Epipen CEO is Senators daughter that raised price from $100 to $600

[RolloTheGreat]

There has to be a balance here.  There has to be a way for these drug companies to make a profit to pay for their R&D.  And there has to be a way to ensure that the drugs are affordable for average people.  They need to figure this out.

I will also say that something like an Epi Pen should be quite simple for someone to engineer at this point.  I'm also pretty sure that there are competing products on the market that would probably do the same thing.

Actually the real solution would be for the USA to divert some of their military budget to help pay for disease research.  Pretty much all of the world's problems could be solved if the US military budget was spent differently.  Do that and crack down on all the tax loopholes and offshore bullshit.  What the hell do I know though, I'm just an average guy.  Crap like this makes me think about how parliament shuts down here in Canada every summer and I notice absolutely no difference in my daily life.  We pay these people to make our countries better and they do nothing other than maintain the established order, which is essentially set up to keep the rich rich and the poor poor.  You guys should read about the French Revolution.

A. There is a way for drugs to be cheaper in America and have R&D. All you people in countries that legislate the price of drugs be dirt cheap start paying your fair share instead of expecting Americans to pay for it. My guess is your solution is more along the lines of "Wah. Why can't we make the government steal money from rich people to pay for it. Wah. They have plenty."

B. If I didn't know middle class people who were good and decent people, I would swear that not having a lot of money makes people bloodthirsty murderers based on what I see on this board. You should be ashamed Dave, SB, and GStan. Wishing for people to be killed and robbed just because they have more money than you is about as childish, ugly, brutish, and reprehensible as it gets.

I've got news, unless you're Bill Gates or Warren Buffet, you know plenty of people who are richer than you are, some much richer. The rest of us don't slink around like the Gollum in LOTR hissing, "They have my PRECIOUS!! We kills them and TAKES THE PRECIOUS!!!"

Grow up. Be a fucking man. If you want more money, switch jobs, or get training that will earn you more money.

Or better yet, be happy with what you have, which I consider the true key to life.

When my wife and I bought our first home we made a third of what we do now and my dad had to loan us the down payment. When we bought our third home we didn't need to "save up a downpayment" or even sell our first house. We're no happier today than we were then, not one bit.

The only things that have mattered at all in my life are marrying my wife, the addition of our son to the family, and the time I've spent with family and friends.

You dumbasses need to be thankful for what you have, and stop dwelling on what you don't. Life is too short for regrets and wishing for what you don't have.