that argument is phony because a vaccine was produced by jonas salk. all of the universities in this country have research departments. the argument about the research and development by pharmaceuticals is really a phony argument. trump was in office for four years and never mentioned lowering prices for drugs as far as i can remember. no matter what the president proposes, congress disposes. we hope that congress comes in hopefully is more democratic, more liberal than the one we have now in the house. guest: you made one of my favorite points which is that a president can do what they want to do but at the end of the day congress is really who writes the laws. yes, that is definitely a fair point. on research and development, there is a lot of skepticism among various folks who are skeptical that this will have much of an effect on r&d. i will say that based on some of the earnings calls that drug company ceos have participated in in the last several weeks, while they are certainly not happy with the negotiation program, most of them have noted that