Comment by terminalshort

The Senate has investigated ticket scalping at a Taylor Swift concert in Washington DC. That means nothing beyond "it's expensive and that makes me angry!" Yes, they could have priced it lower. 10% lower. (Of course that would have meant $10 billion less for other research and potential disease cures, but who has time to think about that!) And you know what would have happened? The Senate would have investigated because "that's still expensive and it makes me angry!"

I do agree with your point that curing diseases is profitable.