The American Spectator : Mood Swingin'

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Mood Swingin'

3.7.08 @ 12:01AM

Hung at dawn. Veep creep. Bad ads. Apologize to Nixon. Plus more.

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br> -- Jay Molyneaux br> Denver, North Carolina /p> p> DEATH TO THE SALESMEN br> Re: Doug Bandow's Patently Absurd : /p>

Fascinating!

p>In his defense of pharmaceutical companies, Bandow omits any reference to one of the highest expenses of drug companies -- commissions to salespersons. I have known sales persons for br> pharmaceutical companies, and they are high earners indeed. /p>

He also glosses over, by defending it, the other, even higher, high expense -- advertising -- claiming that it's necessary in order to increase sales, but he includes advertising to "people" or "patients." Is it not enough to inform physicians of the details about a new drug, or remind physicians of the proven benefits of older drugs -- still effective, but not as glitzy or profit-making? Do they have to use scare tactics on ordinary folks, and invent new "diseases" and "conditions," and give new names to old complaints [especially the alphabetic names, don't you love 'em?].

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Foreign Policy, Health Care, John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Television, Iraq, NATO, Alaska, Unions

Letter to the Editor View all comments (1) | Leave a comment

OCPatriot| 10.21.08 @ 5:35PM

When McCain sat down with the journalists and editors in Des Moines, one of them asked, "Have you always been covered for health care by a taxpayers' financed health care plan?" He seemed genuinely stumped by that and didn't seem to have any response except, "That's an interesting statement."
[You can see this on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nskNRlx0A7Y&NR=1]
The answer is: Of course he has, ever since he was a child. He has taken advantage of the government's administered health plan for over two decades in the Senate, without complaint about it that I know of, and he will also receive a government invested and administered pension plan when he retires. Both are prized by their recipients, by the way. Isn't it hypocritical for any candidate to take advantage of these two socialistic programs, yet call for deregulation and free markets?