Re: Let?s face it; the usefulness of money is over

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:03:23 -0400

John Steinsvold wrote:

>
> In short, our doctors will be free to concentrate on their patients.
> Prescription drugs will be available to those who need them. Drug
> companies will cooperate rather than compete with one another. They
> will carry out research together and share patents, ideas and
> knowledge. Profit will no longer be a hindrance.

Why should they bother. There is nothing in it for them.

People are motivated by two things mostly. The desire for material gain
and egotistical pride. Altruism is rare and unreliable. Only people like
Mother Terresa would suck pus from the boils of the poor.

Bob Kolker

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