12th Round: US Lumber Lobby on the Ropes

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
What are you smoking?

So it's not over?

[notyoueither]

So what?

Columbia has a larger cocaine industry than the US. The US is being unfreetradish by prohibiting the sale of cocaine.

[GePap]

Most certainly not.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
So what?

Columbia has a larger cocaine industry than the US. The US is being unfreetradish by prohibiting the sale of cocaine.

Colombia isn't in NAFTA.

[notyoueither]

And regulating drug prices is not anti-freetrade. Any company is free to sell the pills at or under schedule prices.

Just like American companies are free to come north and kill trees if they bid on and win lumber rights. In fact, many American companies do just that.

[notyoueither]

BC is though, a part of NAFTA, and you outlaw the sale of BC bud.

[Apocalypse]

Oh BC...that I kinda doubt.

[Apocalypse]

And yes, regulating drug prices is against free trade...how is it not?

[notyoueither]

Because regulation is not anti-trade.

Favourable treatment, or tariffs are.

You think Canadian and Mexican companies should be able to sell whatever crap they want into the US without regard for US regulations?

Can Chrysler plants in Ontario ship into California without regard for CA's environmental laws?

[Apocalypse]

Environmental laws don't equal price caps.

[notyoueither]

And regulation is not protectionism.

[notyoueither]

In fact, it's specifically allowed under NAFTA, GATT, etc.

[Apocalypse]

It's not regulation.

And it shouldn't be allowed

Damn socialists

[notyoueither]

We're not the ones using illegal tariffs to prop up our hopeless industries, sunshine.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
And yes, regulating drug prices is against free trade...how is it not?

Who cares.

Health care should not be for profit. It should be run in order to increase and enhance human health. People's health is not a commodity to be bought and sold away.