1/Everyone should be clear why the president has NOT been willing to invoke Defense Production Act to direct manufacture of PPE. It’s the same reason we didn’t accept tests early on from WHO: to do so would undercut the ability of someone to market a product in the private sector

Jul 14, 2020 · 2:50 PM UTC

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2/ Private over public investment is a like religion to some people; they’re literally willing to see people die rather than undercut the dominance of the market. A healthy society is a balance of both. Private is good for innovation but public is necessary for long-term security
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3/ It’s important that we all understand these issues because when we rebuild on the other side of this – and we WILL rebuild - we need to not be hoodwinked by people who would build the new house on the same old rotten foundations.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
No. He’s doing it so that he can say he built a ‘strong economy’ because his friendly swamp monsters, AKA corporate lobbyists, are willing to stroke Trump’s ego as long as they don’t sacrifice profits in the name of saving lives. And Trump is desperate for compliments and praise
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Same thing
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Why aren't you the noninee?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The role of the government should be to ameliorate unnecessary human suffering...not create it- due to incompetence-greed-and a lack of reverence for human life.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Someone who will allow trump family a piece of the action.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Didn’t WHO test kits have contamination, rendering them useless? Did we not ramp up production of PPE and Ventilators to replace the corrupted China supply chain? Most businesses give away masks to their customers who need one. CDC indicates death rates are plummeting.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So, your contention is that we should allow a privately held company to produce these items and charge an exuberant up charge due to the demand of said products. Conversely, the government could have stepped in, under the Defense Production Act, stabilized prices, and provided..
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