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In reply to the discussion: Why is the Trump administration outbidding states on medical equipment? [View all]Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)8. He won't give them the equipment they need. And then hoards more. What a piece of shit.
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Why is the Trump administration outbidding states on medical equipment? [View all]
octoberlib
Mar 2020
OP
To wait for rural red areas and redder states to catch up so he can disperse more to his base?
Freethinker65
Mar 2020
#1
He wants blue states to suffer and if possible, die. That is a simple fact.
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#32
Then you must not be telling him enough about how much you love him or your state isnt
Eliot Rosewater
Mar 2020
#59
and/or he wants to drive up profits to the firms that are manufacturing them and selling them.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2020
#16
I would create a state run company to compete directly with the companies
Under The Radar
Mar 2020
#4
In any other world, it would probably be best for feds to purchase/allocate items in short supply.
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#7
Good point. We'd be in a fix without them, grocery deliveries, truck drivers, etc.
Hoyt
Mar 2020
#68
He won't give them the equipment they need. And then hoards more. What a piece of shit.
Cousin Dupree
Mar 2020
#8
By competing with the states, trump is having to spend more taxpayer money to buy supplies
EleanorR
Mar 2020
#14
Maybe Dolt45 wants to rent them out to people who stay in his crappy hotels.
MarianJack
Mar 2020
#27
He's a cult leader, he's forcing state and local officials to praise him in order to get the items
Snake Plissken
Mar 2020
#61