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Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts) Thu Mar 26, 2020, 07:33 AM Mar 2020

Pandemics expose our government as being reactionary, not pro-active [View all]

This is why we need POLITICIANS in politics, not businesspersons....and why a government that governs is essential, not a government that is in the business of making money.

To those who thought otherwise, I hereby extend two middle fingers and a primal yell for good measure.

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Pandemics expose our government as being reactionary, not pro-active [View all] Mr. Ected Mar 2020 OP

A good primal yell can be so therapeutic. imblue Mar 2020 #1

need to clarify. Its the trump govt that dropped the ball, our govt had plans and teams in place for beachbumbob Mar 2020 #2

Trump claims to have inherited a broken and obsolete system. The blame has to go back brewens Mar 2020 #3

Obama set up the pandemic response team with in the CDC, trump eliminated that. That team had the beachbumbob Mar 2020 #4

Its not the government its republicans uponit7771 Mar 2020 #7

How was the pandemic response team created? Was that an executive order? I haven't heard brewens Mar 2020 #9

I Would Amend RobinA Mar 2020 #5

Its not "the government" its republicans, this is the 3rd time in my voting lifetime economy crashed uponit7771 Mar 2020 #6

Unfortunate but understandable that replies to an OP on DU from a lifelong (60 years) Democrat Mr. Ected Mar 2020 #8

I think it also reveals our system of govt as disorganized, clunky and slow HarlanPepper Mar 2020 #10