ELIZABETH WARREN, OUT THERE ON THE FAR LEFT KOOK FRINGE…

Making comments reminiscent of those made by Barry back during our last presidential campaign, we now have one of Congress’ resident dingbats, the senior senator from Massachusetts Lizzy Warren, out there touting the need for increased spending in public medical research while at a Families USA Health Action Conference at the Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.  She was telling drug companies you “did not do it alone” and “we built those medical innovations together.”

This liberal loon went on to say, “We celebrate the accomplishments of our pharmaceutical industry because these blockbuster drugs let people live longer, healthier lives.”  And she added, “But we are also mindful that these drug companies did not do it alone.  Many drugs have generated billion-dollar profits and are used by millions of consumers that don’t just appear overnight.”  She said. “Rarely do they appear as a result of a single giant company’s individual genius.

And then came the clincher, the point in her rant where she sounded nearly exactly as Barry sounded when he made his idiotic claim that those who had worked hard to build successful businesses hadn’t done so all by themselves.  Nope, by golly, the government made sure it was there to help every step of the way.  Because that’s when she said, “Drug companies make great contributions, but so do taxpayers,” Warren said. “In other words, we built those medical innovations together.”

Also in her remarks, the esteemed Ms. Warren touted the achievements of the public sector in medical research, especially the accomplishments of the National Institute for Health (NIH).  She said, “NIH supportive research has built the foundation of many of our blockbuster drugs.”  And she would go on to say, “Consider this. Nearly all of the important innovative vaccines of the past quarter century can be traced to public sector research.”  To make such a statement is simply wishful thinking on her part.

Warren unveiled new legislation at the conference called the Medical Innovation Act, which would substantially increase federal funding for the NIH by requiring blockbuster drug companies to pay a portion of their profits when they break the law and enter into settling agreements with the government.  If we would rather work to stifle important medical discoveries then the quickest way to do that would be to follow Ms. Warren’s advice and force more government involvement into the process. 

This hardcore leftwing lunatic went on to say, "It’s like a swear jar: Whenever a huge drug company that is generating enormous profits as a result of federal research investments gets caught breaking the law, and wants off the hook, it has to put some money in the jar to help fund the next generation of medical research."  I think we would readily acknowledge that everything the government touches, turns to shit!  And do we really want those who produce life-saving drugs turned to shit?