BuckeyeTexan: “It wasn’t a relatively small number of cases where folks couldn’t afford it.”
That’s your perception. There are plenty of studies which show the “poor” generally have all the comforts of modern society, like TVs, cell phones, cars, etc.
Whether it was a small number or not is really irrelevant when one considers the approach taken. Governor Perry professes to be a Christian. Certainly he understands the concept of charity.
How is Perry’s approach fundamentally different from Bush’s $30 billion AIDS campaign in Africa? Either one of them could have created private charitable foundations, donated their own money, and used their popularity to campaign for (voluntary) donations. Both of them probably have plenty of friends with deep pockets, right?
Remind me again of which party sees government as the solution to every problem?
No, it's an informed statement based on the characteristics of the Hispanic population in Texas, with which I am very familiar. A significant number of our Hispanics either have no healthcare or rely upon Medicaid. Medicaid certainly would not pay for Gardasil. And our churches would likely not pay for it either due to moral objections. So relying on charities, Christian or otherwise, would not have been a realistic option. In fact, I would leave my church if it wanted to use my charitable contributions to pay for Gardasil vaccinations.
Whether it was a small number or not is really irrelevant when one considers the approach taken.
Then why did you raise it as a point of discussion?