Re: TED RALL COLUMN: Two Rights Make a Wrong (fwd)

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)
 > Date: Fri,  4 Mar 2005 08:33:50 -0800
 >
 >  > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >  > Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 07:32:13 -0800 (PST)
 >  >
 >  >     "For example, a Motel 6," Sandra Day O'Connor asked the city's lawyer.
 >  > "The city thinks it should have a Ritz-Carlton, [to] have higher taxes. Is
 >  >  that
 >  > OK?" "Yes, Justice O'Connor, that's OK," he replied.
 >  >     But what about folks who can't afford to stay at the Ritz-Carlton?
 > 
 > I guess this is dispassionate conservatism.

This seems like a counter-example of Ted Rall's argument:

http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/002229.shtml

	How about states using eminent domain to take over drug patents
	and letting other manufacturers make the drugs at discount prices.
	That's an idea being proposed in Washington, D.C., and which
	Canada already threatens to do routinely to force companies to
	produce drugs more cheaply.