Interesting question, Ms Kelly. However, I am really glad they can make generics cause they're so much cheaper. People still buy the expensive original if they prefer it. It prob'ly has to do with how outrageiously high pharma is, and how the gov't has to pay for so much of it. both in upfront research money & buying it for those on gov't assistance. If you want to know a really interesting spy book on the
subject of pharma, read "The Constant Gardener," by John Le Carre. They made a movie of it also.
The President and Google co-Founder Sergey Brin are at odds. While Brin argues that unnecessary regulations inhibit entrepreneurship and innovation, Obama takes the position that government - and regulatory schemes - makes entrepreneurship and innovation possible.
Brin recently explained to The Guardian how government interference, and the dominance of Apple and Facebook make it extremely difficult to innovate in today's Internet environment: (emphasis mine)
The threat to the freedom of the internet comes, he claims, from a combination of governments increasingly trying to control access and communication by their citizens, the entertainment industry's attempts to crack down on piracy, and...
You know it is always the artists, writers, actors and recording artists who get the privileges because they are the most vocal. They are also the liberals where product developers are usually conservative, and conservatives are notorious for not standing up for themselves.