Warren Condemns Trump for Outbidding States, Seizing Key Medical Supplies

[SheltieLover]

[link:https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/31/massachusetts-not-happy-warren-condemns-trump-outbidding-states-seizing-key-medical|

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is demanding to know why the Trump administration earlier this month seized at least two shipments of badly-needed medical supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic headed for her state of Massachusetts and accused the federal government of continually outbidding states as officials try to procure life-saving equipment.

Much more at link.

[lunatica]

1. Privatization

So he and his ilk can get richer. What else?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Dumbass Donnie is a deadly trumpandemic's best ally.

[ooky]

3. The way he set up the procurement process for PPE supplies and ventilators is about the

dumbest thing I have ever seen. A portion of my career was spent managing supply chain for my company and any supply chain manager/exec will tell you that this is not how you do it. This process should have all been centralized by the feds from the start. What he has done is moronic. How anyone could think he's a smart business man is beyond me. He damn sure doesn't understand the first thing about procurement/supply chain processes.

[ck4829]

4. If only there was a body in the US govt that controlled the purse strings...

[FiveGoodMen]

5. I think that was given away in the Authorization to Use Anything and Anyone, Anyway They Want

Everything's a war, so normal rules never apply.