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To: Wayners who wrote (51663)	7/5/2005 5:43:46 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

Drug companies run the most profitable businesses on the planet. Why find a cure when you can sell people pills their entire lives or they DIE? If you can force them to pay retail by buying a chimp politician, it's even sweeter. bernie.house.gov ..."Using the newly released Fortune 500 numbers as raw data, Sanders' comparison shows the top seven pharmaceutical companies took in more in pure profit than the top seven auto companies, the top seven oil companies, the top seven airline companies, and the top seven media companies." ..."Most significantly, the pharmaceutical's 18.9% profit-to-revenue ratio was, by far, the highest margin of any industry in the nation."

To: Wayners who wrote (51663)	7/5/2005 7:05:01 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

What risk? Drug companies use basic research paid for by the US Taxpayer, they have patent protection and the FDA in their back pocket. What risk?