Profiteering much?
Jesse Lehrich @JesseLehrich
16 Apr 2020
FEMA gave a $55,000,000 no-bid contract to a bankrupt company with no employees for N95 masks – which they don't make or have – at 7x the cost others charge. washingtonpost.com/national/…
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No it’s not. This is about unethical people and their misuse of an inherently neutral economic system. There is such a thing as righteous profit, but in a situation of national emergency profit shouldn’t even be a factor at all. This isn’t even profit, it’s complete price gouging

Apr 16, 2020 · 5:11 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Enough corruption in this world normally, sadly add in a tragedy, the snakes often multiply
Replying to @marwilliamson
I agree. Democratic Socialism, as in Denmark, seems to work & is based on a Capitalist framework. A lot depends on the attitudes & values of individuals within a culture. Socialism, in itself, does not gurantee individuals valuing and helping others, as history has shown.
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Come on, Marianne. This system was never neutral. The rich invented it and benefit most from it.