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Ian David

(69,059 posts) Tue Mar 6, 2012, 12:22 PM Mar 2012

What nobody is talking about: Limbaugh and The GOP picked a fight with Big Pharma

Birth control isn't something cooked-up by little old women in their kitchens as a free treat for the neighborhood kids.

There is a powerful industry with a large financial interest in selling their product to more customers.

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What nobody is talking about: Limbaugh and The GOP picked a fight with Big Pharma (Original Post) Ian David Mar 2012 OP

Good point. n/t lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #1

Yup. Jackpine Radical Mar 2012 #2

Or it could simply be a grass-roots protest. randome Mar 2012 #3

Or both. The point is the pharmaceutical companies also have a dog in this fight. n/t Ian David Mar 2012 #4

What if it's just a ploy by Rush to get them to advertise on his show. DCKit Mar 2012 #5

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

1. Good point. n/t

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 12:23 PM

Mar 2012

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

2. Yup.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 12:35 PM

Mar 2012

Besides which, insurance cos. LIKE contraceptives--they're much cheaper than pregnancies.

randome

(34,845 posts)

3. Or it could simply be a grass-roots protest.

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 12:38 PM

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Ian David

(69,059 posts)

4. Or both. The point is the pharmaceutical companies also have a dog in this fight. n/t

Reply to randome (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 12:51 PM

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DCKit

(18,541 posts)

5. What if it's just a ploy by Rush to get them to advertise on his show.

Reply to Ian David (Original post)

Tue Mar 6, 2012, 01:01 PM

Mar 2012

After all, he spends a sizable portion of his income on pharmaceuticals. Perhaps he expects some kind of kickback on that huge investment.

Why shouldn't he be paid for having sex and feeling (really, really) good?

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