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No doubt. But before we can judge whether a full coverage package as advocated by the Dems is something we should consider we should have an idea about what such a plan would cost.
It is also strange that the Dems would want to spend more that Bush at a time when they are complaining about the deficit.
Why should the rich get less, when they pay more. We are not socialist, even though I know alot of you are, so why would you expect such a thing to happen. I hate the bill, but would even more if they included that.
It is not the burden of the rich to support the poor, because I know none of you believe it is the burden of the poor to support the rich.
I personally think we should invest the 400 billion on curing cancer or aids, rather than artifuicially extending the life span of the baby boomers 20 years. Talk about irresposibility, creating a program that was proven to collapse at a certain time but will survive long enough benifit them at the cost of robbing their own children, all because they don't want to face mortality
Then again, talk to me in 40 years and I may think different.
-Pat
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
Congress shall have the power ... to promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their Respective Writings and Discoveries
Do you see anything in this clause that grants Congress the power to grant non exclusive rights to inventors?
They can grant exclusive rights to multiple organizations.
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
the much larger entitlement program for powerful biotech corporations called intellectual property.
Yep, intellectual property IS more important than this perscription drug plan, I agree .
“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)
I have an idea, lets not make perscription drugs profitable, that way nobody will make them. Despite the pessemistic views most of you seem to harbor about these companies, I am sure there are a few researchers and stock holdres that like helping people. Drugs are expensive because as time goes on they accomplish more and more amazing things. Sure the companies make profits, so what. I honestly believe that money would be better spent curing diseases that effect the entire population, rather than squandering the money on perscrition drugs which are targeted more and more to only benefit the aged. If they invent a way for a person to live forever in a formaldihide jar a la Futurama I am sure the greying majority will vote to strip the countrry's resources for that. I would probobly be more sympathetic if the money I pay in taxes would someday help me, but their is no way this ridiculous system will survive twenty years, let alone unitl I could use it.
By the way the benefit to being rich, or just having marginaly more money, is you can buy more. Moan all you want, but monetary achievement is the basic rating for success worldwide. If their was no reward to earning money, well, look what happened to some of those experments. I am all about changing that standard, but untill then, "get back to work, you not bieng paid to believe in the power of your dreams."
-Pat
"The DPRK is still in a state of war with the U.S. It's called a black out." - Che explaining why orbital nightime pictures of NK show few lights. Seriously.
One feature of this "reform" is that taxpayers will be forced to subsidise businesses that offered employees prescription benefits. Oh great, General Motors (e.g.) offers employees a prescription drug plan and now US taxpayers get stuck with the bill?
the constitution prevents them from killing patent rights.
Patents are specifically considered privileges from the state. The authority to enforce patents are powers of the state, not the right of individuals/businesses. If Congress doesn't want to enforce a business' monopoly over a technology, it can do that. That's what the Constitution says. See Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 again.
Unfortunately for the communist party/aka Democrats,
And note, that intellectual property is opposed to the free market. Intellectual property means that the state can tell people what they can or cannot buy and produce. Really, it's like a command economy - like the Soviet Union. So it's not the Dems that are terrorist commies, but you and your fellow Republicans!
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
-Bokonon
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