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Re:It’s Time to Build by jtbayly on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:31PM (#22912030)
BS. If they were prepared, where did everything go? CA had lower income so they burned all the PPE and shut down hospitals?
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Re:It’s Time to Build by blarglechien on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:48PM (#22912125)
I don't know about California but the same kinda shit happened in France. In 2007 our health minister had a bad time because she orderer massive amount of tests, masks, and hydro-alcoolic solutions. It was during SRAS, and at the time for 'nothing'.

All those item were needed 3 weeks ago, but the stock were never fully replenish since. Most of those things are perishable.

WTF.

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Re:It’s Time to Build by nerfhammer on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:52PM (#22912148)
They scrapped it in 2011

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-27/coronavi...

FWIW CA's tax system is pro-cyclical, because they do tax the richest 1%'s more, but the result is that 1%'s don't make any capital gains in recession years so state tax revenues get obliterated during recessions.

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Re:It’s Time to Build by battery_cowboy on Saturday April 18, 2020 @07:50PM (#22912135)
Storing shit and maintaining it costs money.
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