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Wednesday, July 8, 2009 12:00 AM

Freedom from lobbyists

What's good for the drug companies may not be so good for the hapless pedestrian

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  • Tuesday, July 7, 2009 07:37 PM

    it's not that hard to craft a good public health plan.

    you can borrow one from australia, or britain, or canada, or just about anywhere, and improve american life.

    the hard part is that the people who run america aren't the people. the corporations do, and they are there for the money. nothing to be done about it, a large part of the electorate are house-trained, or house slaves, as so many founding fathers were in a position to say.

    you get the government you deserve, and political cattle must take what they are given. it won't be much.

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