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That doesn't seem to contravene what was being said? The assertion was that the US (via higher prices) is what pays for the R&D. Not they they exclusively spend all the US profits on R&D. If the companies suddenly made 20 billion less, I'd expect the proportionate expense on Sales vs. R&D to stay roughly the same?



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