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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  •  Liptor is a great drug for lowering Cholestoral, it was developed in 1997. but has not been availible to Canadians until 2005. Perhaps the higher cost of liptor is worth it since the US was able to use it 8 years before Canadians were. Why should Canada subsidize the R&D costs of drugs that Canadians can't even purchase? by the time Lipotor hit the Canadian market the R&D costs were well covered, and in 2011 when generic forms of Lipitor are developed The Us will be paying less for it while Canadians will be paying more.

  • Posted: 11/18/08 7:07 PM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  •  On a per capita bases Canada pays just as much if not more for perscription drugs. this is mainly due to what I pointed out before, the higher costs of generic forms of brand name drugs. you mentiond previously that generic drug companies have to pay high royalties to the brand name company. Although the brand name companies are not making as much on their brand name drugs in Canada, they make up for it by the extra royalties collected on generic durgs in Canada, which sell for as much a 50% more than in the US.

     

    You also have to remember that the new drugs that you want Canada to pay for the R&D of are not even availible in Canada for several years after they hit the consumer market in the US. If the Drug companies want to recoup thier R&D cost on new drugs with in a few years, you can be sure that they will have to get that money from the US, because most likely they won't be able to sell it in Canada during that time.

     

  • Posted: 11/18/08 6:53 PM
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• • Oil Addiction and Its Resolution: How Would You Solve It?

  • Originally posted by daeandor
    

    I'm curious to know how much energy Americans burn every day just powering their miscellaneous devices that draw power when not turned on.  Example:  TV's, cable boxes, electric clocks, wireless phones, computers, stereos, microwaves, ovens, coffee makers, battery chargers, etc.

     

    I'm wondering how much we could save if, say, we removed all the clocks from every damned appliance in existance.  If we removed the little red lights from every battery charger.  Removed the little red lights off power strips.... you get the idea.

    don't forget all of the annoying excess beeping of our appliances as well.

  • Posted: 11/18/08 2:43 PM
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• • Oil Addiction and Its Resolution: How Would You Solve It?

  • The funny thing is that Canada produces 1/3 of the worlds uranium. 

  • Posted: 11/18/08 2:33 PM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  • Originally posted by Sithos
    

    It's funny to me how he mentions the 97 Canadians in almost every second post as a counter point although he berated you for using it. Almost to the point of going over the top in hysterics.

    Also it was your government (and the big business counterparts) that allowed the current circumstances. Canada did not cause the recession.You keep bringing up point after point about Canada this,Canada that. Yet I have seen little in the way of hard facts from you other than your own suppositions. I provided a link that showed drug prices for both the US and Canada, straight from the FDA. You pointedly ignored it and carried on with your vendetta. You stated that R&D costs are paid for by U.S citizens, implying that only in America is research being done on any new drug. But anyone with a modicum of intelligence would understand that any major drug companies are global entities that have research and distribution across the world, not just in the U.S. It was pointed out that R&D is paid for by the drug company and the failing is that the U.S allows said company to sell their drugs at a higher price than in Canada. Canada tells them they can only sell within a certain range, why doesn't the U.S government do the same?

    You further state that America is paying to defend Canada. Yet you have no hard facts to back this up other than your own insights. Point of fact is that Canada has assisted the U.S with military and medical support multiple times over the last few years, especially during the hurricane seasons. We have sent military medical transport planes and service people. We sent military servicemen/woman to help with sandbagging,or shoring up dikes/ditches. We went door to door in affected areas offering assistance. Why? Not because NATO said we had to,but rather because the U.S government asked for our assistance and we gladly helped. We don't come to a message board and piss and moan because we had to help our ally. Nor do we blame our current circumstances on them. You state that we are starting a conflict with Russia in regards to oil. Yet if you had read any of the posts pertaining to it you would see that diplomatic action has been in the works for a long while. I find it interesting though, that you automatically seem to assume that there will be an actual war over it and that the U.S will have to help us.

    If you are so upset about your current circumstances then I would suggest you look to where the blame truley lies and stop pointing fingers.

    Not sure what your vendetta is with Canadians but this whole thread at least to me is nothing more than your thinly veiled attempts to say " I hate Canadians", regardless of whatever you state. So due to the facts I posted above and your "It's not fair" attitude you are little more than a troll at this time.

    This was very well stated, and I fully agree. I don't diasagree that Canada needs the US, but I would like to see the OP at least make some concession that the US has a dependence on Canada, and does regularly ask Canada for assistance.

  • Posted: 11/18/08 10:08 AM
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