We’ve been taken over by the Koch Bros. and others in the upper echelon from local levels to the highest in the land. We know it and the government permits it. McCrory owned Duke Energy stock when he became governor. But like any other politician, just because he sold it doesn’t mean he’s no longer has connections to it.

The FDA was alerted to the discrepancies of Ambien studies in the 1980s and knew the amounts prescribed were based on studies of men. In essence, women were overdosed by drugs. Why is this “news” now? My partner and I knew this was happening two decades ago. Now, it’s news on “60 Minutes?” It all seems insane. Monsanto’s pesticides are part of our food, so that will put money in the pharmaceutical and medical hands because we are consuming that. So, McCrory et. al. are getting richer and more powerful but what exactly does that do for them? Hedonism, power, and lack of a heart drives them and I still don’t understand why. They’re not pyramids and will be forgotten, so they aren’t even getting immortality. We are a society of mostly ignorant, sometimes stupid pawns. We are going a-tumblin’ down and then what will anyone have?

Sheri Dennis, Asheville

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