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On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:23:03 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:32:39 -0800, wrote:

If left up the the govt, few new drugs would ever be developed,
especially for diseases with few sufferers. The model to look at is
the old Soviet Union, they developed nothing of value to people except
by copying the west.tathupe

Please show me where anyone is seriously suggesting that the
development of new drugs should be "left up to the gov't."

What does "So, therefore, it should not be up to for-profit companies.
It should be the responsibility of the state to "promote the general
welfare" of its citizens." mean?

Not sure what point you're trying to make. Nobody is suggesting the
gov't produce the special-needs drugs. What I'm proposing is that the
gov't mandate that those diseases have R&D research done and that
certain drug companies be required to produce them with reasonable
compensation made to them by us.

Why is the profit motive so all important when it involves someone's
health or life?