Whoooooaaaaaaa

[wombat2u2004]

The mind boggles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dYmx...eature=related

[lizbud]

Pitiful. Let's hear it for the free market economy. BOO!!!

[IRescue452]

True this. Just like food. There's enough to feed the poor, but we (government mostly) stockpile it and pay farmers not to grow it so that we can control it. And money, there's enough of that to go around but its privately stockpiled. And medicine of course. I was just thinking randomly last night how can there be a shortage of antivenom when it comes from snakes and there are plenty of snakes to go around? Because somebody owns the plans on how to make it and the average joe wouldn't get their antivenom approved by the government if they didn't have millions to get it through the red tape and greedy hands. Somebody owns the plans to the chemo drugs too.

[Lady's Human]

Chemo drugs and antivenom meds all took someone money and time to develop. For the time the patents hold, the people who developed the drugs deserve to be compensated. After that, they are open for generics to produce.

I wouldn't WANT mr "average Joe's" antivenom or chemo drugs, thank you.

What are you, wom, a darned communist, not wanting the drug co's to have their shot at a fair profit?

[lizbud]

Chemo drugs and antivenom meds all took someone money and time to develop. For the time the patents hold, the people who developed the drugs deserve to be compensated. After that, they are open for generics to produce.

I wouldn't WANT mr "average Joe's" antivenom or chemo drugs, thank you.

What are you, wom, a damned communist, not wanting the drug co's to have their shot at a fair profit?

Did you even listen to the film? These companies bought up the med
supplies to make them scarce in the market, then mark up the prices
some 650%. They didn't make the drugs, they just bought up the
available supply in order to sell again at marked up prices. Nothing "fair"
about it.

[happylabs]

Doesn't surprise me one bit. The drug companies are greedy. I don't trust them at all. I wish I could use only natural vitamins and herbs and not need any synthetic meds. I could probably do it if I would eat better and exercise more. Should be my New Year's resolution but I should start now.

As far as the comment about Wom being a communist. Very inappropriate. You need to retract that one.

[Lady's Human]

As far as the comment about Wom being a communist. Very inappropriate. You need to retract that one.

When hell freezes over.

It's perfectly legitimate when directed at me, it's perfectly legitimate when tossed at others as well.

Don't like it? Cry me a river.

[Karen]

Everybody should stop with the name-calling, folks!

[wombat2u2004]

Chemo drugs and antivenom meds all took someone money and time to develop. For the time the patents hold, the people who developed the drugs deserve to be compensated. After that, they are open for generics to produce.

I wouldn't WANT mr "average Joe's" antivenom or chemo drugs, thank you.

What are you, wom, a darned communist, not wanting the drug co's to have their shot at a fair profit?

So you're saying.......this is not fraud ???

[wombat2u2004]

What are you, wom, a darned communist, not wanting the drug co's to have their shot at a fair profit?

I said that ??? Where ???

[wombat2u2004]

As far as the comment about Wom being a communist. Very inappropriate. You need to retract that one.

Not really. I've been called all kinds of things in my life, it's just wind.

[happylabs]

Everybody should stop with the name-calling, folks!

Agreed! This is a family friendly site for people who share the love of our pets. It is supposed to be a place, I believe, that we can come to and feel good about something.

[sparks19]

I don't think its been that kind of place for quite a while

[Karen]

I don't think its been that kind of place for quite a while

But it is up to all of us to get it back to that!

[Lady's Human]

So you're saying.......this is not fraud ???

No more so than certain business practices you find perfectly legitimate. It all depends on who's ox is being gored..........