Because people need the power to bid against technology.

No. It would look like the car insurance industry.

Nope. The Right is just as terrible and guilty as the Left, but in different ways. I’d gladly list them if you want.

I sure do.

I agree with you. No one should defend big pharma. But, big pharma is the result of big gov’t. Without the gov’t, most of these companies would have failed or have drastically reduced their prices.

I agree with everything but the white nationalist statement.

Industries will have consumers as long as the gov’t gives out money. There is a tipping point for minimum wage. We will hit it soon.

Except Medicare cannot really negotiate drug prices. It pretty much has to pay what the companies charge. This is why certain drugs cost $40k to administer now, but were $4oo when they were introduced 20-30 years ago.

It’s victimhood as currency. But, like bitcoin, it’s only worth something if everyone else thinks it’s worth something.

You say it’s nonsense, but I kinda see it happening in real time. Whether it’s YouTube, or whether it’s all of these pro-free-speech rallies, there is a crap ton of people who are starting to simply say “Yeah, yeah, call me a racist/homophobe/whatever. Now that you got that out of your system, let’s talk about…

Yup. Remember that vote not long ago to allow Americans to buy from Canadian Pharma? Lots of Democrats voted AGAINST it.

There’s something else: Democrats are calling everyone ‘racists’ (not just NUTS).

The issue is that the left and right have redefined ‘left’ and ‘right’, and it’s not the obligation of the centrist to move to one of those new labels.

Yup. And now, it’s you’re either racist or a Democrat.

I’m not in with this crazy liberal crowd, but I can tell you right now that you’re a little off: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/11/big-pharmaceutical-companies-are-spending-far-more-on-marketing-than-research/ 

Except this isn’t true. Democrats lost all over the board. Not just local elections. They lost Senate seats. A LOT of Senate seats.

Jimminy Christmas.

You are literally proving this guy’s point.

I’m not saying she wasn’t the victim. My point is that she gets to decide it, and the institution and the public doesn’t get to do it.

I agree, but I see it as a hard situation with this one. No one thinks to lawyer up when the institution is actually trying to forcefully pain them as a victim.