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> Leaving the states to bid against each other for limited supplies is not helpful. What else would you have them do? Only states know what they need, not the
by tathougies 7y ago
> Leaving the states to bid against each other for limited supplies is not helpful.
What else would you have them do? Only states know what they need, not the feds. The feds gave them appropriate money to stockpile medical equipment. They have to spend it.
- dhosek 7y agoThe feds can coordinate the response. This isn't the eighteenth century. Just like employing the DPA can enable more efficient deployment of resources. Some problems require a top-down solution, this is one of them. All the ideology in the world won't change that.
- tathougies 7y agoWhy does it require a top-down solution. How would the DPA invocation help the automakers change their production lines? Does the federal government have expertise there? Can you lay it out for me? > This isn't the eighteenth century. In the twentieth century, our response to the pandemic flu was not a top-down one from the federal level. Local government and even non-profits were the primary responders.
- true_religion 7y agoThe fact that it isn’t the 18th century, means that there is effectively no limit distance limit to governments. There is no need for the US government to retain control here either. A unified response coordinated by the WHO could work.... all for the price of a little thing called national sovereignty. Of course, in reality that’s unworkable. Which is why in reality, federal governments haven’t collapsed into centralized control structures either. Germany for example still has its individual states deciding on testing procedure.