Michigan Votes Forum

Introduced in the House on October 31, 2007

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And just what is the purpose of this? Who cares if the Drug Rep gives the Pharmacist a turkey at Christmas? Dont you people have other more important stuff to work on? Like taxes????

People have no idea how many jobs this will kill, literally thousands of restaurants depend on the lunch orders sent to doctors offices by pharmaceutical reps, especially with the local economy doing so bad. This bill will stomp on Michigan’s small business, and put pharmaceutical reps, which are citizens of Michigan, out of work.

This bill would ultimately destroy Michigan's already decling economy. The consequences of such an enacted bill would lead to: 1- The elimination of many small businesses that rely heavily on pharmaceutical sales, specifically catering services. 2- The loss of thousands of pharmaceutical jobs throughout the state of Michigan due to the insufficent need for representative to doctor contact. 3- The loss of information given to doctors and medical facilities about the drugs they prescribe to their patients. 4- The loss of a massive amount of businesses that provide catering establishments the materials to create catering orders for pharmaceutical lunches. These are just a few. There are many reasons why this bill would take Michigan further into a recession. I would hope that Michigan does not believe that doctors decisions on medications for their patients are influenced by a piece of chicken.