Re:The world is socialist
by intopieces on Sunday August 04, 2013 @01:33PM
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And many cures come from publicly funded research universities. And even those commercial drug companies benefit greatly from government subsidies, patents issued by the government, roads built by the government, and a population educated in public universities. It's disingenuous to pretend those "commercial" drug companies forged their own universe and created these products benevolently.
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Re:The world is socialist
by thelastuser on Sunday August 04, 2013 @02:05PM
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I suppose that would be disingenuous... if anyone were to suggest it.
You have no idea, of those government provisions you listed, what the actual costs are. You won't be able to get the most efficient allocation of resources, because it's not a market allocation (people freely paying), but a political allocation.
Oh, and I don't care if a drug company is benevolent. Just that they are free to offer me the goods at a price that isn't rigged (as by regulation of competitors, for example).