Bill White – 4/3/05

This page was last updated on April 3, 2005.

Oh, Canadian drugs; Bill White; Beaver County Times; April 3, 2005.

Mr. White has written anti-Bush and/or anti-Republican letters since at least August 2004.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“In response to letter writer Daryl Vogan’s concern for the safety of imported Canadian drugs (‘Santorum promotes life,’ Wednesday), I query, name one instance of unsafe drugs entering the United States from Canada?”

[RWC] Regarding prescription drugs from Canada, here’s a link to a critique on this subject.

“U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum is not protecting our drug supplies; he is defending the obscene profits made by the drug industry. Sen. Santorum is not a part of the solution, but one of the mainstays of the problem.”

[RWC] Did anyone wonder why Mr. White didn’t describe what he considers “obscene profits?” Perhaps he believes all profits are obscene. Did you notice Mr. White didn’t provide evidence to support his claims about Sen. Santorum?

“Is it possible the Canadian government has no interest in drug safety? Hardly. The Canadian government is doing what it is meant to do - represent its citizens, not corporate greed and corruption.”

[RWC] The Canadian government has interest in drug safety for Canadians, not for United States citizens. Does Canada regulate the sale of prescription drugs to consumers in the United States?

Did you note Mr. White didn’t document his alleged “corporate greed and corruption?” While perfectly willing to make accusations of American government impropriety, Mr. White wants us to believe the Canadian government is pristine.

“The drug industry is protecting its stockholders’ profits. Any thought of bringing costs into line with world pricing will be for naught until campaign finances to Congress are outlawed.”

[RWC] What’s wrong with “the drug industry … protecting its stockholders’ profits?” That’s management’s legal obligation within the law. Management can be prosecuted for not fulfilling its fiduciary responsibility.

I don’t have a clue what Mr. White meant when he wrote, “Any thought of bringing costs into line with world pricing will be for naught until campaign finances to Congress are outlawed.”

Whatever “world pricing” is, I can bet it has nothing to do with a free marketplace given the economic and political leanings evident in Mr. White’s letters.