Quote Originally Posted by bonsaiguy
Just an observation....every major pharmaceutical company, oil company etc etc receives grants and tax incentives to do the research that they do. And both the democans and republicrats receive plenty of contributions from said companies. Since the pharms already take is shitload of profits from aids drugs, paincontrol drugs, cancer fighting drugs, chemotherapy drugs etc etc, what current incentive would they have at this point in time to release a cure for either...assuming they have one. Same for the energy companies. They are already bleeding us dry for gas, fuel oil, diesel, and electricity. I would venture to guess that if they have new and/or renewable energy options, they will sit on it until the well are all dried up. Check out all of the crap regarding the FDA and RU486 (abortion pill). Oh and they are not heartless...just greedy.
well, i think theres two reasons that there wouldnt be a need to cover up aids drugs...

1. medical companies have a moral obligation to help people and i'd hope they follow through on it.

2. simply the money. sure, they make a lot selling chemo drugs to cancer patients, but if there was a cure on the market, i can guarantee that 100% of those patients would ditch the chemo and opt for the more expensive cure drug.

...you're right though, the govt. does spend a lot on medical research thats contracted through these private companies. but the majority of the money is lost in research. ill try and find the numbers somewhere but im pretty sure that neither the govt. nor the pharmaceudical companies make much money off this stuff since most of it is used just to develope them.

it makes since when you think about it. billions of dollars are spent every year on cancer and aids research with a common goal: find a cure. this money is not reciprocated. everyone, even us (the taxpayers) are losing. a cure released to the public would only benefit them financially.
BoyNamedSue Reviewed by BoyNamedSue on . trusting the american people as many of you think the american government can't be trusted, i ask you to look at it from another point of view. if there was a cure for aids, would it be wise to let us know? if there was a cure for cancer, would it promote more sinister deeds or make people think twice about smoking a pack of cigarettes a day? Rating: 5