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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (26781)	1/16/2005 9:28:35 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

The Bush administration, and those who support it, are acting increasingly like the Soviet Union and other autocratic states. Even the Republicans are starting to fight back regarding states rights. Merck does not have to be put out of business although, as a 'capitalist', you should be happy to see companies live and die by market forces. Civil Courts are part of the market. Individuals and organizations spend their own money (whether from the client or from the law firms) to battle it out. This is a form of capitalism that we recognize in this country. Why would you want to stomp on it? Why would you want to kill it? Regulate it, YES. Kill it for corporate profits, NO. Bush doesn't want tort reform in order to save money. Bush wants it in order to give more profits to Big Phrma. Yep, these are the most profitable companies in the US, Bush gave them a slug of guaranteed profits in the Medicare Bill and now Bush wants to give them even MORE? The Pig Trough is OVERFLOWING.