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summer_in_TX

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8. States ordering equipment are in competition for the same limited supply.
Thu Mar 26, 2020, 10:07 PM
Mar 2020

Rachel played a clip with the Massachusetts governor explaining that they are being outbid by other states or in some cases by federal agencies. Gov. Baker said that in a number of cases they had confirmations for orders, that ended up getting canceled by manufacturers.

Competing against other states on the open market for these resources is madness. A huge waste of time and energy for something that ought to be coordinated by the federal government and allocated as needed. And just ONE price per unit paid.

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