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

[John Clark]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrot

 *>>> **Ours is the second worst system for supporting medical research,
> better only than everything else.  *
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> *>>…Obviously that is dead wrong**.** Denmark has a VASTLY superior
> system, as does every technological nation on the planet.  **John K Clark*
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> *> USA is in dead last at medical research, right John? *
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*You are not playing fair because that is not what I said.  You
claimed that for mysterious reasons you were never able to articulate,
whatever country that does the most medical research the consumers of that
country, and them alone, must pay for the entire research and development
and manufacturing costs of every drug in existence, even for drugs that
were researched, developed and manufactured entirely in Denmark.  **So I
said:   *


*"If you were right (and of course you are NOT) then compelling medical
research to come to the US would be an extremely stupid thing to
do because the end result of it would be American consumers would be
poorer, would die younger and do so in greater pain. Fuck that, do medical
research someplace else!"*

*And I stand by what I said 100%. *

*John K Clark  *
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