizer U.S. Government Relations team, who are on the ground educating and engaging elected officials about Pfizer's purpose.

He adds in another article,

 

Pfizer now has 92 lobbyists in Washington split between the two parties, not to mention high-roller PR firms to help with the (political) science. Pfizer's political action committee donated to 228 federal lawmakers at a price tag of over $4 million. Although people think of doctors and scientists when Pfizer comes to mind, the company likely has as many politicians working for it. The National Pulse found 74 known former White House staffers and staff of members and committees in Congress controlled by both parties now working for the Big Pharma god. Pfizer spent over $13 million on lobbying expenditures, not to mention buying up the airwaves to the point that news agencies cannot report a negative word about the company.

Louisiana’s State legislators, like those in many other States, have been woefully ineffective at rolling back COVID tyranny thus far, but, given the peculiarities of our politics, this could be to our advantage in the end.  . . .

The rest is at https://thehayride.com/2021/12/garlington-give-louisianans-a-say-on-covid-policy/.

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