By Odin's Beard Big Pharma Pillages America While Politicians Bicker!

A Serpent in the Garden of Profits

Hark! It is I Ragnar Lothbrok returned to Midgard to find it in a state of utter chaos! I hear whispers of 'pharmaceutical companies' and 'tax loopholes'. These words sting like a viper in the night. It seems these modern day merchants are more cunning than Ivar the Boneless finding ways to hoard gold while the common folk struggle to afford their very life saving potions. Where is the honor in that? Where is the glory?

The Trump Trickery: A Beautiful... Trap?

This 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' – more like 'One Big Beautiful Trap'! Trump a man who speaks of greatness has inadvertently created a loophole wider than the Kattegat Sea. He sought to rein in the serpent but instead he fed it more sheep! These companies like clever ravens flock to Ireland and Bermuda where taxes are but a whisper in the wind. They hoard their treasure leaving the American people to cough up the gold for their medicines. Is this the 'greatness' he promised?

Warren and Schakowsky: Shieldmaidens Against the Tide

Senators Warren and Schakowsky I salute their courage! They stand against the tide like shieldmaidens on the shore challenging these giants of the pill industry. They accuse them of lining their coffers while charging the highest prices in the world. 'Profit over people,' they cry! A battle cry I understand well for I too have fought against those who value gold above all else.

The Lobbying Game: Coins for Influence

Ah 'lobbying'! A word that drips with the honeyed poison of influence. These companies spend vast fortunes more than some kingdoms possess to whisper sweet nothings into the ears of lawmakers. Like offering tribute to a fickle god they hope to keep their loopholes intact. Johnson & Johnson spending a king's ransom on tax tricks. Such is the way of the world I suppose. But even the gods can be angered and the people are no fools.

A Senate Divided: The Battle for Justice

The Senate a den of vipers and wolves where Republicans and Democrats gnaw at each other like dogs over a bone. The Republicans clinging to their tax cuts like a drowning man to a spar while the Democrats push for fairness. But with the Republicans holding sway it will be an uphill battle. 'Fear is power,' they say. But I say 'Knowledge is power'! And the knowledge that these companies are cheating the system will ignite the fires of discontent.

Justice or Greed? The Gods Are Watching

So the game continues. The pharmaceutical companies fat with profits dodge taxes like elusive eels. The politicians bicker and posture. And the common folk the backbone of this land suffer the consequences. But let them not forget the gods are watching! And one day the scales will be balanced. Whether by the hand of man or the wrath of the heavens justice will be served. For as I always say 'How I long to sit by the fire drinking and thinking of conquering the world.'