Utilize the Knowledge You Have Gained to Respond to the Following

question 44

Essay

Utilize the knowledge you have gained to respond to the following essay questions.Your answers should state your position and use logical arguments and content from this and other chapters in the textbook to support it.
The textbook notes that Rep.Billy Tauzin of Louisiana,chief architect of the new Medicare prescription drug law,has received a lucrative job offer to lobby for the pharmaceutical industry.News commentators suggest that if he takes the job he will have already earned his salary because the Medicare bill is expected to provide windfall profits for the drug companies.Chapter 10 said that one of the reasons government regulates business is to control excess profits.Are "windfall" profits for the pharmaceutical industry "excessive?" If so,how can we reconcile government's efforts to regulate against excess profits with Tauzin's ability to draft legislation that provides windfall profits?

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Digital Divide

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