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Originally Posted by DanteAugustusGermanicus
because government is not the big socialist boogy man you claim it to be?
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Please, if you need to take my questions out of context to answer them, maybe you should reconsider what you are talking about.
Why should the government set the price on some things, and not others? It's absurd, and that's the point you ignored.
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Originally Posted by DanteAugustusGermanicus
because some people like to make and sell things and because any amount of profit is good for some people. not all people are greedy and lots of money can be made on volume.
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So people are just going to up front 50 billion dollars and not care how much money they make? Who would do that with appealing ventures like the Stock Market available? I'm sure you could convince some people that it's for the good of mankind, but if you expect the buisness world to something, they need to be able to profit.
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Originally Posted by DanteAugustusGermanicus
billions to research drugs? how many drugs?
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What relevance does that have to this?
I have an interesting project for you. Go figure out what used to be the most common reason for people to loose their kidneys after a kidney transplant, and then look at what evil drug corporation solved the problem. Then compare the amount of people who need this drug to the amount of money it took to make. Then look at the price and tell me it isn't fair.
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Originally Posted by DanteAugustusGermanicus
included in that billions is more than just research dollars.
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Well they have to pay those PHDs.... I mean monkeys to do the research.
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Originally Posted by DanteAugustusGermanicus
your opinions on this are just that and they are uninformed propaganda. huge profits are required? says who? what would be the floor for a huge profit on a huge investment... percentage wise before people would walk away? 5%, 10%, 15%...where is this magic formula?
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It's irrelevant, the government doesn't have the authority to decide what profit these corporations deserve. If people don't want the drugs, they don't have to take them.