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Hugin

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2. Good points.
Sun Oct 11, 2020, 05:45 AM
Oct 2020

Yeah, I hear you Sherman A1.

It's not trickling down wrt COVID, however.

Trump's hospital stay is a perfect example. The average American can only dream of having even a small percentage of those resources. These funds would also, if used properly, fund the larger public health initiatives such as making PPE available to those low income and fixed income people who find the additional expense a choice between necessities.

Hopefully, having a dedicated pool of money specified for use on only the pandemic response would focus the Federal government's attention on the need for an active drive toward getting this mess under control. The second reason would be to get the public's attention and hopefully a financial investment would carry with it a personal investment and awareness of the seriousness of the crisis.

Maybe, with Biden/Harris this won't be as severe of a problem as they've been very proactive about COVID. But, I'm anticipating some friction from the Senate if it remains in Republican hands and they'll use COVID as a wedge.

Thanks for the input!

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