Stormy Daniels
Gold Member
- Mar 19, 2018
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Let this be a lesson to all of you: Be careful what you do out of your hatred, because you could be breeding the very thing you hate.
If Democrats don't want to be labeled as commies, they need to avoid acting like commies. They're going to breed a new generation of Randians if they start embracing nationalizing patents.
This is 100% the wrong approach. Patents have to be honored. If the duration of patents is too long, then push for legislation that changes the duration. The playing field must be equal. At the very least, if they want medications to have a shorter duration, then put it into legislation. That, at least, would be an honest, over the table approach that would allow the manufacturers to decide whether the investment is worth the pay-off. Better yet, if they feel the greater public good so severely needs access to these medications, then the federal government should fund the research and development directly. This, again, would at least be an honest approach. But if Biden does this in this way, it's nothing short of theft.
The Biden administration has determined that it has the authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines, a move that could open the door to a more aggressive federal campaign to slash drug prices.
Targeting costly meds, Biden admin asserts authority to seize certain drug patents
If Democrats don't want to be labeled as commies, they need to avoid acting like commies. They're going to breed a new generation of Randians if they start embracing nationalizing patents.
This is 100% the wrong approach. Patents have to be honored. If the duration of patents is too long, then push for legislation that changes the duration. The playing field must be equal. At the very least, if they want medications to have a shorter duration, then put it into legislation. That, at least, would be an honest, over the table approach that would allow the manufacturers to decide whether the investment is worth the pay-off. Better yet, if they feel the greater public good so severely needs access to these medications, then the federal government should fund the research and development directly. This, again, would at least be an honest approach. But if Biden does this in this way, it's nothing short of theft.
The Biden administration has determined that it has the authority to seize the patents of certain high-priced medicines, a move that could open the door to a more aggressive federal campaign to slash drug prices.
Targeting costly meds, Biden admin asserts authority to seize certain drug patents