Saturday, February 14, 2026

Trump's Economy Has Americans Selling Their Plasma

Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling about 62.5 million liters of their plasma, a more than 30% increase in the amount of plasma collected since 2022, according to Peter Jaworski, a professor at Georgetown University who studies the ethics and economics of the plasma business.

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Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet

It's dotard's golden age.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-14 11:45 AM

I personally know people who are doing this. Productive assets to their community.

They also vote.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-14 01:52 PM

Decades ago to make extra money in NYC, some people became paid guinea pigs to test drugs, cosmetics, or skin treatments. There was a boutique company in Long Island City near Queensboro Plaza subway station that specialized in this.

Filling out the paperwork was lengthy and some of the test conditions were demanding, and of course testing new drugs was risky.

Selling plasma to make money (instead of donating it for free to the American Red Cross) is much easier and safer than trying new drugs.

In desperation to make money, refugees in Lebanon and Syria have sold internal organs.

America is heading toward a dystopic Soylent Green future thanks to Dummkopf Trumpf, his Republican Party kapos, and idiot voters where organs and children may be the next commodities to sell.

And no, I didn't grow a third eye thanks to that boutique company in LIC.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-14 02:57 PM

As someone who has done this very thing, I always laugh when the outlets, which are run much like a manic sales floor, call themselves plasma donation centers, like people are going to get an altruism award with their $35 Visa gift card.

It is not 1099 income, though. Yet.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-02-14 05:52 PM

Kidneys, anyone? The good Lord gave you two for just such an emergency.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-14 07:32 PM

People have been selling their plasma for long before Trump. Are the numbers up? Would I know that if I read the article? Some mysteries will never be solved.

So instead I would like to point out that the real racket here is the Red Cross.

Those ------- get you to give your blood for free.

Then they sell it like it's Planned Parenthood Fetal Body Parts Going Out Of Business sale.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-02-14 08:38 PM

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