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And furthermore. . .

Justin Kelly — 3/19/2004 2:11:11 AM (archived)

If the drug companies are completely wrong, and screwing us, then it serves them right to have their drug smuggled from Canada. If the drug prices are high here for silly things like advertising etc. . . then they will be forced to cut out those things to compete with the black market. Its up to them.

Its like the RIAA. People are going download music for free on the black market until the RIAA decides to price thier music low enough that the legal ways of obtaining it for a small fee over a good connection are better than getting it illegally on a dodgy, virus ridden, pain in the butt network.

In both cases, the black market is in exsitence through an imbalance in the capitalist equation. Give it time, let it work, and it will work itself out.

Regards,
Justin

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Colin Powell reassures India - don't worry about job loss. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 12:58:07 AM
- heh heh. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/18/2004 1:09:25 PM
  - Oh, do you really expect me to believe - Davin L. - 3/18/2004 4:37:05 PM
    - 'many steps that can be taken' how about an obvious one? - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:17:19 AM
      - BTW: I named two obvious steps... Plus some empirical observations about globalism. - Davin L. - 3/19/2004 5:03:23 PM
      - Wow. I don't think you heard anything I said. Complete disconnect - Davin L. - 3/19/2004 4:05:56 AM
      - Uh, Justin, excuse me a second - Robert - 3/19/2004 2:23:29 AM
        
        on a serious note. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 8:14:57 AM
        
        re: Uh, Justin, excuse me a second - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 3:12:35 AM
        
        You've been hanging out at the wrong bars (n/t) - alcaray - 3/19/2004 3:08:43 PM
        
        I didn't hang out at bars in the US (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/20/2004 2:11:13 PM
    - a question - SDG - 3/18/2004 10:34:49 PM
  - Well, I'm sorry. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 3:27:42 PM
  - great post, J (n/t) - phil - 3/18/2004 1:16:48 PM
    - Thanks P ;-) (n/t) - Justin - 3/19/2004 3:17:55 AM
- re: don't worry about job loss. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2004 1:07:45 AM
  - 10 percent? - McFly - 3/19/2004 2:52:05 PM
  - re: don't worry about job loss. - McFly - 3/18/2004 4:56:18 AM
    - Lest anyone get the wrong idea - McFly - 3/18/2004 4:56:03 PM
      - I'm impressed McFly...... - Lindy - 3/18/2004 7:58:27 PM
    - Regulations - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2004 6:44:29 AM
      - Horrors... - McFly - 3/18/2004 2:20:20 PM
        
        re: Horrors... - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:07:39 AM
  - Only "10 percent". Just "10 percent". Merely "10 percent". (n/t) - Bowser - 3/18/2004 4:50:05 AM
  - Outsourcing is a minor threat; the real 'culprit' is productvity - m - 3/18/2004 2:37:08 AM
    - Lemme see if I get this... - McFly - 3/18/2004 5:26:51 AM
      - Yeah, great post! - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:54:55 AM
        
        And furthermore. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 2:11:11 AM
        
        re: And furthermore. . . - RobVG - 3/19/2004 5:54:30 AM
      - That is a GREAT point. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 6:03:59 PM
      - Nope - Larry J - 3/18/2004 2:21:27 PM
        
        re: Nope - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:11:27 AM
        
        Myth - Bowser - 3/18/2004 3:33:22 PM
        
        Drug companies will never stop R&D, though they may threaten to do so. - Mary Anne - 3/18/2004 3:12:44 PM
        
        If they can't recoup their investment, then they'll have no choice - Larry J - 3/18/2004 4:15:32 PM
        
        Maybe they should outsource R&D to India? (n/t) - Robert - 3/18/2004 11:21:04 PM
        
        I still say let's start offshoring CEO and COO jobs... - McFly - 3/19/2004 1:59:02 AM
        
        How about this? - Robert - 3/19/2004 2:16:53 AM
        
        'outsourcing CEO Pay' - I'm all for it, They are subject to the free market as well. (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 3:16:06 AM
        
        Sure! . . . and whose fault would that be? (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:33:06 AM
        
        Why not recoup their (relatively small) investments from Canada? And Mexico? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/18/2004 6:11:41 PM
        
        myths about drug companies - Davin L. - 3/18/2004 4:48:55 PM
        
        Without new product, they will be left with expired patents and competition with generics. Period. - Mary Anne - 3/18/2004 4:43:11 PM
        
        re: Without new product - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:24:34 AM
        
        When the small-plane industry lowers blood pressure for millions and annihilates cancer cells without surgery, let me know. - Mary Anne - 3/19/2004 7:11:25 PM
        
        Some reforms are needed - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2004 1:47:11 AM

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