key2thecup Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ2NifoCivc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ2NifoCivc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyblue Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Wow...Cnn sinking to a new low with Piers Morgan's interview with Ron Paul. Way to put a bunch of marijuana looking plants in the background. Morgan looking uncomfortable at times. I think he's having a inner crisis. Anyone with half an objective brain cell left can see what's going on in this interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Santorum Tells Sick Kid Not To Complain About $1 Million Drug Costs Because People Pay $900 For An iPad While campaigning yesterday in Woodland Park, Colorado, GOP contender Rick Santorum told a sick child and his mother that they shouldn’t complain about the exorbitant cost of his medication because some people spend $900 on iPads. He appeared unmoved by the plight of the family, staunchly defending drug companies’ right to charge whatever they want. The candidate also said that the parent and childunjustly felt entitled to get life-saving care at an affordable rate:[indent ] GOP contender Rick Santorum had a heated exchange with a mother and her sick young son Wednesday, arguing that drug companies were entitled to charge whatever the market demanded for life-saving therapies.[...] “People have no problem paying $900 for an iPad,” Santorum said, “but paying $900 for a drug they have a problem with — it keeps you alive. Why? Because you’ve been conditioned to think health care is something you can get without having to pay for it.” The mother said the boy was on the drug Abilify, used to treat schizophrenia, and that, on paper, its costs would exceed $1 million each year. Santorum said drugs take years to develop and cost millions of dollars to produce, and manufacturers need to turn a profit or they would stop developing new drugs. Santorum proceeded to lecture the mother and suggest she should be grateful to the drug companies for saving her son’s life. “He’s alive today because drug companies provide care,” Santorum said. “And if they didn’t think they could make money providing that drug, that drug wouldn’t be here.” He also claimed it would “freeze innovation” if pharmaceutical companies were required to offer their drugs at a reasonable price. Although Santorum has been a vocal opponent of health care reform, his callous reaction is somewhat surprising given that he himself is the father of a daughter with a rare genetic disorder. But if the Colorado mother thought Santorum might be sympathetic to families in similar situations who happen to be less wealthy, she was sadly mistaken. http://thinkprogress...00-for-an-ipad/ What a pile of crap this guy is. And he was elected to public office. So the GOP primary has given us: A tax evader with 200+ million dollars and a lower tax rate than the poor, a morally bankrupt cheater who dropped two wives in serious sickness, a pile of santorum, and an unelectable, supposed racist whose stated policies on crime are more progressive than the current half-black president's. And this is the Jesus party. No, dumb people don't gravitate toward the GOP. No way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyblue Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm not an expert on American politics...but...don't the dems feel the same way? I mean, I assume they would raise taxes to subsidize costs of these meds...but still, big pharma would still receive the same amount of money under Obama as they would under Santorum (or any other R Candidate) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weber's Playoff Beard Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Santorum is such an idiot. Ignorant, snobby, and full of himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I'm not an expert on American politics...but...don't the dems feel the same way? I mean, I assume they would raise taxes to subsidize costs of these meds...but still, big pharma would still receive the same amount of money under Obama as they would under Santorum (or any other R Candidate) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Evil Twin Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Santorum To Gay Man: You Don’t Deserve ‘Privilege’ Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don’t ‘Benefit Society’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbFRkIhL5E Stupid knows no bounds, and its name is Santorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Santorum To Gay Man: You Don’t Deserve ‘Privilege’ Of Marriage Because Gay Unions Don’t ‘Benefit Society’ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEbFRkIhL5E Stupid knows no bounds, and its name is Santorum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyblue Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Thankfully, he's not going to be around much longer. At this point, all he's doing is wasting a bunch of evangelical Christians' money. In a way that's a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 In his first proposed system, you're saying that pharma got less than with the santorum side (current market prices)? How is it a misrepresentation? The fact that it is a true universal system (that it would be given to everyone?) doesn't exactly describe a difference in profits to 'big pharma'. I don't follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navyblue Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 If only they could just do away with lobbying. That should have been the OWS slogan. We are the 99% --->End Lobbying in Washington. Actually now that I brought that up...you're a knowledgeable guy, think you could help me out on something? What forms of lobbying exist in Canada? There seems to be no news at all about this. Are the rules any different than down south? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 If only they could just do away with lobbying. That should have been the OWS slogan. We are the 99% End Lobbying in Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
key2thecup Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHJ2ZWeEl2U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Santorum with the sweep last night...does this actually put him back in the race? No bound delegates coming out of Colorado, Missouri or Minnesota, but at the very least this keeps the frothy mixture in it for a bit longer. Minnesota is pretty certain to go Democrat in the fall, but Colorado and Missouri are both possible swing states that could go either way, so I'm a little surprised they would pick someone so extreme for a nominee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJokinen! Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Santorum with the sweep last night...does this actually put him back in the race? No bound delegates coming out of Colorado, Missouri or Minnesota, but at the very least this keeps the frothy mixture in it for a bit longer. Minnesota is pretty certain to go Democrat in the fall, but Colorado and Missouri are both possible swing states that could go either way, so I'm a little surprised they would pick someone so extreme for a nominee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Each day Santorum remains in the race I lose a little more faith in humanity. Not only is he still in the race, but he's winning primaries!?! It's astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woot Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 It's far too bad that Ron Paul has no chance of being nominated. I think he would win if he were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gretzky's Mullet Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 It's far too bad that Ron Paul has no chance of being nominated. I think he would win if he were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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