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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: fresc who wrote (503)	2/15/2005 11:38:47 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Really? You really think big Pharma has your best interest in mind? 1 - I said no such thing. 2 - I think it has my best interest in mind as much as the government does which admittedly is not a very high standard to measure "big Pharma" against. 3 - Capitalism doesn't require altruism from companies. It accomplishes more for people from a desire for profit than altruism accomplishes. As Adam Smith said "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. " Tim