States should form a purchasing consortium to buy PPE ...

[Pobeka]

and stop bidding against each other. If the feds can't do it right, the states could.

That is all.

[MontanaMama]

1. I suggested this on another thread.

Regional buying groups that get resources (people and supplies) where they are needed most to get the hardest hit areas taken care of first. Then those resources can move to the next area where they're needed. Problem is who coordinates it. FEMA should be able to do these tasks...SHOULD. But, they're not doing it.

[Pobeka]

4. The states are mostly being run by adults. Let them handle it, anything is better than feds now

[Thomas Hurt]

2. True they do it for other goods and services.

[eleny]

3. That's what Gov. Cuomo of NY wants to do - gmta!

[Pobeka]

5. Great to hear that! thx n/t

[pnwmom]

6. The problem is they're bidding against the whole world -- and most of our PPE's are being exported

[Pobeka]

8. I meant to reply to your post with my post (#7)

Oops.

[Pobeka]

7. They can *at least* not be bidding against each other. Combine bids and have leverage...

[MissB]

9. Maybe we could call it....

The federal government?

[Turbineguy]

10. States forming a consortiom.....

oh yes, I catch on... like a Federal Government?

[Pobeka]

12. Yeah, yeah, that's it! We could call it the *United* States.

[Turbineguy]

14. That's fucking brilliant!

We could have laws and stuff.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Pritzker Is

He talked about it on a 230 daily briefing a few days ago.
I forget what states he said were working together.

[Pobeka]

13. Yay, yay!!!! thx.