New York, New York, June 21, 2010 --
...SIGA Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ: SIGA), a company specializing in the development of pharmaceutical agents to combat bio-warfare pathogens, announced today that Andy Stern, labor leader and prominent advocate for reform, joined SIGA's board of directors.
...Stern is referred to as one of "the chief architects of healthcare reform" in Modern Healthcare magazine's ranking of the 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare for 2009. Stern has been named to MH's annual "movers and shakers in healthcare" list for five years in a row.
Stern is an ardent supporter of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. [31] Stern has been a frequent visitor to the White House since Obama's election. Between Inauguration Day and February 23, 2011, Stern visited the White House 53 times.
Under Stern, the SEIU has poured millions into a group called Health Care for America NOW!, which set up pavilions at nearly every major health care protest in 2009, and has given the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now nearly $6 million since 2006 –including $250,000 in 2009 –
After Solyndra, I began wondering if our bailout money was being deliberately targeted for bankrupt companies, to ensure it would be sufficiently squandered. I wonder it that's the case with SIGA, too.