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> I don't understand why the Republicans voted against. > Look, I get it, you support private industry. But let's remember context, you support capitalism wher
by discardorama 11y ago
> I don't understand why the Republicans voted against.
> Look, I get it, you support private industry. But let's remember context, you support capitalism where COMPETITION exists, in this situation it is an artificially created monopoly of one company.
I hate to say this, but: most Republicans are not pro-competition. They're very happy helping the government put in place monopolies, and milking that monopoly status. Case in point: the Republicans refuse to the Medicaid negotiate lower drug prices. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/washington/18cnd-medicare.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/washington/18cnd-medicare....
- icebraining 11y agoThe economist Luigi Zingales likes to say he's "pro-market, not necessarily pro-business." Most Republicans seem to defend the opposite.
- refurb 11y agoYou mean Medicare, not Medicaid. Medicaid already "negotiates" lower drug prices. I think the Republican stance comes from the perspective that you can never really "negotiate" with a body that writes and enforces all the laws.
- discardorama 11y ago> I think the Republican stance comes from the perspective that you can never really "negotiate" with a body that writes and enforces all the laws. OK, Medicare, fair enough. But that's quite an excuse. Why, then the government should be forbidden from negotiating any type of price reductions! Let the government pay $10,000 for a pen, and $100,000 for a flashlight, eh?