would the left have empowered the private sector to fight covid 19 ?

[HereWeGoAgain]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, there would not have been a need to get the private sector involved in the testing. The CDC would not have been without leadership and the roll out of the test would have gone better.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, the country would have started preparations in December, like the rest of the first world, and so the whole pandemic would be taking a much different trajectory.

WTF do you know about it ya canadian ****?

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

More to the point, at least in my opinion, is that our nation's inherent capitalist mindset is what led the private sector and private individuals to swing into action immediately,

Wrong. CEOs of major corps like GE and Tesla were begging Trump to enact the DPA so they could "swing into action"

There would have been no begging were a Dem in office...for that or for the stock piles of ventilators

Surely you have links.

 

[Lesh]

Democrats denounced Trump's early and prescient travel ban as racist

You mean the one he enacted on a selective basis? The one that allowed infected people from cruise ships and Iran and the EU and the UK to enter without quarantine?

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Obama would have appointed another Czar not based on credentials but race, gender and sexual orientation. This Czar would still be picking its team and the media would have goo running down their collective legs.

 

[JustAGuy1]

If the sick bitch Hitlery was in power(thank God) that the US citizens didnt elect her, all those companies would be either in China, or Mexico. Dumbasses like Lesh, here forgets that the brown turn Oblummer chases all manufacturing overseas. Idiots, thy name is Demoncrap.

Oh bullshit. The move of manufacturing to China got it's main impetus from Fast Track for China under the Bush Admin

Nope.It goes further back.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, there would not have been a need to get the private sector involved in the testing. The CDC would not have been without leadership and the roll out of the test would have gone better.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, the country would have started preparations in December, like the rest of the first world, and so the whole pandemic would be taking a much different trajectory.

No, she would be drinking her chardonnay while you would be gasping your last breath of air. She couldnt give a shit about you, just like she didnt give a shit about HER ambassador and 3 US citizens who died in Benghazi...

 

[yidnar]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Trump waited for the private sector to step in to give them time to scheme & price gouge the federal government. Corporate America does nothing for the people of this Country unless it increases their profit margins & this shit going on right now is a good example. And Trump ain't no fucking better.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, there would not have been a need to get the private sector involved in the testing. The CDC would not have been without leadership and the roll out of the test would have gone better.

Had there been a Democrat in the White House, the country would have started preparations in December, like the rest of the first world, and so the whole pandemic would be taking a much different trajectory.

Right, that's exactly what would have happened:

Joe Biden has made pandemic preparedness a theme of his attacks on President Trump in recent weeks.

But, according to analysis from Gregg Re at Fox News, the Obama-Biden administration repeatedly sought to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "seemingly undercutting former Vice President Joe Biden's repeated attacks on the Trump White House for its pandemic preparedness."


The budget requests are available online via the CDC website.

On many occasions, Democrats, including Biden, have falsely accused President Trump of slashing the CDC's budget. Biden has used these false claims to suggest that he would never even propose similar cuts, let alone make them. Fact checks from the Associated Press and FactCheck.org both proved the claims made by Biden and others to be wrong, because CDC funding actually increased during the Trump administration.

FLASHBACK: The Obama-Biden Administration Repeatedly Sought Millions in CDC Cuts

pjmedia.com

The truth of the matter is it was our bureaucracies (FDA and CDC) who held up everything. The CDC were the only people that had test kits approved by the FDA. When they started to use them, they were faulty. But what else would you expect from our federal government???

 

[Lesh]

would the left have empowered the private sector to fight covid 19 ?

Their support for the Green New Deal Second Great Depression and Communist Revolution should answer your question.

Not to mention how desperate they were to have the Defense Production Act invoked. Tells me they were convinced they would have to order private industry to help, and didn't even consider the possibility of just asking them. Or maybe they just WANTED to order them to.

Without the guarannteed purchase of the DPA the private sector was not going to act. Trump of course wasted weeks before he invoked it...and then used it (those are two distinctly different acts)

And Elon Musk was offering to ramp up production on March 19. Well after Trump should have invoked and enacted the orders

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-19/ge-healthcare-ramps-up-ventilator-production-amid-coronavirus-spread

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Without the guarannteed purchase of the DPA the private sector was not going to act.

really?????????????????? the world's private sectors makes $trillions in goods and services without a guarantee. And is this case it is 10,000000000 times easier since there is huge huge demand and unlimited $ to buy since it is life and death.

Would you care to rethink?

 

[BluesLegend]

Democrats spew hate at corporations, foam at the mouth over corporate bailouts. Corporations respond by building 30,000 ventilators per month...at a single plant.

 

[JustAGuy1]

would the left have empowered the private sector to fight covid 19 ?

Their support for the Green New Deal Second Great Depression and Communist Revolution should answer your question.

Not to mention how desperate they were to have the Defense Production Act invoked. Tells me they were convinced they would have to order private industry to help, and didn't even consider the possibility of just asking them. Or maybe they just WANTED to order them to.

Without the guarannteed purchase of the DPA the private sector was not going to act. Trump of course wasted weeks before he invoked it...and then used it (those are two distinctly different acts)

And Elon Musk was offering to ramp up production on March 19. Well after Trump should have invoked and enacted the orders

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-19/ge-healthcare-ramps-up-ventilator-production-amid-coronavirus-spread

So the answer to the original question is no because the Gov does everything so much better.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

The CDC were the only people that had test kits approved by the FDA. When they started to use them, they were faulty. But what else would you expect from our federal government???

yes, these are classic liberal monopoly bureaucracies. Their job was get up every morning and prevent pandemics and they failed. They were complacent, started late, discouraged others from testing first, and then botched their own effort. They should be cut by 90% and replaced by a small committee with a huge budget that does nothing by tries to buy solutions from the private capitalist sector.

 

[Lesh]

The DPA

On March 18, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, President Trump issued an executive order that defined ventilators and protective equipment as "essential to the national defense", the standard required by the DPA.[17][18] Later that day, he indicated that he would not make immediate use of DPA authority, writing, "Hopefully there will be no need"; he indicated that he would do so in a "worst-case scenario".[19][20] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called upon Trump to "immediately use the powers of the DPA to mass produce and coordinate distribution of" critically needed hospital equipment such as ventilators, swabs, and personal protective equipment.[19][20] On March 20, Trump said that he will use the DPA.[21] General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra spoke to Trump administration officials about how GM could support production of ventilators.[22] On March 23, Trump issued an executive order classifying "health and medical resources necessary to respond to the spread of COVID-19" as subject to the authority granted by DPA to prohibit hoarding and price gouging.[23][24] Trump's continued reluctance to use the act's authorities prompted further criticism.[25] On March 27, 2020, after negotiations with GM to produce ventilators had broken down over cost, which was being estimated at over $1 billion, but primarily due to GM’s uncertainty as to its ability to provide the number of ventilators required speedily, Trump ordered HHS Secretary Alex Azar to use the authority available under the DPA to require GM to accept and prioritize contracts for the number of ventilators that Azar determines to be appropriate.[26] Trump also named Peter Navarro national policy coordinator for the DPA.[27]

When hours matter Trump dithers for weeks

 

[francoHFW]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Trump put off reaction 4 weeks or even months. South Korea got the virus the same day we did. They have had 10,000 cases.

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

When hours matter Trump dithers for weeks

pointing a liberal gun at someone's head and forcing them to make stuff for you is what the soviets and Red Chinese tried. 150 million died. The free market saves lives. Do you understand?

What Trump might have done to encourage Republican capitalism is say, to help you get rich and be a hero we'll buy anything you produce at x price this year, guaranteed, if it works!!

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

would the left have empowered the private sector to fight covid 19 ?

Their support for the Green New Deal Second Great Depression and Communist Revolution should answer your question.

Not to mention how desperate they were to have the Defense Production Act invoked. Tells me they were convinced they would have to order private industry to help, and didn't even consider the possibility of just asking them. Or maybe they just WANTED to order them to.

Without the guarannteed purchase of the DPA the private sector was not going to act. Trump of course wasted weeks before he invoked it...and then used it (those are two distinctly different acts)

And Elon Musk was offering to ramp up production on March 19. Well after Trump should have invoked and enacted the orders

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-19/ge-healthcare-ramps-up-ventilator-production-amid-coronavirus-spread

Your article was from the 18th of this month. We didn't know we needed more ventilators until last week. Who would built a product nobody needed yet?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The CDC were the only people that had test kits approved by the FDA. When they started to use them, they were faulty. But what else would you expect from our federal government???

yes, these are classic liberal monopoly bureaucracies. Their job was get up every morning and prevent pandemics and they failed. They were complacent, started late, discouraged others from testing first, and then botched their own effort. They should be cut by 90% and replaced by a small committee with a huge budget that does nothing by tries to buy solutions from the private capitalist sector.

Not only that, but the FDA just "allowed" hospitals to sterilize badly needed face masks yesterday. We knew we needed more masks for how long now? Why did it take the FDA until yesterday to permit them to do it?

 

[EdwardBaiamonte]

Trump put off reaction 4 weeks or even months.

He issued travel ban 10 days after first case and Dims denounced his ban as racist. Ever think of college???

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

i think it is a question that needs to be asked . the private sector has been retooling researching and fast tracking medical supplies protective gear testing and treatments to fight this outbreak ! thanks to the POTUS actions in removing barriers and government regs to empower the private sector to fight this pandemic we are testing more than any country on earth and are speeding toward treatments that will save thousands of lives ..[it will be the private sector that makes the difference in this fight ! but what if the POTUS was a big government business taxing liberal ? would the private sector be used as effectively in this fight ? if recent history tells us anything the answer is no ! so in the future when the naysayers on the left claim that big government is the answer and more regs and higher taxes are the answer remember this struggle we are facing ! it will be the private sector that has the biggest impact in stopping this virus ...that and taking personal responsibility over our actions like social distancing personal responsibility [something else the left does not believe in ] and not relying on big government to solve all our problems.

Trump put off reaction 4 weeks or even months. South Korea got the virus the same day we did. They have had 10,000 cases.

Can you say population disparity?