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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 10:17:19 GMT -5
In Europe and parts of Asia you do not need a prescription to buy contacts. . Here in the United States sellers of contacts collude with government to artificially make contacts more expensive. If people want to help out low wage workers this is just one example of how workers are screwed over by big government. There are countless examples of government colluding with business to make everyday life more expensive to the average person and more lucrative to business.
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gooddecisions
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Post by gooddecisions on Apr 14, 2016 10:23:53 GMT -5
At a minimum, it would be nice if near sited glasses were sold without a prescription same as reading glasses. People should be able to try on -1 through -10 and buy them if they want.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 12:02:53 GMT -5
It is wealth transfer from people to business or industry with political pull. It along with myriad other regulation along with paternalism is one of the main reasons we have so much poor. There are people on the job site I work on selling tamales and brownies and such for extra $$$ but all are breaking the law. Several years ago when I needed a prescription inhaler refill I had to pay a doctor $75 just so he could write on a piece of paper the inhaler I told him I needed. It is wealth transfer and bad for poor people.
Government is all about moving wealth
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Apr 14, 2016 12:04:01 GMT -5
Vote Sanders!
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Post by Tennesseer on Apr 14, 2016 12:36:11 GMT -5
That's what you feel when you have been wearing your contacts too long.
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 14, 2016 12:42:42 GMT -5
This is not *just* about "Big Government."
This is "Big Government" acting at the behest of the pharmaceutical lobbies - THEY are the ones who want their "turf" protected (meaning, their high prices).
If you want to blame someone, blame the corrupt political system that allows big corporations and wealthy interests to drive the work of the government.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 13:08:15 GMT -5
I am not sure, if it is the contact manufacturers or sellers who are making out on this deal. Seems they would sell more if they didn't require a current prescription. The ones making out are the optometrists. Even though my prescription doesn't change, I have to go to the optometrist yearly. And that exam is expensive. I buy twice as much as I need when my prescription is good, so I go to the eye doctor every other year.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2016 13:46:34 GMT -5
This is not *just* about "Big Government."
This is "Big Government" acting at the behest of the pharmaceutical lobbies - THEY are the ones who want their "turf" protected (meaning, their high prices).
If you want to blame someone, blame the corrupt political system that allows big corporations and wealthy interests to drive the work of the government. Most big government is at the behest of business. Someone benefits someone loses, and the elite choose who or are paid to let one side win.
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kittensaver
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 14, 2016 13:50:16 GMT -5
This is not *just* about "Big Government."
This is "Big Government" acting at the behest of the pharmaceutical lobbies - THEY are the ones who want their "turf" protected (meaning, their high prices).
If you want to blame someone, blame the corrupt political system that allows big corporations and wealthy interests to drive the work of the government. Most big government is at the behest of business. And there's your problem . . . .
But if one DARES to even THINK about breathing a WORD about reining in Big Business one can be accused of having a nasty, selfish, lazy, socialist "agenda" to involuntarily "redistribute the wealth" of this country
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