I’m sure we’re all a little tired of all the political commercials that are on every TV channel at every commercial break. And who knows what is fact or fiction? FYI, the federal government, as well as many state governments, have “truth in advertising” laws in place that mandate that companies cannot advertise a product’s benefits without providing proof of the claim. So why can’t these same governments apply this law to political advertising? I think it would drastically reduce (or even eliminate) all the negative ads we see multiple times daily.

Plus, in between those political ads, we’re forced to watch pharmaceutical companies tell us what drugs we should be taking to cure whatever ailment we may have, from diabetes to cancer. I think we all know we can’t get these drugs without a doctor’s approval, so why are they pushed on us? Obviously, so we can tell our doctor what we want instead of the doctor telling us what we need. We all want reduced drug costs, so, if our government would limit these ads as they did tobacco and alcohol ads, the pharmaceutical companies’ advertising costs could be applied toward reducing the cost of the drugs and help many of us as well as those on Medicare Part D!

Steve Swencki

Hempfield

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