Pain
It pains me to see each State searching
for, and bidding for, the medical equipment necessary to equip doctors, nurses
and hospitals to deal with the Coronavirus Pandemic. They are competing with each other, as well
as national governments out there, for this stuff. And, damn it, that is perfectly okay with the
Administration in Washington, which is doing some bidding of its own. If this adherence to competitive business
practices, the free enterprise system and to blessed CAPITALISM is all we can
muster, it’s time to consider using another system just for a while, one that functions better in a
time of crisis, as we now are in.
I suggest that all manufacturing
of, bidding for, gathering up of and distributing this material, be centered in
the Federal government in Washington which would have and exercise total
wartime powers. A “czar” who understands
the problem should be appointed to manage this effort. The governor of New York or of Washington,
both battle-tested, might be the one to be put in charge nationwide, and of
course, Obama appointee Ron Klain, who has been there before during the Ebola threat,
should be the general running the operation.
As for the President’s efforts, they just are not working. Dr. Fauci should remain in charge, medically,
but the rest of those participating in the daily briefings should just go home,
including Donald Trump.
JL
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