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HoneyBadger

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14. That is why we need to be able to order the original from Cuba for cheap
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:21 AM
Mar 2017

Not make Big Cancer rich

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Cancer is expensive to treat. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #1
But they could make money off of it if the poor could get cancer care too. applegrove Mar 2017 #2
True, but that money would have to come from the government. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #3
Right you are. But why then should cancer science and discoveries be subsidized for applegrove Mar 2017 #4
Because the rich deserve it, of course. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #5
Try the question on a Trumpster. I've tried it on a few Trump supporters applegrove Mar 2017 #6
I don't know any Trumpsters, but I suspect the answer The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #7
I don't know any either. applegrove Mar 2017 #8
iphones AND refrigerators? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #10
When they're not driving their expensive cars Bettie Mar 2017 #20
It turns out that you do not need money to vaccinate cancer, just smart people HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #9
CimaVax only treats small-cell lung cancer, but that's something. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2017 #13
That is why we need to be able to order the original from Cuba for cheap HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #14
But the US can afford it. Problem is the US doesn't. mwooldri Mar 2017 #11
Yes I know. I am in canada. I was really asking the question to the GOP applegrove Mar 2017 #12
Everyone gets cancer, including rich people. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #15
I would not want to see any cuts to cancer treatment or research. I worked applegrove Mar 2017 #18
Cancer treatment is getting better. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #21
Oh yes. People are surviving at great rates. My point was only that cancer research benefits the ric applegrove Mar 2017 #22
The poor gets cancer too. fescuerescue Mar 2017 #16
Yes. I want to see research. I was just challenging GOPERS. applegrove Mar 2017 #17
As long as some can afford it, there's money to be made. MineralMan Mar 2017 #19
I did not know that. But the research is still partly socialized on those applegrove Mar 2017 #23
Something of a false equivalence metalbot Mar 2017 #24
Thanks. applegrove Mar 2017 #25
Eliminate tobacco, and you eliminate a lot of cancer HoneyBadger Mar 2017 #26
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