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October 20, 2004
A Shot in the Arm for Congress
The Washington Post reports, in an article that goes perfectly with my column today:
While many Americans search in vain for flu shots, members and employees of Congress are able to obtain them quickly and at no charge from the Capitol's attending physician, who has urged all 535 lawmakers to get the vaccines even if they are young and healthy.
As always, there's one set of rules for the little people and another set for the rulers.
Fortunately, we have a conservative president who is working to get the government out of the vaccination business in order to let the market do its job, at the same time reducing government spending.
On an easel next to the lectern where [HHS Secretary Tommy] Thompson spoke was a graph showing the growth in federal influenza-related spending, from $39 million in 2001 to a proposed $283 million next year. [That's a 626 percent increase in 4 years, folks.]
"President Bush has invested more in research, development and acquisition of flu vaccine and prevention than any president," he said.
Er, maybe not.
Posted by Mike Tennant at October 20, 2004 09:52 AM