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To: geode00 who wrote (264671)	5/28/2008 7:00:14 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

You tried to pass off free samples as some kind of benefit to humanity instead of as a marketing ploy by manufacturers of drugs. I didn't try to "pass off" free samples as a benefit to humanity, they ARE a benefit to humanity. Exactly how big of benefit can be debated, certainly not a huge one, but they are a benefit. The fact that they help the marketing efforts of drug companies does not cause them to cease to be a more general benefit. You are trying to paint drug manufacturers as benefactors of mankind when they are clearly trying to profit by pushing patented drugs on people whether for good or for no good. They help humanity by seeking the profit. If they didn't seak profit they wouldn't produce any drugs, and drugs have a large net benefit for humanity. Many people who do the best and most useful work receive little pay True, but even they receive pay. Take that level of pay away, and many of them won't do as much good work in the areas they work in now, instead seeking an income elsewhere or just working less. People work in response to incentives. The thought that you are doing good is an incentive for many people. But its only one form of incentive, and it isn't enough by itself to create or even sustain a prosperous economy.