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	<title>Comments on: Drug Companies Raising Prices Ahead of Cost Cutting Legislation</title>
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		<title>By: soundwash</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1602105</link>
		<dc:creator>soundwash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The funny thing is, if you re-tuned or redesigned and an MRI machine, this one device could cure just 
about ever ailment known to man..

You could also use it to stimulate the brain produce practically every drug sold on the market today.

Kinda similar to how electromagnetic pulse therapy works..

We and all life are beings of electromagnetic energy...every organism has its own unique electromagnetic signature.

Learn the frequency of the object in question, and you stimulate it to re-establish its &quot;healthy&quot; signature.

Other than profit, i think the main reason this is kept a secret is because you can also, very easily destroy (kill) any organism with the same technology.

The second reason is that anyone would be able to build such a device with basic electronic knowledge, (and most likely for under a $100) or very easily adapt a function generator
to do both, stimulate health, death or anything in-between.

You can rest assured that a device that costs under $100 to make that can cure almost anything, would never be allowed to &quot;exist&quot; in the current human mindset of today.


-however, i think that might all change within the next five years..

-s</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The funny thing is, if you re-tuned or redesigned and an MRI machine, this one device could cure just<br />
about ever ailment known to man..</p>
<p>You could also use it to stimulate the brain produce practically every drug sold on the market today.</p>
<p>Kinda similar to how electromagnetic pulse therapy works..</p>
<p>We and all life are beings of electromagnetic energy&#8230;every organism has its own unique electromagnetic signature.</p>
<p>Learn the frequency of the object in question, and you stimulate it to re-establish its &#8220;healthy&#8221; signature.</p>
<p>Other than profit, i think the main reason this is kept a secret is because you can also, very easily destroy (kill) any organism with the same technology.</p>
<p>The second reason is that anyone would be able to build such a device with basic electronic knowledge, (and most likely for under a $100) or very easily adapt a function generator<br />
to do both, stimulate health, death or anything in-between.</p>
<p>You can rest assured that a device that costs under $100 to make that can cure almost anything, would never be allowed to &#8220;exist&#8221; in the current human mindset of today.</p>
<p>-however, i think that might all change within the next five years..</p>
<p>-s</p>
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		<title>By: deowll</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601884</link>
		<dc:creator>deowll</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So they raise the price and then cut the price and surprise! You have cost savings for the public while still charging as much as always if not more. 

I believe the House Health System Exploitation bill has a feature that outlaws people buying cheaper drugs outside the states. It is also anti tort reform. You know you can count on Congress to protect the public unless they can get more money by selling it out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So they raise the price and then cut the price and surprise! You have cost savings for the public while still charging as much as always if not more. </p>
<p>I believe the House Health System Exploitation bill has a feature that outlaws people buying cheaper drugs outside the states. It is also anti tort reform. You know you can count on Congress to protect the public unless they can get more money by selling it out.</p>
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		<title>By: JimD</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601883</link>
		<dc:creator>JimD</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When the Country needed Cannons and Rifles, we established National Armories to crank them out.  Now we need drugs for Medicare and Medicaid Patients, we should establish National Pharmacies to crank out Generics at PENNIES PER PILL and SHAFT THE PHARMAS BACK !!!  We have had ENOUGH OF THE &quot;YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE&quot; MEDICAL MAFIA !!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When the Country needed Cannons and Rifles, we established National Armories to crank them out.  Now we need drugs for Medicare and Medicaid Patients, we should establish National Pharmacies to crank out Generics at PENNIES PER PILL and SHAFT THE PHARMAS BACK !!!  We have had ENOUGH OF THE &#8220;YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE&#8221; MEDICAL MAFIA !!!</p>
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		<title>By: soundwash</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601743</link>
		<dc:creator>soundwash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#21 The Monster&#039;s Lawyer said, 
&lt;em&gt;
#19 SpankyOne – That seems a little high. My normal “pharmacist”, Jesus sez I can get the generic Zanax for $132.00 American.&lt;/em&gt;

Well, if your out..during the interim head over to the &quot;Harlem Trading Hub&quot; at 125th and Lex.

Sticks are $5 and footballs are $2.

-s</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#21 The Monster&#8217;s Lawyer said,<br />
<em><br />
#19 SpankyOne – That seems a little high. My normal “pharmacist”, Jesus sez I can get the generic Zanax for $132.00 American.</em></p>
<p>Well, if your out..during the interim head over to the &#8220;Harlem Trading Hub&#8221; at 125th and Lex.</p>
<p>Sticks are $5 and footballs are $2.</p>
<p>-s</p>
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		<title>By: meetsy</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601726</link>
		<dc:creator>meetsy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no corporate oversight, and I&#039;d wager that the writers of this dumb bill SUGGESTED (or were advised) to leave some loopholes like this.
   I&#039;d like to see the patent law rolled back to 1950&#039;s standards, repeal the banking laws that allowed interstate banking, reinstate the usury laws, and mandate that all hospitals are not-for-profit entities. Let the government set up a series of clinics (free, or sliding scale) and get involved with medicine, and NOT give the Insurance Industry more power.
    But, that would all make sense. It would me the elected representatives would have to be beholden to the US citizens who voted them in. So, maybe we should also make it mandatory that all representatives sign a contract that will bar them from taking any money from anyone, and must live on the salaries provided by the taxpayers -- and, no windfalls within 8 years of leaving office, either.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no corporate oversight, and I&#8217;d wager that the writers of this dumb bill SUGGESTED (or were advised) to leave some loopholes like this.<br />
   I&#8217;d like to see the patent law rolled back to 1950&#8242;s standards, repeal the banking laws that allowed interstate banking, reinstate the usury laws, and mandate that all hospitals are not-for-profit entities. Let the government set up a series of clinics (free, or sliding scale) and get involved with medicine, and NOT give the Insurance Industry more power.<br />
    But, that would all make sense. It would me the elected representatives would have to be beholden to the US citizens who voted them in. So, maybe we should also make it mandatory that all representatives sign a contract that will bar them from taking any money from anyone, and must live on the salaries provided by the taxpayers &#8212; and, no windfalls within 8 years of leaving office, either.</p>
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		<title>By: Pill Popper</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601707</link>
		<dc:creator>Pill Popper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Comparing prices of drugs to the CPI isn&#039;t as relevant as it appears anyway.

The marginal cost of producing a pill is extremely small. The reason why the drugs cost what they do is because the average total cost of a pill is high from the enormous costs for research, clinical trials, etc. that are incurred before a single one is sold. Just because the CPI declines today, doesn&#039;t reduce the amount of money that was spent to develop a marketable drug.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Comparing prices of drugs to the CPI isn&#8217;t as relevant as it appears anyway.</p>
<p>The marginal cost of producing a pill is extremely small. The reason why the drugs cost what they do is because the average total cost of a pill is high from the enormous costs for research, clinical trials, etc. that are incurred before a single one is sold. Just because the CPI declines today, doesn&#8217;t reduce the amount of money that was spent to develop a marketable drug.</p>
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		<title>By: The Monster's Lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-2/#comment-1601696</link>
		<dc:creator>The Monster's Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#19 SpankyOne - That seems a little high.  My normal &lt;i&gt;&quot;pharmacist&quot;&lt;/i&gt;, Jesus sez I can get the generic Zanax for $132.00 American.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#19 SpankyOne &#8211; That seems a little high.  My normal <i>&#8220;pharmacist&#8221;</i>, Jesus sez I can get the generic Zanax for $132.00 American.</p>
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		<title>By: MikeN</title>
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		<dc:creator>MikeN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sparky, would you prefer it if the drug did not exist?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sparky, would you prefer it if the drug did not exist?</p>
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		<title>By: SparkyOne</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1601681</link>
		<dc:creator>SparkyOne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#18 The Monster&#039;s Lawyer,
Sure, it will only cost $723.20 for 10 days worth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#18 The Monster&#8217;s Lawyer,<br />
Sure, it will only cost $723.20 for 10 days worth.</p>
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		<title>By: The Monster's Lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1601667</link>
		<dc:creator>The Monster's Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is stressing me out.  Has anyone got some xanax?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is stressing me out.  Has anyone got some xanax?</p>
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		<title>By: smittybc</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1601657</link>
		<dc:creator>smittybc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So what&#039;s the problem. Government starts regulating, and prices go up, you should be happy Obamacare is already starting to work. It&#039;s crony capitalism the Chicago way. That&#039;s how it always works, we&#039;ve known this for years. 

Only in the Age of Stupidity perpetuated by idiot professors in academia that transfer this idiocy to journalism students can you get a story that says 1) government regulates, 2) prices go up, 3) pharmaceutical companies are meanies. News flash, when government regulates prices go up. 

Last week I scheduled a flu shot with my doctor. Couldn&#039;t get it because the CDC hasn&#039;t sent it, the private side was ready, the public side gave me a full serving of fail. My doctor said &quot;With any other drug I call my rep and he has it here the next day by FedEx if I yell enough. But when it&#039;s the government who do you call?&quot; 

And of course the government blames the pharmaceutical companies saying that they are meanies, and it&#039;s not the CDC&#039;s fault for not delivering the vaccine, which of course always works because the people that cover them went to journalism school. That&#039;s Obamacare in action.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So what&#8217;s the problem. Government starts regulating, and prices go up, you should be happy Obamacare is already starting to work. It&#8217;s crony capitalism the Chicago way. That&#8217;s how it always works, we&#8217;ve known this for years. </p>
<p>Only in the Age of Stupidity perpetuated by idiot professors in academia that transfer this idiocy to journalism students can you get a story that says 1) government regulates, 2) prices go up, 3) pharmaceutical companies are meanies. News flash, when government regulates prices go up. </p>
<p>Last week I scheduled a flu shot with my doctor. Couldn&#8217;t get it because the CDC hasn&#8217;t sent it, the private side was ready, the public side gave me a full serving of fail. My doctor said &#8220;With any other drug I call my rep and he has it here the next day by FedEx if I yell enough. But when it&#8217;s the government who do you call?&#8221; </p>
<p>And of course the government blames the pharmaceutical companies saying that they are meanies, and it&#8217;s not the CDC&#8217;s fault for not delivering the vaccine, which of course always works because the people that cover them went to journalism school. That&#8217;s Obamacare in action.</p>
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		<title>By: soundwash</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1601655</link>
		<dc:creator>soundwash</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok.. I searched on:

&quot;obama meets with pharmaceutical&quot; (no quotes)

-while i could have selected from dozen+ far more razing articles,

I selected one from the MSM (CBS) since it&#039;s obvious some people here only believe what the MSM and our *cough* loyal government tells them, -and any other source is just conspiracy.

Apologies, but I think quoting this entire article is vital and key to  the OP&#039;s post, -and jogging the memory of our mind-numbed masses.

*One* of my favorite lines from the article below is: 
&lt;blockquote&gt;Whatever the case, the pharmaceutical industry is now so firmly in the president&#039;s camp, it&#039;s developing plans to spend up to $150 million dollars promoting it with TV ads.

&lt;em&gt;&quot;The president and Congress have a plan,&quot; reads one ad. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&#039;Nuff said?

this is from: Aug. 10, 2009&quot;  (note the real meat is found in June articles)

&lt;blockquote&gt;(CBS)   While much of the health care debate has been carried out publicly, some very private negotiations have gone on too - between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry. So private, neither side will release all the details, yet they potentially involve millions of Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

Sources say negotiations involving the White House and the pharmaceutical industry shifted to fast-forward in mid-June. President Obama had just taken a serious hit on the escalating cost of his health care plan and needed a shot in the arm. Days later, he got it with the full backing of the pharmaceutical industry and its promise to save Americans $80 billion in health care costs.

&quot;This is just part of the legislative process - working with industry, part of getting this done,&quot; said Nancy-Ann Deparle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform. &quot;And the great thing is the pharmaceutical industry and others in the health care sector are supporting reform this time.&quot;

But what did the pharmaceutical industry get in return? Initial reports said the White House agreed not to seek price controls on drugs for seniors on Medicare and would not support importing cheaper drugs from Canada. Both the White House and the pharmaceutical industry now dispute that.

But news of a backroom deal riled even some fellow Democrats, including a key committee chairman Henry Waxman.

&quot;We&#039;re not bound by that agreement,&quot; Waxman said. &quot;We weren&#039;t part of it and we feel strongly that the drug companies shouldn&#039;t get off with a windfall at the expense of our seniors.&quot;

Whatever the case, the pharmaceutical industry is now so firmly in the president&#039;s camp, it&#039;s developing plans to spend up to $150 million dollars promoting it with TV ads.

&quot;The president and Congress have a plan,&quot; reads one ad.

Consumer watchdog Dr. Sidney Wolfe says there&#039;s reason for the public to be skeptical.

&quot;We&#039;ll give you this, you&#039;ll give us this,&quot; Wolfe says. &quot;All sort of off the record, not really incorporated in any kind of legislation and I believe in the long run a very bad deal for the American public even if it&#039;s a good deal for the drug industry.&quot;

The president may have won crucial support from the pharmaceutical industry but the question is whether that could jeopardize support among Democrats and the public
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Article &lt;a href=&quot;http://cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/10/eveningnews/main5231143.shtml&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;link&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:

---

My intention is that *maybe*, some of the blind will finally see the dots connecting here and stop voting these idiots back into office.

-s</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok.. I searched on:</p>
<p>&#8220;obama meets with pharmaceutical&#8221; (no quotes)</p>
<p>-while i could have selected from dozen+ far more razing articles,</p>
<p>I selected one from the MSM (CBS) since it&#8217;s obvious some people here only believe what the MSM and our *cough* loyal government tells them, -and any other source is just conspiracy.</p>
<p>Apologies, but I think quoting this entire article is vital and key to  the OP&#8217;s post, -and jogging the memory of our mind-numbed masses.</p>
<p>*One* of my favorite lines from the article below is: </p>
<blockquote><p>Whatever the case, the pharmaceutical industry is now so firmly in the president&#8217;s camp, it&#8217;s developing plans to spend up to $150 million dollars promoting it with TV ads.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The president and Congress have a plan,&#8221; reads one ad. </em></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8216;Nuff said?</p>
<p>this is from: Aug. 10, 2009&#8243;  (note the real meat is found in June articles)</p>
<blockquote><p>(CBS)   While much of the health care debate has been carried out publicly, some very private negotiations have gone on too &#8211; between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry. So private, neither side will release all the details, yet they potentially involve millions of Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.</p>
<p>Sources say negotiations involving the White House and the pharmaceutical industry shifted to fast-forward in mid-June. President Obama had just taken a serious hit on the escalating cost of his health care plan and needed a shot in the arm. Days later, he got it with the full backing of the pharmaceutical industry and its promise to save Americans $80 billion in health care costs.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is just part of the legislative process &#8211; working with industry, part of getting this done,&#8221; said Nancy-Ann Deparle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform. &#8220;And the great thing is the pharmaceutical industry and others in the health care sector are supporting reform this time.&#8221;</p>
<p>But what did the pharmaceutical industry get in return? Initial reports said the White House agreed not to seek price controls on drugs for seniors on Medicare and would not support importing cheaper drugs from Canada. Both the White House and the pharmaceutical industry now dispute that.</p>
<p>But news of a backroom deal riled even some fellow Democrats, including a key committee chairman Henry Waxman.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not bound by that agreement,&#8221; Waxman said. &#8220;We weren&#8217;t part of it and we feel strongly that the drug companies shouldn&#8217;t get off with a windfall at the expense of our seniors.&#8221;</p>
<p>Whatever the case, the pharmaceutical industry is now so firmly in the president&#8217;s camp, it&#8217;s developing plans to spend up to $150 million dollars promoting it with TV ads.</p>
<p>&#8220;The president and Congress have a plan,&#8221; reads one ad.</p>
<p>Consumer watchdog Dr. Sidney Wolfe says there&#8217;s reason for the public to be skeptical.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll give you this, you&#8217;ll give us this,&#8221; Wolfe says. &#8220;All sort of off the record, not really incorporated in any kind of legislation and I believe in the long run a very bad deal for the American public even if it&#8217;s a good deal for the drug industry.&#8221;</p>
<p>The president may have won crucial support from the pharmaceutical industry but the question is whether that could jeopardize support among Democrats and the public
</p></blockquote>
<p>Article <a href="http://cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/10/eveningnews/main5231143.shtml" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><u>link</u></a>:</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>My intention is that *maybe*, some of the blind will finally see the dots connecting here and stop voting these idiots back into office.</p>
<p>-s</p>
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		<title>By: SparkyOne</title>
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		<dc:creator>SparkyOne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can afford 6 of the 11 drugs I have been prescribed.  When a drug reaches over $1 a day there is something very wrong with the drug being sold.  Manufacturing, sourcing raw materials...something is wrong.  

I have been prescribed 4 drugs that are &gt;$150 a month and two in the $125 range.  It would cost a bit over 50% of my unemployment for a month.  That would be find if I did not have children to raise, a bit of hunger and the need to keep warm.

I am ready for a revolution.  I am so tired of seeing America decay because of screwed-up politicians.  

Armed to the teeth, trained by my government to kill and damn pissed.  Someone spot me a target, quickly.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can afford 6 of the 11 drugs I have been prescribed.  When a drug reaches over $1 a day there is something very wrong with the drug being sold.  Manufacturing, sourcing raw materials&#8230;something is wrong.  </p>
<p>I have been prescribed 4 drugs that are &gt;$150 a month and two in the $125 range.  It would cost a bit over 50% of my unemployment for a month.  That would be find if I did not have children to raise, a bit of hunger and the need to keep warm.</p>
<p>I am ready for a revolution.  I am so tired of seeing America decay because of screwed-up politicians.  </p>
<p>Armed to the teeth, trained by my government to kill and damn pissed.  Someone spot me a target, quickly.</p>
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		<title>By: MikeN</title>
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		<dc:creator>MikeN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Colleges raised their tuition prices when the government started handing out more student aid, including a ten thousand dollar tax credit.</description>
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		<title>By: MikeN</title>
		<link>http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/11/16/drug-companies-raising-prices-ahead-of-cost-cutting-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-1601651</link>
		<dc:creator>MikeN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So prices go up when they feel there is a big customer coming to buy who doesn&#039;t care too much about price.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So prices go up when they feel there is a big customer coming to buy who doesn&#8217;t care too much about price.</p>
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