At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more than a year at Harvard

Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by pfisch on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:00AM (#19460952)

Switzerland doesn't lead the world in pharmaceutical development. Our health system has been captured by special interests specifically because we have let it grow so big.

Whenever I bring up this point I see downvotes. What I would love instead is a counter example of a country whose largest economic sectors do not capture the government and then have a huge hand in dictating policy in those sectors.

Our government intervention in the education market with student loans is just an awful system that encourages prices to continue to rise.

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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by CaptainZapp on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:17AM (#19461056)

Switzerland doesn't lead the world in pharmaceutical development.

Uhh, Roche? (which also owns Genentech)

Novartis?

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Re:At $75K, housing a prisoner in California now costs more ... by benj111 on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:37AM (#19461159)

I think you're getting downvotes because the 2 aren't mutually exclusive.

You can lead the world in pharma and have it captured by special interests. Infact I would say its almost inevitable.

Now that's not to say that your point about it being bad isn't legitimate.

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