[ExI] Why is “cost of living” such a big problem?

[John Clark]

On Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 3:25 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> Ration or not, cake devouring or otherwise, the investors in medical R&D
> must be paid somehow. *


*And you believe the only way high-tech medical investors could get paid is
if middle class Americans pay the ENTIRE bill and everybody in every other
rich country gets a free ride? We deserve to be punished for investing in
science?! *

*Spike, it is illegal for a US citizen who is living in the US to travel to
Canada (or any other foreign country) and buy his prescription drugs there
where they are MUCH cheaper and then return home. The MAGA people don't
want that law changed. Do you? *

*It is also illegal for an American drugstore chain to rent a truck, drive
it to Canada and buy prescription drugs from a Canadian drugstore chain
where they are MUCH cheaper than the American drugstore can buy them
directly from the drug manufacturer, and then drive the truck back to the
US and resell the drugs to Americans. **The MAGA people don't want that law
changed either. Do you? *


*John K Clark*
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