I misread the title because this is a list that exactly classifies what Trump has done except the H****r B***n stuff.

Hey Mr. "Liar" - show me any evidence !!!

Biden has been investigated for 6 years now with no evidence of corruption, bribes, etc. So what does the GOP house leadership propose-more investigation. Do these guys think they might have a country to take care of.?

I have not advocated staying out of this. Dennis: You seem obsessed with the cost of this. And if you are right, then a lot of money has been wasted or misallocated. BUT if you are wrong, then woe be those in future generations who will look back and wonder why nothing was done when something could have been done. BTW a big portion of the solution is spending money to pay for alternatives to burning f****l f**ls. This employees folks, and is run by corporations that are more right wing than the lefties you constantly bend the facts to try and condemn. BTW have you any children or grandchildren?

C*****e c****e deniers could be correct. But if wrong, then we have created a mess. Since we have the capacity to do something about it, shouldn't we do that for the sake of future generations (don't you folk s have children and grandchildren?). If climate deniers are correct, we have done no harm. If climate deniers are wrong (meaning we are the cause of g****l w*****g) then future generations will suffer from out inability to work on the problem. The choice is ours to make.!!

Cataract removal is corrected with the placement of a new lens inside your original lens capsule. It is living tissue, but best preserved intact until the eye heals. About 20% of those capsules will grow a thin layer of lens material which disturbs the vision (termed capsular fibrosis). An ophthalmologist ( not an optometrist ) can open that permanently with a YAG laser which instantly restores the vision. An outpatient, painless procedure.

The issue that surfaced here in early posts was one of those folks who believes in the Reagan prouncement of the most dangerous expression in the English language: "I am here from the governement and I am here to help". So based on expressions like this, the starter of this posting tree wants to get rid of the FDA. There are modifications that might be considered, but the FDA is a critical need to protect consumers who want to be assured that the drugs they receive are safe and effective. This cannot be left to the private sector but requires an agency in the public interest and currently the FDA is that agency.

Clearly you have drunk the Kool- Aid. You would no doubt feel much more comfortable in a country with no regulation and anything goes.

The Congress in its wisdom some time ago did not want to fully pay the FDA for its work, and so an arrangement was made for in effect a copay from the pharmaceutical company to cover part of the cost of the approval process knowing that without that the time for approval was almost indefinite. While this has sped up approval, it has not influenced the decision making process as FDA employess are dedicated scientists and investigators with lots of independent folks analyzing what they do so their results have not been questioned. I am unclear as to where you get your information that this is a corrupt process unless you are one of those folks who believe that nothing associated with the government can be supported. Think about this the next time you need a prescription drug for your health and you can decide whether that product prescribed for you was properly vetted.

The FDA is a respected regulatory of drug effectiveness and safety. Is it your opinion that drug companies should be able to release products with no oversight? What would you propose for determination of the effectiveness and safety of drugs. e.g. the Board of Directors of the Drug company? the stockholders? Talk about collusion!!!!

The governments- State. Federal , Military - are huge consumers of manufactured goods. Why prevent them from price negotiation? It is the public's cash they are spending. Do you seriously think governments should be forbidden to negotiate for things they purchase?

Note that the research funded usually through NIH to develop new pharmaceuticals, does not include $$ credit by big pharma so they get the products commonly free and don't feel obligated to lower the price to reflect the publics share of the cost of development.

Insurance companies negotiate with major employers for the price of coverage of their employees. There is some consumer protection in places with more than one insurance company. Once signed up the insurance companies can allow payments to doctors and pharmacists based on their internal rules-no longer negotiable. The VA is separate and is run based upon US Government allocation. The VA can and does negotiate pharmaceutical prices and the cost of their drugs is quite a bit lower than private insurance folks.

A great sum of cash was spent on the part D legislation by Pharma to prevent the gov. from negotiating prices- clearly an anti-consumer outrage. Inroads are finally being made here with 10 drugs opened for Medicare negotiation. Meanwhile the whole of medicine is being co-opted by MBA's interested only in $$$ including s**ms like "Pharmaceutical benefit Managers"- middlemen who extract cash and drive up the cost for consumers and other middlemen who take a cut of physician's fees in a system preventing MD's from directly applying for their fees.It is getting worse and worse - medicine soon will be a branch of Wall street!!!

One could argue that our best strategy for the future is to keep our oil in reserve (in the ground) and buy off -coast oil so that eventually as others run out we have a good supply for the long haul.