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In 2005, the proposed usage fee was $382 million or 20 percent of the FDA's total budget.

It is shortsighted to believe that a government agency can make objective decisions on the use and safety of a prescription drug when the result could translate into the loss of millions of dollars from its annual budget.

- SPOIL SYSTEM: A modern day "spoil system" exists whereby FDA officials court the favor of drug company lobbyists and officials in the hope of trading the government's general schedule for the far more lucrative and lavish lifestyle provided by pharmaceutical companies.

- RUBBERSTAMPING: Recently, there have been several instances in which the normal approval process has been ignored or significantly altered in order to rush a drug to market-with disastrous results for the user.

Yet most of these drugs remain on the marke...

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