White House: "We expect" Hong Kong to comply with Snowden extradition

[MADem]

66. Well, it's not our problem, really--it's our educational opportunity.

I know a lot of people who didn't look at "Country of Origin" before China started killing our pets with their shitty pet food. I was one of them. China's greed benefits US and Canadian companies that make high end organic shit. I am not rich, but I am a sucker for a sob story and I recently acquired a dog that was going to get the needle because her owner died, the survivors didn't want the pooch, and she had health issues requiring a special diet. I figured, Awww Fuck It and I now buy nothing but the good stuff for both my dogs. Fuck up, lose customers. One thing Americans do well is "consume." They may take shit, but not for long.

Canada--and Puerto Rico--make cheaper drugs because their distribution systems make more sense and they don't go for the greedy profit margins. A lot of that "high end drug" whine is going away too--not all, but some--because mega companies like Costco, Royal Asshole (the Giant stores and some others), and even Evil Walmart are offering the most common prescriptions at a very cheap price. It's almost a loss leader to get people in the store. Also, as part of "Obamacare," drug costs will come down but that's on a five year glide path to get Big Pharma used to the idea that they can't rip people off quite so easily.

As for me, I get my drugs at a military pharmacy at a cost of zero dollars per prescription. I'm not on any drugs, though, so there's no "savings" for me at this point in time.

I think it's kind of funny how you position your argument like this is strictly an American problem--it's not. Every country has issues with food at times--and it's not always imported food, sometimes it's home grown crap. Bad food gets out there, someone gets sick, and the recall process begins. Examples:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21335872

http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/NM/madcow96.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2306469/Horse-painkiller-bute-Asda-Smart-Price-corned-beef-tins-recalled-shelves.html