Senate won't let you get cheaper drugs

Yay! Corporatism! (That's sarcasm, everyone!)

In this U.S. and A. nation, drug companies can charge as much as they please for prescription drugs. There's no regulation or controls on the price - for they call that commieism, you see.

But federal law says no individual is allowed to go to Canada or any other country to get these same drugs at a much cheaper cost. Why, that might cost the drug makers money.

If there ever was an illustration of the tragedy of "regulation for thee, not for me", this may be it.

Yesterday, the Senate rejected a measure that would have allowed Americans to import prescription drugs from abroad. Yet the Senate won't regulate the price of drugs in the U.S.?

This from a Democratic Senate??? You expect this shit from the Republicans, but not from the once-great Democratic Party.

President Obama supported allowing imports when he was a senator, but his own FDA appointees lobbied against this bill. Did he put Ray LaHood in charge of the FDA too?

The excuse by the bill's opponents was that there might be safety problems importing the drugs from Canada - even though they're the same drugs you get in the U.S. The only difference is that they cost less in Canada. In fact, the bill to legalize imports would have allowed imports only from FDA-approved factories.

While the government bans individuals from getting cheaper drugs from FDA-approved factories, it allows toxic, sulfur-laden drywall to be imported from China daily. That's the government's idea of "free trade."