Sandy Supposes....

March Madness?

The Sunday News! This week, Martin Shkreli cried in court as he was sentenced to seven years in prison for his part in federal fraud charges. You may know him as the smug Pharma-bro with the punchable face who jacked up the price of a life-saving HIV medicine from $13.50 a pill to $750; I prefer to remember him as the douchebag who made a mockery of his purchasing the single copy in existence of the Wu-Tang Clan's album Once Upon A Time In Shaolin (there's still time to save us, Bill Murray!! ). So this week, my question is "Why should we feel sorry for this guy?", along with "Why are people with access to hedge funds controlling our pharmaceutical industry...instead of, ya know, like, doctors?"

         I do not feel sorry for Marty. This "douche bag" made his choice. Are we not taught that you have choices? I believe he made his bed, and it's his to lie on. He was/is greedy. He maximized his profits on the pain and suffering of others. If it is possible to humble him, perhaps prison time will do it.

         I have no experience with the American pharmaceutical business. I am unaware of the drug pricing. I do know that some Americans have chosen to cross the border into Canada to purchase their needed drugs because the prices here are not astronomical. I cannot fathom bankrupting myself in order to medicate/treat an illness.