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

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 



>> …And the cost for developing those drugs should be entirely paid for by United States citizens and by nobody else?! …..

 

> No, the cost for developing the drugs should be paid for by investors, which can be from anywhere. 

 

>…But who pays the investors back and gives them an additional profit for taking a chance and making an investment? The sick people who use the newly developed drugs…

 

That’s right, and that is everyone.

 

>… Can any sick person from anywhere use those drugs? Yes. So why are sick Americans that use those drugs THE ONLY SICK PEOPLE that pay for it?

 

They aren’t.

 

 

> If IP law is not robust, investors will not dump piles of money into medical research.

 

>…A keen grasp of the obvious. I want to know why American citizens are the ONLY ONES that must pay for using these new and improved drugs….

 

They aren’t.

 

 

 

>…And I confidently predict that if, in the next 3 years, the mainstream of the Democratic Party does NOT become socialist….

 

There is nothing in the constitution that empowers the federal government to do the things socialism requires.  Socialism is not constitutional.

 

>… then the entire party will undergo an extinction level event….

 

But extinction makes opportunities for new species.  I don’t see it so much as extinction as a split into two parties.  

 

 

>>…Are you sure you're a libertarian? 

 > Of that, I have never been surer,

 

>…And yet you have never said one word of criticism over Donald's aggressively anti-libertarian, John K Clark

 

 

That’s your job John.  Well, you and Hasan Piker.  You don’t need my help.

 

spike 

 

 

 

 

 

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