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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:34 AM Jul 2020

House Democrats find Trump overspent for ventilators by as much as $500 million


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House Democrats find Trump overspent for ventilators by as much as $500 million

1. They paid 4-5 times as much as the Obama admin did for functionally identical machines

2. Didn't enforce prior contract or try to build on https://t.co/uzOSfLn0m9?amp=1
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House Democrats find Trump overspent for ventilators by as much as $500 million (Original Post) soothsayer Jul 2020 OP
This is money laundering by design. bullimiami Jul 2020 #1
No doubt. nt crickets Jul 2020 #11
hes trying to bankrupt America so he can buy us cheap samnsara Jul 2020 #2
+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #8
Incompetence, corruption and grift are the three pillars of this administration. LonePirate Jul 2020 #3
From day one Andy823 Jul 2020 #4
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Jul 2020 #5
And turns out we need High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) MoonlitKnight Jul 2020 #6
Corruption on a massive scale. dalton99a Jul 2020 #7
K&R 2naSalit Jul 2020 #9
Let's see, $500 million gratuitous Jul 2020 #10
Free market capitalism, good deal for some. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #12

LonePirate

(13,417 posts)
3. Incompetence, corruption and grift are the three pillars of this administration.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:44 AM
Jul 2020

Almost everything this administration does can be traced back to one of those three factors.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
4. From day one
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:13 AM
Jul 2020

it's about how much money he can get from being president. He is a con man and he has been stealing taxpayer money any way he can, getting kick backs from shady deals, and taking bribes from other countries just to mention a few. He belongs in "jail"!

MoonlitKnight

(1,584 posts)
6. And turns out we need High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:20 AM
Jul 2020

High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) Has been working better than ventilators. We need to be buying more of them.

At least the Trump maladministration bought ventilators. Of course they turned it into a money grab for their supporters. Everything they do has a primary purpose of ripping off taxpayers.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. Let's see, $500 million
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:16 AM
Jul 2020

That could pay for 64,000 unemployed Americans to receive $600 a week for three months. But we can't do that, because the Trump administration had to squander $500 million on ventilators.

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