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Wayne.B Wayne.B is offline
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Default OT...Drugs just to stay alive....

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:31:26 -0800, wrote:

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


Corporations have a fiduciary responsiblity to their stock holders to
try and achieve profits. That is why they are in business. To
suggest that government should force corporations to develop and
produce a product without a profit motive is totally unrealistic.

PS, this discussion should be taken offline before it turns political.