Wrong
It’s Big Pharma and the Banksters.
The average earnings as a percentage of turnover by oil companies over recent years is around 5%.
The average earnings as a percentage of turnover by the banks and the manufacturers of pharmaceuticals is around 20% !
So if you’re in need of $100,000 annual treatments for treatment for breast cancer, or if you’re an African with AIDS earning $1 a day, I hope you’ll be pleased that the drug manufacturers are doing so well.
The latest figures I’ve found courtesy of the BBC:
