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yep, the republican co-worker was yammering at me again. Have to admire his tenacity and tunnel vision though...
he came up to me yesterday and yammered about prescription drugs, i.e. unsafe to buy drugs from Canada
I asked him these questions:
mr: "So, you are saying drugs from Canada are unsafe? These are suppose to be the same drugs we buy here in the US from the same companies. By saying Canadian drugs are unsafe are you implying that drug companies are making two versions? A safe version for US markets and an UNSAFE version for other countries?"
Him: ummmm
me: If this is the case, and given the amount of products that are imported into the US, and that many drug companies have several production sites across the world - how do we know that the drugs we buy here are actually made here? To increase profits etc., isn't entirely possible that drug companies are actually selling the UNSAFE version to us? Does the bottle or pills have MADE IN USA stamped on them?
him: ummmm
me: think about it -meanwhile what do you think about the message coming out of DC about deficits are good?
him: ummmm
me: well, consider this -- the democratic party has been labeled as the tax and spend party. The screaming a few years ago about deficits came down to blaming "spend thrift" democrats. right?
him: yes, that's all they do is tax and spend, puts us in debt
me: (smiling) but the republicans are now saying deficits are good for our economy -- so why do we want fiscal responsibility from the republicans? What we really want in office is a party that can really send deficits to the moon and beyond
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