Posted on 08/17/2024 7:23:59 AM PDT by bitt
A 2019 video of a Kamala Harris campaign event made the rounds on the internet Friday night after the Democrat presidential hopeful unveiled some of her economic proposals, including her apparent desire for Soviet-style price controls on groceries.
During her ill-fated run for president, the now vice president said she could lower prices on drugs simply by having the government seize patents from pharmaceutical companies and “take over.” That’s not how a free-market economy is supposed to work, but the giddy Harris didn’t care:
“My plan, as a candidate for president, on these drug prices is as follows: We are going to set drug prices based on fair market,” Harris said during a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday. “So, essentially what we’re going to do – and you can visit the website if you will, and if not, get you some documents – but essentially what we’re going to do is set drug prices so that American consumers are charged a price for drugs that’s the average price that’s being charged around the globe.”
But she didn’t think she needed Congress or legislation to tackle the problem, she’d just march in herself and use the enormous power of the federal government (emphasis mine).
“And there’s a huge difference, insulin being an example,” Harris continued. “The other thing is this, if people don’t want to cooperate with that, I’m also going to do the next thing, which is this: A lot of drugs, prescription medication, was born out of the federal funding for the research and development of that drug. Your taxpayer dollars.”
“So, for any drug where they fail to play by our rules, and if that drug came about from federal funding for what’s called ‘R&D,’ research and development, I will snatch their patent so
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
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We need a Dark Kamala meme.
I submit that multi-billion-dollar corporations would not let that happen, and that the result would be made to look like a ‘true MAGA patriot’ was the perpetrator.
The Biden-Harris term has provided an overture for Communism just to get the less informed voters used to the feel of the condition.
Now with the help of Walz Camela wants the nation to become fully immersed in the Marxist dogma in order that Americans get to live one of Matt Bracken’s books!
First thing Camela will do is to erect a wall around the impoverished nation. It’s not to keep people out, rather it’s to keep the citizens in.
It is one thing to screw over us simple rubes with draconian plans and regulations and further erode our fweedumbs, but if Cackles screws with the pharmaceutical profits, that’s when things will really hit the fan. She should already know, you never mess with the money, especially
pharmaceutical money. Those people do not play around where their money is concerned.
If she gets elected the country will be communist and all freedom will be lost.
You can do that once.
After that, there will be no more new patents.
In a sane world, this would disqualify her. In today’s America, most won’t even see this.
In the event Kamala wins, America’s descent into economic oblivion will be swift. In the event DJT wins, the descent into leftist violence will likewise be swift. In either case, enjoy the next 80 days because starting 11/6 our nation will change decisively.
You can do that once.
After that, there will be no more new patents
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Bingo!
This should be made into an ad and blanket NJ and VA with it.
The first thing the Voo Doo Hoo Doo banana queen is going to ATTEMPT to do is disarm the Amnerican people. You can bet on it. She has to do it to survive.
Why not air all of the campaign videos with the response of the other candidates in 2019? They made her unpopular then, why not now?
... and with no patent protection, who will want to invest billions into developing new drugs ... unless, of course, the “benovolent” government forces the companies to do so ... and that’s called tyranny ... that’s why the luring term “socialism” ultimately devolves into the horrifying “communism” as people try to act in their own self-interest ... as people begin to follow their human nature.
The males only care about their trucks, their low-riders, and their orgasms. The females only care about their clothing, their shoes, and their orgasms. The fat females only care about their cats, their next meal, and their orgasms. Those are the three categories of voters who will be deciding the next election. Everyone else is in the minority. You make your bed and you sleep in it.
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Biden raised the price on Insulin and then cut it.
I remember when Clinton demanded that all the formulas for everything had to be revealed to the FEDS.
ONE COMPANY totally refused.
There used to be a product called “KIP”.
It was a very effective spray for burns.
THEY CLOSED DOWN.
more here
.....”Washington Times reported at the time:
Ms. Harris has cosponsored legislation to butcher our patent and health care systems.
Many of the bills impose government price controls, unleashing the government’s monopsony power to dictate drug prices.
S. 3166, S. 1801, S. 1261, S. 1129, S. 981, S. 470, S. 377, S. 102 and S. 62 — all cosponsored by Ms. Harris — contain this common feature of government-controlled health systems. Those governments hold unfair advantage in “negotiations” with vendors.
Some Harris-backed legislation demands compulsory patent licensing or slashes the period of patent exclusivity — the opposite of an exclusive right. S. 4439, S. 1801, S. 377, S. 366 and S. 102 include these.
Measures such as S. 1801 and S. 97 raise risks for patients through importation schemes. Some, including S. 3163, S. 1801, S. 637 and S. 102, expropriate drug innovators’ earnings. That’s money companies use for R&D and to keep new, better treatments coming.
Ms. Harris backs “public option” and Medicare “buy-in” legislation, S. 1261, S. 981 and S. 470.
She’s an original cosponsor of the granddaddy of one-size-fits-all, government-controlled health care — Mr. Sanders’ Medicare for All Act, S. 1129.
Kamala Harris’s rhetoric is a dangerous flirtation with authoritarianism, where the state can take whatever it wants in the name of the greater good. It’s a vision of America that should send shivers down the spine of anyone who values freedom and the rule of law.”....
Her lack of 2 US citizen parents already disqualifies her.
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