Ultra Cheap Birth Control is a Gift in Brazil

I read in the Republican today as I gazed out the cafe window. Sunny and bright, and people are full of cheer. I am too, since Brazil's president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the green light to a new plan: Cheap Birth Control for all.

"The plan would give poor Brazilians the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want. " The move is pivotal...and comes as the pope just got finished a government-backed visit to the country. He denounced the plan.

At more than 10,000 drug stores, birth control pills will sell for as little as $2.40 PER YEAR! So offering the pills at this drastic discount is the best way to get them to those who need them.
I can't think of a better way to spend money than to make them availble like this: in a store, not handed out by the government. I hope that Bill and Melinda Gates get news of this, and that they extend the offer to African countries.

Part of why this is a great plan is because it gives them the power to be consumers, not just recipients of government largesse. And I bet there is still profit for the drug companies at these pitifully low prices.