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Walter Kirn

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
687 total appearances

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The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Our military payments and our undue support of NATO has allowed them to not have militaries of their own. and pour money into social programs. The social programs themselves have been subsidized in ways like this, where they negotiate, they get good prices from companies, and we don't. In other words, we're carrying the weight for the world.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Our military payments and our undue support of NATO has allowed them to not have militaries of their own. and pour money into social programs. The social programs themselves have been subsidized in ways like this, where they negotiate, they get good prices from companies, and we don't. In other words, we're carrying the weight for the world.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Our military payments and our undue support of NATO has allowed them to not have militaries of their own. and pour money into social programs. The social programs themselves have been subsidized in ways like this, where they negotiate, they get good prices from companies, and we don't. In other words, we're carrying the weight for the world.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

And this, in this case, has nothing to do with development. The recent certain development isn't going on in the United States. We're simply paying for it. Now, how they got that deal and through what influence, is something we should investigate later, but that it should go on is something we need to deal with yesterday.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

And this, in this case, has nothing to do with development. The recent certain development isn't going on in the United States. We're simply paying for it. Now, how they got that deal and through what influence, is something we should investigate later, but that it should go on is something we need to deal with yesterday.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

And this, in this case, has nothing to do with development. The recent certain development isn't going on in the United States. We're simply paying for it. Now, how they got that deal and through what influence, is something we should investigate later, but that it should go on is something we need to deal with yesterday.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

They can still have their profits, Megan. It's just that the subsidies for them will be more evenly distributed between countries and customers.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

They can still have their profits, Megan. It's just that the subsidies for them will be more evenly distributed between countries and customers.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

They can still have their profits, Megan. It's just that the subsidies for them will be more evenly distributed between countries and customers.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Listen, I don't understand why they're still paying development costs and research costs on a drug that they've already developed. And frankly, which is a rather simple substance compound. And as far as, you know, manufacturing and gearing up to make more of it because of the overwhelming demand.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Listen, I don't understand why they're still paying development costs and research costs on a drug that they've already developed. And frankly, which is a rather simple substance compound. And as far as, you know, manufacturing and gearing up to make more of it because of the overwhelming demand.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Listen, I don't understand why they're still paying development costs and research costs on a drug that they've already developed. And frankly, which is a rather simple substance compound. And as far as, you know, manufacturing and gearing up to make more of it because of the overwhelming demand.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Well, what other industry tells you that in order for us to gear up to meet the demand, we need crazy, almost unlimited ability to charge you? If Ford had a hit car and it said, We've got to build new factories to turn out the number of cars that people want to buy. And we've got to keep those prices really high in order to do that. That's the opposite of what I just heard.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Well, what other industry tells you that in order for us to gear up to meet the demand, we need crazy, almost unlimited ability to charge you? If Ford had a hit car and it said, We've got to build new factories to turn out the number of cars that people want to buy. And we've got to keep those prices really high in order to do that. That's the opposite of what I just heard.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Well, what other industry tells you that in order for us to gear up to meet the demand, we need crazy, almost unlimited ability to charge you? If Ford had a hit car and it said, We've got to build new factories to turn out the number of cars that people want to buy. And we've got to keep those prices really high in order to do that. That's the opposite of what I just heard.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Isn't there something called economies of scale? The more you sell, the cheaper and the more you have to make, the cheaper it is to manufacture each unit.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Isn't there something called economies of scale? The more you sell, the cheaper and the more you have to make, the cheaper it is to manufacture each unit.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Isn't there something called economies of scale? The more you sell, the cheaper and the more you have to make, the cheaper it is to manufacture each unit.

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Let me launch a rather elaborate metaphor, but a colorful one. The United States is like a member of a family who hits it big in Hollywood and they suddenly become rich and they have a big house and, you know, money coming in. And all of a sudden, all the relatives say, hey, man, can you help me? Help me with my car payment. Hey. My son just got sick. Can you help with his hospital bills?

The Megyn Kelly Show
Trump Takes On Big Pharma with Historic Drug Prices Exec Order, and Michelle Obama's Bitterness, with Walter Kirn | Ep. 1070

Let me launch a rather elaborate metaphor, but a colorful one. The United States is like a member of a family who hits it big in Hollywood and they suddenly become rich and they have a big house and, you know, money coming in. And all of a sudden, all the relatives say, hey, man, can you help me? Help me with my car payment. Hey. My son just got sick. Can you help with his hospital bills?