Yes! If government pays for military equipment to fight a war, it makes sense for government to pay for drugs and medical supplies to fight a pandemic.
Data for Progress
 @DataProgress
30 Apr 2020
A new @ewarren and @janschakowsky bill would allow the government to manufacture drugs and medical supplies. Our polling shows this is a wildly popular idea, even when voters hear arguments against it. dataforprogress.org/blog/4/3…

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So now your advocating socialism where government controls the means of production. How about we bring back AMERICAN companies from China to do this. Creating more jobs and competition to lower prices. It's also called ingenuity.
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Uh, actually I’m not. I’m advocating for the government to show up for its people at a time of national emergency.
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This makes perfect sense..Maybe this is the issue..
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Well Said Mari !
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Sorry we don't have a million $ in face masks but can I interest you in a $10 billion aircraft carrier?
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This pretty much covers it: “...insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of ...”
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Yeah ... like roads, the Weather Service, child protection services (such as they are), national parks, and so forth. You might want to read up on what the government actually does.
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