Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate to bar “foreign adversary biotech companies of concern” from doing business with federally funded medical providers.
    • Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      Well you see, protectionism is inherently free market because china bad. In fact, in the US anthem we specifically say that we are the land of the free, which means all of our markets are free markets by definition. If you take a look at my whiteboard here, you will see how this makes total sense.

      Conclusion, since only the US has freedom, only the US has free markets.

  • culpritus [any]
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    4 months ago

    Jon Stewart:

    No Healthcare is the price of our freedoms!

  • Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 months ago

    So these biotech companies, what exactly are they doing? All I'm getting is generic journo-speak about genetics and agriculture.

    And why are they even "companies"?

    • leanleft@lemmy.ml
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      4 months ago

      only from this article:
      "BGI, which has stressed its private ownership, offers genetic testing kits and a popular prenatal screening test to detect Down syndrome"

      "State subsidies have allowed BGI to offer genomic sequencing services at a highly competitive price that is attractive to U.S. researchers"

      DYR