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To: Alighieri who wrote (211381)	11/11/2004 9:34:49 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1571239

Peter said - " If you stop protecting the rights of drug companies to make some profit, there will be no new drugs." You replied - " Free markets and profit protection don't jive. " Protecting the right to make a profit is not the same thing as protecting a profit. You can make a profit but it won't be handed to you. The government shouldn't intervene to lower price and profits or to raise both. "Profit protection", implies that the government shouldn't intervene to keep prices/profits high. Having a right to make a profit just means that the government shouldn't intervene to reduce prices and profits either by regulation or by becoming a monopoly buyer. Tim