XPost: talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.misc   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-02-22, c186282  wrote:   
   > On 2/21/26 17:12, pothead wrote:   
   >> On 2026-02-21, Lee  wrote:   
   >>> pothead  wrote in   
   >>> news:10ncecn$19i0e$2@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> If people refuse to pay ridiculous prices for items or services then   
   >>>> the price will eventually go down.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Sick people should just stop buying   
   >>> their medications, that'll lower   
   >>> drug costs. Right.   
   >>   
   >> Stop snipping context deceitfully.   
   >> I'm speaking of things that the OP spoke of.   
   >> Coffee, lettuce, movie tickets, show tickets, eating out vs at home etc.   
   >>   
   >> So Trump is working to lower drug prices and so far it   
   >> seems to be going well. Time will tell.   
   >   
   >   
   >    Drugs don't BELONG to 'the sick' - they BELONG   
   >    to those who develop/manufacture.   
   >   
   >    If they can't turn a buck on the products then   
   >    they won't develop/manufacture - no-profit   
   >    models don't work. The talent and facilities   
   >    will move to China or India or wherever.   
   >   
   >    Govt takeover ? Then they'll REALLY cost The People   
   >    ten times as much due to inefficiency and corruption.   
   >   
      
   Our leaders, both parties, have "given away" our manufacturing of many of   
   our necessities, like drugs, medical supplies and literally just about   
   everything to other countries, China in particular.   
      
   The pandemic should have taught us a valuable lesson.   
   But the greed and elite who really run the country, and the world in fact,   
   just want money and power.   
      
   The US is in a precarious position right now. What if a country that supplies   
   most of our drugs decides they will not sell to the USA?   
   What are we going to do?   
   Take over the country?   
      
   We need to bring manufacturing back to the USA and in a HUGE way.   
   And we need to do it quickly.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,   
   but then are shocked and offended to discover that there   
    are other views.   
      
   William F. Buckley, Jr.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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