MAke decisions, issue directives as relates the C19 virus, etc...?
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Is it true, that no state or local administration is able to function without input from the federal government?
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Mr. Friscus
Governor
Leftists: It's not possible because all people are either too evil or stupid to run things, so we will.
Conservatives: Of course it's possible. Government is too stupid and evil to run things, and there are hundreds of millions of corpses all across Europe to prove it.
IMO
so trump needs to do it?
cool. there's a moron right there..
meanwhile, generally speaking.... every elected is an automaton..solely dependent on trump?
UPNYA2
Mayor
Yes...….…….. When something is bad or wrong.
Otherwise, no.
All things bad happen because of Trump.
All things good happen in spite of Trump.
That is just the America we live in these days.
but...everybody is just standing around.. waiting for him to tell them to do somethng.. yes?
Mr. Friscus
Governor
Absolutely not.
I don't want to make this some black and white issue. It's not as if the only two choices are 100% local gov't and 100% federal rule. I think there could and should be SOME collaboration.
However, to go to the one extreme and say local gov't CANNOT function without federal saviors is... incorrect.
The question becomes, will the federal government ALLOW local gov't to organically proceed, or will they have a heel on their throat with sanctions and regulations that pretty much guide the local gov't to where the federal wants to go anyways.
One of the craziest things we learned from this epidemic is hospitals only have enough PPE for about two weeks. Unbelievable, especially after the Ebola scare when we found out they were so ill prepared.
It would be like fire departments that only have one hose.
Sure, that is exactly correct.. there is continuity and collaboration...
right... but then the question becomes... why do hospitals stock to only two weeks worth of PPE?
Mr. Friscus
Governor
As there should be.
But there is a clear insinuation when one says local gov't CANNOT function without federal input, at least to me there is.
"You commonfolk can't do what we can, you need super government to save you".
This crisis has proven that to be untrue. The people are more than capable of providing. It should always be a concert, both gov't and people should act against evil or suffering... but the two should have to respect what the other is capable of.
To say local gov't can't do it without help is to purposely downplay what they're capable of.. and as history documents, federal governments enjoy taking control of smaller, localized ones in the name of efficiency and money... but end up actually doing far worse than if they'd never intervened.
ObamacareForever
Senator
They didn't expect a global pandemic.
ObamacareForever
Senator
It's a global problem which makes local efforts futile if they aren't coordinated.
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Jack4freedom
Governor
Many people believe that this virus pandemic is actually a national emergency and would be more effectively dealt with on a national level. You know, like The UNITED States of America. Imagine if we had gone to war on a state by state level after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
New Orleans Mayor did same of not cancelling Mardi Gras...……….
evidently neither should be in charge, I damn sure don't need Trump to tell me Chinese Virus and Swine Flu is deadly.
why do they get a pass. shouldnt they have?
yes.
yet.. care is delivered and coordinated at the local level... no? or does some higher authority have to give the go ahead to provide care?
but we're not talking war...
and we are coordinating it n a national level..
meanwhile, were the states constrained in some way in planning?
ObamacareForever
Senator
Yes, Locals plays defense, while the Fed's can't go their shit together enough to go on offense.
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