NRA board was overthrown with hard right faction. The history was reflected more deeply during Obama years. My old man bought into it and proudly put on his bumper the infamous "If guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have guns" that was born out of that coup.
Ok so in the past the NRA was willing to support stricter gun laws even supported banning some weapons. But the militant element took over the NRA which became a partisan political wing of the far right. OK, thanks.
Nobody said it's free, it's a reallocation of resources for the masses(We the people) plenty of countries run successful single-payer health care systems. Now if we could only get our dicks out of other countries asses(military intervention) and worry about The United States of America.
Dude, everyone knows it's not free. It's just how you pay, who you pay, when you pay would be different.
Reallocation of resources, my ass. I’ll be all for that when everyone pulls their own weight. Im not saying everyone has the same abilities. However working with the public I see too many people want to sit on their ass and have everything handed to them.
Exactly. That's what I meant, a guy who steals millions of dollars is treated better than a guy who steals hundreds of dollars.
Iceland upended their entire banking industry and sent several of their worst offenders to jail. They didn't bail out their banks and most of them went belly up. They invested in their people instead of their banks and now the country is thriving. Of course Iceland is a tempest in a tea cup but they did it.
USAFfan...you're adding nothing to this pretty good discussion by regurgitating FoxNews talking points. Unlock your mind and remember that the search for truth starts with scepticism. And for you it should be all about consuming other avenues of media other than Rightwing propaganda. Do it! You'll be happier.
That is right USAF. You need to be watching MSNBC. the Democrats version of Fox News, for the truth
. Damn, these hardcore democrats and republicans are ruining this country.
Ummmm….MSNBC is now full of GOP Bush family dynasty conservatives. Some have their own shows and I don't just mean "Morning Joe".That is right USAF. You need to be watching MSNBC. the Democrats version of Fox News, for the truth
Haha this is exactly why I find hardcore republicans and democrats so comical. Everything is "nooo it is not" from the other side when talking about politics.I am not a republican nor a democrat. I always have an open mind when I view political candidates. I will vote for a republican or democrat if I feel they are genuinely in politics to better the american people not themselves. And this is why I have rarely voted. The Democratic party, Republican party, and lobbyists are eventually going to destroy this country.
Everyone knows that Americans pay high prices for drugs. But there is more to this story. The taxpayer not only shells out at the pharmacy but often plays a critical role in funding these drugs in the first place. In other words, the public pays twice.
If the opinion piece you pasted is trying to say that taxpayers pay more for drug development through the NIH than the drug companies, that's pretty misleading.
This report shows that NIH funding contributed to published research associated with every one of the 210 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration from 2010–2016. Collectively, this research involved >200,000 years of grant funding totaling more than $100 billion. The analysis shows that >90% of this funding represents basic research related to the biological targets for drug action rather than the drugs themselves. The role of NIH funding thus complements industry research and development, which focuses predominantly on applied research. This work underscores the breadth and significance of public investment in the development of new therapeutics and the risk that reduced research funding would slow the pipeline for treating morbid disease.
So what? They're still spending a higher percentage of their revenue on R&D than most other industries. It has nothing to do with other countries threatening to use compulsory licenses to negotiate price-controlled prices.
If we imposed price controls so that all drugs were set at Mexico prices, then no amount of marketing would spur enough revenue to make it profitable to bring a new drug to market. It costs $2.6 billion (in 2014 dollars) to bring a new drug to market, before any marketing costs.
