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Wednesday, January 11, 2006

U.S. Works to Raise Medicine Prices In Poor Countries

Want to know one reason why anti-Americanism is spreading throughout the world? Take a look at this story from Reuters. It details how the U.S. government uses its power to try to gut other countries' laws that keep their medicine prices affordable. That is, not surprisingly, creating a worldwide backlash, and accusations that our government cares only about corporate imperialism. And frankly, it's hard to deny the charge when you read a story like this.

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