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the Trayvon trial is being used to distract America from this...
heyyou:
Of course I believe in personal responsibility. I'm also a like Ron Paul and prefer a libertarian style of government, but I think you miss the point of that philosophy. Even he will say you should be able to sue the drug companies. The free market says that the companies would need to take responsibility for the quality and safety of their product otherwise people injured by their product can sue (under their common law right, ie loss, harm or injury).
Yes it's buyer beware also, but unless you are a chemist and have the equipment and scientific knowledge how will people check if the drug is safe?
If you have a car accident under common law you still can sue for damages regardless if it was no intent of having an accident, if that makes sense.
What stops the the drug companies putting whatever poison in their drugs without any recourse? It's happened in the past and is currently happening, especially as the elite what to reduce population. I won't even bother going into gmo foods and Monsanto!
Common law is the basis for libertarian philosophy - it pretty much covers everything and there's little need for statutes.
TraceOneInfinite:
--- Quote from: heyyou on July 15, 2013, 12:43:10 AM ---The free market says that the companies would need to take responsibility for the quality and safety of their product otherwise people injured by their product can sue (under their common law right, ie loss, harm or injury).
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That's not a free market philosophy at all. The free market says that a drug company will take responsibility for the quality and safety of their product or else they might possibly lose business to competitors who offer a similar product that has proven to be safe and effective.
heyyou:
That is also true, but it's also the fear of getting legal action against them if there product is proven to be the cause of injury for e.g..
The onus is on the the individual drug companies to up their game in term of quality and safety, but what we have is limited liability because of external regulators and statute, and on the face of what the op is saying (if not had time to check the link), they will have even less or no liability.
They are in a position of trust.
Just as the free market has helped increase the safety of cars ie anti locking brakes, air bags, crumple zones and other equipment as extra selling points back in the day are now standard in nearly all cars. (Sorry gone a bit off topic).
Triple OG Rapsodie:
Supreme Court has been on a roll with the shitty decisions, with how they took away our Miranda rights.
Russell Bell:
--- Quote from: BG Rapsodie on July 15, 2013, 06:17:16 PM ---Supreme Court has been on a roll with the shitty decisions, with how they took away our Miranda rights.
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getting rid of archaic voting rules imposed on states was a good one though
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