Well, or maybe the campaign contributors play a role.
We now have a situation where the top 1 percent earn more income than the bottom 50 percent.
Shouldn't we be focusing on creating jobs in infrastructure, stopping the absurdity of importing $350 billion a year of foreign oil?
The rich and wealthy and large corporations have enormous influence over this institution.
During the Bush years, median family income for the average American went down by $2,200.
The American Society of Civil Engineers tells us that we have a $2.2 trillion need for investment in infrastructure in the next 5 years alon...
I think we've got to move to a new concept, in terms of funding, research, and development, and it shouldn't be simply a market mechanism.
It will not be controlled by one company, who can then charge a very, very high price.
Well, the point here is, we are rewarding and incentivizing the research.
And the price will be affordable to people.
The function of a drug company, as I understand it, is to make as much money as possible.