So basically it's because the governors aren't grateful and the supplies belong to the frat party.

And evidently there's trouble in paradise. https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-white-house-01306286-0bbc-4042-9bfe-890413c6220d.html

This post was edited by Arsenic_Touch on Apr 5 2020 07:50pm

So what part of america is not the states if trump thinks federal supplies are not for states?

Amazon is asking for public donations to pay its delivery drivers to keep operating, trickle down at its finest.

Because scarcity.

Are liberals really that clueless?

I swear you get dumber by the day

Texas is not part of California is not part of New York. Each state has a different agenda, and is designed to look after it's own interest, not the interests of it's neighboring states.

The Federal government exists as an attempt to unite the states and insure that in critical scenarios they work together for the "common good" of all states, as opposed to doing something that will fracture the nation.

Healthcare isn't really a state thing. Financials that assist with healthcare, such as medicaid, medicare, ACA marketplace, insurance regulations, etc. the states are a massive part of. However, when it comes to hospitals, private practices, etc. the actual Healthcare is all privatized.

So if the actual health care institutions in half the states cannot get their hands on the material necessary to provide that care due to the fact that the state entities of the other half the states have gone and panic-bought out the market, then you have a scenario where some states have actively harmed the people of other states, rather than just looked out for their own.

In theory, the federal government preventing the states from monopolizing medical supplies would serve to insure that those who need those supplies can get them. In reality, the idea that either form of government should be directly controlling healthcare resources, as opposed to simply regulating the use of those resources, is absolutely frightening.



Yeah, some people are hoarding toilet paper and attempting to sell it at $50/roll. What's your point? Requesting donations you don't need isn't illegal, so Amazon has simply found a legal method of gouging. Are you surprised?

His entire modus operandi is pretending to be offended.

Well, we all know that there is not enough PPE for all the states. That pretty much means that there needs to be some oversight. Who can we call on for this oversight. Not Kentucky, they are biased for their own needs.
Currently Kentucky has 995 cases, and NY for example has 123,000 cases. Is it fair for Kentucky to hoard PPE supplies?

The article is making it sound like the Federal Govt. is hoarding. They're not. The Fed is splitting up the supplies to the various states as per their needs. Until we have a surplus of PPE gear, this is the way it should be handled.



/e Some times I think some states forget that we are the UNITED States. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/

This post was edited by Ghot on Apr 5 2020 08:49pm

For those who like to wait for verified information, as opposed to media-based information that may or may not pan out:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/covid-data/covidview.html

and

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm

are incredibly relevant. Keep in mind reporting is going to be quite a ways behind what you see on something like worldview. But any death where the patient had or is strongly suspected of having covid19 even if it was not the cause of their death, or even a contributing factor, will still be attributed to it on worldview.

Not surprised, not offended, just over it.
Right now I feel like I am the only person in my country paying tax and not getting handouts.
Now even fortune 500's are begging for handouts.