> 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.