well in a truly free market what we'd do is allow importation of these drugs produced in india, china, europe, russia, etc. to be sold in the us and compete on pricing. but the thing is - they only ever allow this kind of competition when it comes to importing human labor. when it steps on their profits, they implement tariffs and taxes and embargoes and bans to deny products from being accessible in the market, driving up costs and profit margins. then we go wow this is fucking unfair, people shouldn't have to pay $500 for a single insulin shot, and they try the retarded idea of price caps forcing the price of insulin down to $35 instead the problem is multilayered but in my opinion rests mostly on an upper class that seeks to parasitize off the people of the nation, rather than help them. every action is basically distilled down to "how can i rob or scam this schmuck" and not "how do i make life better for my kith and kin while staying in business?" as a result we get these retarded tug of war policies that never focus on the actual crux of the problem, always treating symptoms ineffectually.
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