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To: HopefulPatriot
Most socialists suffer from the same Mistake.

Do you think an uneducated mother in a third world country with a dying child has a political ideology?

67 posted on 12/09/2005 8:22:51 AM PST by Glenn (What I've dared, I've willed; and what I've willed, I'll do!)
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To: Glenn
" Do you think an uneducated mother in a third world country with a dying child has a political ideology?"

No, but I am suggesting that the people who believe they have a right to infringe the drug manufacturers patent so that they can manufacture the drugs and give them away might have a socialistic agenda. Coercing or blackmailing the manufacturer into donating or discounting the drugs is basically no different. It is not the manufacturer with the patent who should bear the burden for the cost of medication for the people who cannot afford it for themselves.

There is plenty of room for charity, but socialized health care or socialized medicines whether by government decree or public coercion is a step toward the dark ages, not the provision of health care to anybody.

86 posted on 12/09/2005 1:32:15 PM PST by HopefulPatriot
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