A SECRET WINDFALL FOR DRUG MAKERS

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It looks like '06 is going to be a banner year for drug corporations! Profits at Merck, for example, have doubled, and Schering-Plough is up by a whopping 400 percent.
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A SECRET WINDFALL FOR DRUG MAKERS
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It looks like ’06 is going to be a banner year for drug corporations! Profits at Merck, for example, have doubled, and Schering-Plough is up by a whopping 400 percent.

This good fortune is the result of free-market innovations by top corporate executives, right. No – these skyrocketing profits come courtesy of the Bush government… and ultimately come right out of the pockets of us taxpayers.

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