You’ll never guess who helps pay for all those TV drug ads…Uncle Sam!
You know all those drug ads you see on TV 10 or 20 times per hour? Funny thing… They’re not really ads. No — they’re Public Service Announcements.
That’s right. It turns out they’re selflessly serving us, the public, with helpful information. And believe it or not, drug companies get sweet tax breaks from Obama’s friends at the IRS for inundating us with those “PSA” commercials.
Say, for instance, you own a little car repair shop. Do you think the feds are going to give you a tax break to subsidize your advertising? No way!
Meanwhile, drug giants make billions every year. And yet, they enjoy a nice financial boost from Uncle Barack to help keep up the relentless barrage of drug advertising.
It’s bad enough we have to suffer through all those ads. We shouldn’t have to pay for them!
Sources:
“Rep. Nadler Seeks to Close Tax Loopholes for Drug Companies, Introduces Say No to Drug Ads Act” Targeted News Service, 2/28/13, pharmalive.com
