If you think the above is frightening, there’s another industry that should worry us just as much, if not more. It’s as big, as bad and as dangerous as the banks, but it doesn’t get nearly enough attention. Big Pharma is also out to get us and it has more in common with Big Banks than we might think.

The Top 10 things Big Pharma and Big Banks have in common:

They want to own us - cradle to grave They don’t care about our physical, mental, or financial health They indoctrinate us early in life through “education” They're disgustingly profitable They have the government and the law on their side They're consolidating at an alarming pace Most of their products and services are “me-too”, limited-value products Their success depends on secrecy They spend more on marketing & sales than on any other activity They won’t offer a cure

1. A Life Sentence - Cradle to Grave

Big Banks and Big Pharma only care about how much revenue they can make over a customer’s lifetime. They want to make sure they have us as customers as early as possible and keep us as long as possible by pushing products for every stage of life. Their service model is based on making as much monthly recurring revenue (MRR) per person as possible. In the U.S., consumers spend an average of $210 per household per month on prescription drugs and the average household has $205,000 in debt, which includes credit cards, mortgages and student loans but excludes auto loans. At 5% interest*, that’s $833/month per household, not including the various service/late/overdraft fees.

These companies seek to increase the number of services we use over a lifetime and concurrently in various ways: