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One bigger problem that contributes is that most pharmaceutical companies don't consider antibiotic research to be sexy or particularly profitable, although continued research is a public good.
As bad as MRSA, resistance to carbapenems is arguably worse since that is basically last line of defense.
Lastly, most drug company scientists and execs, coupled with the NIH, FDA and university researchers are democrat. Doubt antibiotics research would have been funded any better under your desired candidate
...I'm sure curious2 could add a lot of useful info to this thread, most of which would probably get ignored by OP
Republicans are immune to epidemics.
Profits Trump anyone else's health.
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-uncounted-surveillance/