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Goonch

(3,550 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:29 PM Apr 2020

"Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday

Rachel Maddow MSNBC
@maddow
“Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday alone, according to Forbes. A FEMA spokesperson said the agency ‘has not actively encouraged or discouraged U.S. companies from exporting overseas’.”

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"Roughly 280 million masks in warehouses around the U.S. were purchased by foreign buyers on Monday (Original Post) Goonch Apr 2020 OP
Money, profit, over lives . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #1
the free market always does the right thing KayF Apr 2020 #2
Let's hear the names of these generous(?) suppliers. Backseat Driver Apr 2020 #3
+1 crickets Apr 2020 #9
And these masks will then be resold at 4-5x the earlier pricing in the US market. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2020 #4
rec. MerryBlooms Apr 2020 #6
K&R SheltieLover Apr 2020 #5
The companies selling those masks needs to be investigated for price gouging lettucebe Apr 2020 #7
The article she references can be found here... genxlib Apr 2020 #8
the same happened in Australia catsudon Apr 2020 #10
Federal government is actively trying to kill us at drumpf's orders. lark Apr 2020 #11
This is why he won't nationalize the supply chain... 2naSalit Apr 2020 #12

OAITW r.2.0

(23,813 posts)
4. And these masks will then be resold at 4-5x the earlier pricing in the US market.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:38 PM
Apr 2020

Donald Trump's idea of profiting on a biological disaster. He will benefit from this in some way. A criminal operation if there ever was one.

lettucebe

(2,336 posts)
7. The companies selling those masks needs to be investigated for price gouging
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 12:49 PM
Apr 2020

as they are obviously going with highest bidder, rather than trying to save fellow Americans. This is sickening. Profits over people is not okay.

I'd like to see those companies forced out of business after this, or let the government take over their factories and force them to work for the US.

lark

(23,003 posts)
11. Federal government is actively trying to kill us at drumpf's orders.
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:12 PM
Apr 2020

Sending 280 million dollars worth of PPE (I forget if ventilators were included) to China, insufficient reserves of PPE or vents for Americans, refusing to use the DPA to marshall our supplies so he can blame Dem governors for the loss of life, yep he is killing us on purpose, and destroying our economy and country as ordered by PUtin.

2naSalit

(86,048 posts)
12. This is why he won't nationalize the supply chain...
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:28 PM
Apr 2020

private corporations told Jared/-45 not to let that happen so they can gouge the shit out of this thing.

Like Blogo said, "...this is fucking GOLDEN!"

And that is the slogan behind closed doors.

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