Two points against Intellectual property laws

[bobman0330]

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The federal government subsidized research behind 45 of the 50 top-selling drugs in the US in 2005. This is common in other industries as well; taxpayers are the ones who foot a large portion of the bill for research, yet drug companies still attain record profit margins selling the drugs back to us.

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Do you have details of these subsidies, particularly the size of the subsidy compared to the overall r&d expenditure? Saying that there is some subsidy is a lot different than saying that the government pays for it all.