[TomGuy]

They get the fruits of American pharmaceutical companies' investments in research for new drugs without paying for the research.

Except that those "American" companies are manufacturing many of those drugs in India, Japan, etc., and importing them for their own profit.

[Paleo Conservative]

So what? Last I heard the US still had a capitalist economic system. Perhaps you might find more like minded people on DU.

[Dan Evans]

So what difference does it make where the drugs are manufactured?

[Jim Noble]

and importing them for their own profit.

Why else should they import them-or invent and produce them, for that matter?