Sometimes We All Need Some Inspiration

With the Bush administration in power, it really can feel like there is no possible way for a government to actually represent ordinary people's interests, and not just the interests of Big Business. But at least one country is proving that's not true. For some inspiration, check out this story. Sure, the move is by no means perfect. But it at least shows that it is possible for a democratically-elected government to actually stand up for its people against the destructive greed of big corporations. It just takes some guts and some leadership - qualities that the insulated Beltway Establishment has been lacking for way too long.

UPDATE: If you are gullible enough to believe the pathetic spin that drug companies need to price gouge in order to make enough for R&D, consider two simple facts: the American government (aka. you the taxpayer) currently funds at least one third of all R&D for the drug companies, and drug companies spend far more on advertising and "administration" (aka. executives' salaries) than they do on R&D. In short, that means most of those exorbitant prices are not going to fund life saving research - it is going to pad the drug industry's bottom line.