[geeks] Drug prices [was Re: ?nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro]

[Phil Stracchino]

Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
> " 
> " It's an oldie but a goodie:  Radix omnium malorum cupiditas est.  "The 
> " root of all evil is the love of money."  Though I think it's more true 
> " to say that the root of all evil is the love of power; money, in that 
> " context, is just another form of power.
> 
> that's our politicians all over...  our democratic system tends to
> self-select irresponsible power-addicts who will do or say or appear
> to be anything to get their fix, and devil take the hindmost[0].
> anyone with a shred of normalcy would step back from the brink, but
> they won't.

Yup.  I've often observed that the willingness to spend millions (or 
tens of millions, or now hundreds of millions) of dollars to be elected 
to what's probably the most powerful single office in the world is 
probably the first and surest sign of complete unsuitability for the job.


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