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Hi all,
I was just reading through the latest news on the coronavirus updates and I see that our twitterer-in-chief has 'demanded' that GM and Ford start making ventilators. So, I'm asking myself, why doesn't he get manufacturing companies that work for him to do that. Why doesn't he call up that wonderful American manufacturing company that's making all of his MAGA hats and tell them to stop making hats and start making ventilators? Why is he singling out Ford and GM to retool for this task. From the sounds of it, there are plenty of companies that are experiencing some slack time and could likely use the business. Isn't that what the stimulus package should be used for? Take a few million dollars and get some smaller manufacturer that's having a hard time right now and set them up to retool and make ventilators. Or give a few million to current ventilator manufacturers so that they can expand their production.
As I see it, the problem with telling GM and Ford to start making ventilators is that you're asking a huge corporation to retool and change focus and in six months you'll just have to put everything back the way it was at another substantial cost to re-establish their previous manufacturing purpose. If, on the other hand, you provide some stimulus to companies that are already making ventilators to expand their current production, then when everything gets done, it won't be quite so tough to close down the expanded operations, if that is what happens when this is all over.
One way or the other, this will end. Either 90% of the population will die or we'll come up with a suitable vaccine for this copy of the corona virus. I'm just curious why he's singling out GM and Ford for this task? Anyone have any ideas?
God bless,
In Christ, ted
I was just reading through the latest news on the coronavirus updates and I see that our twitterer-in-chief has 'demanded' that GM and Ford start making ventilators. So, I'm asking myself, why doesn't he get manufacturing companies that work for him to do that. Why doesn't he call up that wonderful American manufacturing company that's making all of his MAGA hats and tell them to stop making hats and start making ventilators? Why is he singling out Ford and GM to retool for this task. From the sounds of it, there are plenty of companies that are experiencing some slack time and could likely use the business. Isn't that what the stimulus package should be used for? Take a few million dollars and get some smaller manufacturer that's having a hard time right now and set them up to retool and make ventilators. Or give a few million to current ventilator manufacturers so that they can expand their production.
As I see it, the problem with telling GM and Ford to start making ventilators is that you're asking a huge corporation to retool and change focus and in six months you'll just have to put everything back the way it was at another substantial cost to re-establish their previous manufacturing purpose. If, on the other hand, you provide some stimulus to companies that are already making ventilators to expand their current production, then when everything gets done, it won't be quite so tough to close down the expanded operations, if that is what happens when this is all over.
One way or the other, this will end. Either 90% of the population will die or we'll come up with a suitable vaccine for this copy of the corona virus. I'm just curious why he's singling out GM and Ford for this task? Anyone have any ideas?
God bless,
In Christ, ted