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103 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 7 Nov \ on: How the Government Created Exorbitant Insulin Prices econ

The conundrum is how to get out of the previous trap. The politicians get paid off. The cronies get handsome profits. Pharma sucks all round. Doctors make money on it, too. I saw, in India, that you could walk up to the chemist and buy anything you could name. And if you couldn’t name it, you could tell them what you wanted it to do and for what reason and they would make a suggestion. This cut everyone else out of the stream. BTW, I don’t think they honor patents in India (or at least, they didn’t, then).

57 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 7 Nov

My wife and I often joke about how you have to go to a civilized country like Mexico to buy medicine without a government permission slip.

34 sats \ 1 reply \ @jeff 8 Nov

Its my understanding that the gangs in Mexico have a code. A common code. In other countries, the criminals get promoted to "politicians" and "executives", and then the code changes for them.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 8 Nov

At least the last time I was there, far more drugs were available over the counter than in America.

7 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 8 Nov

That is, indeed, a good joke! We are being cut off by red tape.