Granted, R&D $ are high, but how much money do the executives of a given drug company make? I'd have to research this, but if they are like other companies, its probably in the tens of millions of dollars, not including bonuses and expense accounts.
As an example of corporate mega-greed, the CEO of HP, Carly Fiorina (spelling?) made a $100 million
BONUS a few years ago! Did she really deserve that? She also said recently that there is no entitlement to jobs here in the USA in reference to allowing the exporting jobs to cheaper countries (i.e., India, Russia, etc.) Maybe her job should be exported also!
Also, you must consider that advertising and marketing costs make up a substantial percentage of consumer products. For many products, these costs are actually higher that what's in the box! Pepsi, in response to these high costs have dumped celebrity endorsements to save advertising costs (Hoorah!
) and hold the line on prices.
The national Academy of Sciences said last week that about 18,000 people die here each year because of no health insurance. What a pity.
Where is Jesus when we need him?
