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

[John Clark]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:


> *>>> **If you consider a drug too expensive, don’t buy it.*
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>> *>>…Great choice you have given us, don't buy the drug and die rich, or
>> buy it and live in poverty…. John K Clark*
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> *> But if we defund medical research* [...]
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*OH FOR DARWIN'S SAKE! You keep repeating that silly straw man argument
like a parrot without even attempting to answer my fundamental questions,
like why the hell are American consumers and American consumers ALONE
responsible for repaying the entire research and development budget for
every drug in existence regardless of what country the research or the
development or the manufacturing occurred in?*

*But perhaps it's just me, does anybody around here think that Spike's
argument is logical, or even coherent?  *

*  > **John we already know you are not libertarian,*
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*If you are a libertarian then I am not one. If you are not a libertarian
then I am one.  *
* John K Clark*
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