At 04:08 PM Tuesday 10/28/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > > It's not about what I want. Or what you want. It > > is about what WE want, > > > You may want it to be about what we want it to be about, > > but that's not what I want it to be about. I want what > > I want. > > > > If you don't like being forced to pay for what *I* > > want (to the > > > extent that my one vote is ever expressed in > > government and laws), > > > you are encouraged to vote for what *you* want. > > > If you think I should pay for what you want, then you > > should contribute more of your own money for what > > you want. > > >there you go again, john... did it ever occur to you that you are >paying for the enormous profits of health care providers and >pharmaceutical companies? why does that not offend you?
There is also the fact that to bring a new drug to market, with all of the drugs that fail at some point during the development and testing process, often costs the company on the order of $1 billion before they sell one pill or treatment, much less start making a profit. Do you have any suggestions as how to reduce the cost to you and me for the "enormous profits" you mention without impacting R&D for new medicines? . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
