Thursday, October 02, 2025

TrumpRX Is Actual Communism

White House announces its launching its own drugstore "TrumpRx" where U.S. citizens can buy drugs straight from the government. TrumpRx is the administration's latest move to bring down U.S. drug prices, but it's unlikely to save much for the 92% of Americans with health insurance.

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Anyone really want to give their medical records to Donald Trump?

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-02 12:38 PM

OpEd: Is MAGA going Marxist and Maoist? Trump's assault on free-market capitalism (August 12, 2025)
fortune.com

... As many CEOs understandably grew horrified last month at the prospect that New York City, the capital of capitalism, is on the brink of going socialist with the mayoral momentum of the inexperienced candidate Zohran Mamdani, they were ignoring the greater assault on free market capitalism that has already overtaken the nation in the Republican Party. While we agree that Mamdani's solutions to affordable housing and grocery prices threaten to undermine free markets by bowing to the appeal of populist anger, President Donald Trump has already begun doing so, but to suit his own grandiose political agenda instead.

Unlike any leader of any free-market economy around the world, President Trump has seized control of private enterprise's strategic decision-making and investment policies while invading corporate board rooms so that he may dictate leadership staffing, punish corporate critics, and demand public compliance with his political agenda. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.

Many free-market economists and business leaders who have long worshipped the free-market ideals of Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, Ayn Rand, and Milton Friedman should be aware that their idols would be rolling in their graves right now, as rather than pursue standard laissez-faire conservative economic policies, MAGA has gone Marxist and even, increasingly, Maoist. ...


#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-02 04:02 PM

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) compares TrumpfRX to Zohran Mamdani's plan for NYC to own non-profit grocery stores for the poor. In essence, Zohran wants to give poor New Yorkers what US Servicemembers receive: Lower priced groceries as found in non-profit commissaries. And Canada sells alcohol and marijuana through government stores: www.mediaite.com

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-03 08:06 AM

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