IS OUR GOVERNMENT HOPELESSLY CORRUPT?
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the Director and head of the National Institute of Health. He is also the highest paid employee in the government. his salary (2019) is $417,608.
The following are excerpts from The Epoch Times article
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Democrats Silent as Republicans Rip Into Secret Royalty Checks to Fauci, Hundreds of NIH Scientists
Epoch Times – May 11, 2022
Mark Tapscott – Congressional Correspondent
Top Democratic leaders with oversight of the National Institutes for Health (NIH) are keeping quiet about the $350 million in secret payments to agency leaders like Dr. Anthony Fauci and hundreds of its scientists.
The Epoch Times received no responses from multiple requests to Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for comment on a report by a non-profit government watchdog estimating that Fauci, former NIH director Francis Collins, and hundreds of NIH scientists got as much as $350 million in undisclosed royalty payments from pharmaceutical and other private firms between 2010 and 2020.
The revelations from Open the Books, which were first reported on May 9 by The Epoch Times, are based on thousands of pages of documents the group obtained from NIH in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in federal court. The suit was filed by Judicial Watch on behalf of Open the Books.
Open the Books is a Chicago-based nonprofit government watchdog that uses the federal and state freedom of information laws to obtain and then post on the internet trillions of dollars in spending at all levels of government.
Because NIH hands out $32 billion in research grants to medical institutions and researchers annually the undisclosed royalty payments, which are usually for work on a new drug, may indicate the presence of massive and widespread conflicts of interest or the appearance of such conflicts, both of which violate federal ethics laws and regulations.
Fauci is the longtime head of NIH’s National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), as well as chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden.
Fauci received 23 royalty payments during the period, while Collins was paid 14. Clifford Lane, Fauci’s deputy, got eight payments, according to Open the Books.
Similarly, Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) called for an investigation, noting that, “Of course it’s a direct conflict of interest for scientists like Anthony Fauci to rake in $350 million in royalties from third-parties who benefit from federal taxpayer-funded grants.
“Anthony Fauci is a millionaire that has gotten rich off taxpayer dollars. He is a prime example of the bloated federal bureaucracy. This royalty system should be examined to ensure it isn’t making matters worse.”
“Fauci and the NIH have repeatedly abused the trust of the American people.
“From lying about gain of function research to walking back claims about COVID-19, this latest allegation is just another nail in the coffin of the integrity of our public health system.
complete article available online
The Epoch Times – May 11, 2022
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What is the lyrics from the old song? I Can See Clearly Now?
The “Good Doctor Fauci” and his merry band of cohorts transfer large amounts of research money to the Wuhan Laboratory in China for study and development of virus’s. The product of this research somehow “escapes” from the Lab and finds it’s way to America where it infects and kills American Citizens.
The “Good Doctor Fauci” who is a recipient of millions of dollars in “Royalty Payments” then works with his benefactors in the Pharmaceutical Industry – can you spell Pfizer, etc. – to develop a “magic” “snake oil” vaccine to treat the virus.
Good citizen “Bob” takes the “Government Mandated” two injections of the anti-Covid elixir and gets a bad case of the Covid anyway and following a recovery, thanks to God and his wife, is told by the NIH and State of California that “Booster” shots will be necessary about every six months “forever”.
Big Pharma who has made billions of dollars from the vaccine, laughs all the way to the bank and is no doubt in the process of more “Royalty” checks to the “Good Doctor” and his crew so perhaps more money can flow to the Chinese Government laboratory for the development of new virus’s which may somehow “mysteriously” find their way to our shores and repeat the process. Coincidence, Conspiracy theory or logical reasoning? (hint: “Follow the Money”)
And the “Beat Goes On”.
Unfortunately this kind of “behind the scenes” process takes place throughout our government. From military arms manufacturers to “Deep State” Bureaucracies to Government Contractors ad nauseum. In addition most, if not all, Federal Agencies have been politicized.
There was a time in my life when I held the FBI in a kind of awe and near reverence. No longer. The Obama administration kind of finished the job of politicizing the Justice Department and the FBI. Once I would have considered it an honor to co-operate and freely answer any questions to help them in an investigation. No longer. Now if questioned by them in even the most trivial of cases I would not answer a single question without my lawyer being present and even then I would do my Hillary Clinton impression of “I can’t re-call”. It seems to work for her. Neither of the Clinton Crime Family members have ever done so much as a single day in jail despite a laundry list of corruption (the Clinton Foundation and Global Initiative), facilitating the sale of U.S. Uranium to Russia so “Vlad” could build his 6,000 Nuclear Warheads he now threatens us with, lying to the American People, Congress etc.. They are in good company. There is a host of other elected and non-elected Government “folks” who lie for a living and get by with it.
Take a pencil and paper and write down the number of Government Agencies you trust, are cost effective and efficiently run, corruption free and non-Political. Bet you will only need a small piece of paper. What! You say there are none.
Bob Bandy – May 2022
