Argumentative Essay About Martin Shkreli

Most hated man in America, Martin Shkreli. Thirty three year old man received this title after a 5,000 percent increase price of Daraprim from 13.50 dollars a pill to 750 dollars. Daraprium is an antiparasitic to prevent infection such as AIDS, malaria, etc. After being streamed in the media, people started posting negative comments about Martin Shkreli. People questioned his experience in drug or disease research. According to Lee, Martin Shkreli had no real experience with disease research all he was good at was reading and memorizing medical journals and textbooks. Not having knowledge of the disease, it demonstrates that he does not care about his customers. Successful entrepreneurs like Martin Shkreli, money is what is considered important

That was not enough in another interview he said that he would have had raised the price higher than 750 dollars, but he did not. Not only did the public react negatively, but former candidate Bernie Sanders tweeted, “A life-saving drug does no good if the people who need it cannot afford that drug.” Although Martin Shkreli is a Donald Trump supporter, he donated 2,700 dollars which Berine Sanders did not accept. The only reason why he donated was because of the proposed that Bernie Sanders make about the import of prescription drugs from Canada would be cheaper. However, ones the only was rejected Martin Shkreli tweeted “If @BernieSanders was a parasite what would he be? TAXOPLASMOSIS!” with a picture of a dog. People then started to react back by tweeting things like “Bernie is hardly a parasite. He is a person who cares about people. Unlike yourself (David Hunt).” There were other tweets cussing him out saying things like the dog hat he put in the Bernie Sanders tweet looks nicer than him. Moreover, Martin Shkreli is not sorry for what he has said in his twitter. We know this because he posted a video of Kanye West in the Ellen Show, saying how he did not care of what he had put on twitter and that there is no reason for him to think about what he posted. Above the link to the video Martin Shkreli wrote “ this is me (Kanye).” People like Martin Shkreli do not care how they treat people all they care about is money and