Before we start blaiming the Republicans, you might read this quote from the Orange County Register:

"In 1994, in the early years of the Clinton administration, the government, largely through the involvement of then-first lady Hillary Clinton, decided to do something about the declining availability of vaccine for children. Unfortunately, as Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, a think tank specializing in health policy issues, reminded us, the Vaccines for Children program, set up in 1994, consisted of making the government the purchaser of 60 percent of vaccine for children - at deeply discounted prices. This made vaccine manufacturing even less profitable - or money-losing for some companies - and more companies simply got out of the business."




>An excellent example is past Gov. Gilmore(R) of Virginia who got voted into office based on his pledge to get rid of the car tax(which never happened). I'd gladly pay more taxes for better quality schools and healthcare. Another example of the flubs of the Republicans is the Flu vaccine problem. No doubt they insisted on keeping it privitized, based on principle, even though the companies can't make any money on it. Now there's a chance most ordinary folks won't get it this year. Same thing with guns - why any lunatic should have the right to purchase automatic weapons is beyond me...