Comment by j2d3

Tamiflu is made by Gilead. Donald Rumsfeld was on the board. Mexico (among other countries) borrowed millions from the world bank to buy Tamiflu during the H1N1 craze.

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/dec/22/world-b...

I say all this to suggest that it's not a waste of taxpayer money by uninformed politicians... no - the politicians are very well informed.