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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnybody here know FOR SURE if
NY. will get the 1000 Ventilators from China? Without interference from tRUMPS police? I fucking HOPE NY. gets ALL of them. I fully trust Cuomo to do the right thing with them!
Jamastiene
(38,206 posts)Awesome job.
bluestarone
(22,466 posts)leftieNanner
(16,170 posts)Announced that she is sending 140 ventilators to New York because the outbreak here in Oregon is not that bad. She announced closures very early on and we have benefited from that.
jmbar2
(8,173 posts)Thanks Gov Kate!
bluestarone
(22,466 posts)You should be proud of her!!! If only we would have a person like her in EVERY state!!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)magicarpet
(19,416 posts).... to a PO Box in Wash.DC. The current listed owner is Kushie and Princess Glitter Pussy. The ventilators are drop shipped to there ,.. then they add a 379% markup then ship them to Cuomo in NY.
Middle men who finagle their fingers into any retail transaction are entitled to a fair and reasonable markup/profit.
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fi·na·gle
/fəˈnāɡ
verbINFORMALUS
obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means.
"Ted attended all the football games he could finagle tickets for"
act in a devious or dishonest manner.
"they wrangled and finagled over the fine points"
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A reasonable markup of 378% by Jared&Princess seems more than fair.
For goodness sakes, they are young entrepreneurs trying to keep their children fed, they are not out to make a killing.
bluestarone
(22,466 posts)THIS i would NOT doubt!
magicarpet
(19,416 posts)
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