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by jtbayly 2254 days ago
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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blarglechien 2254 days ago
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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nerfhammer 2254 days ago
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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battery_cowboy 2254 days ago
Storing shit and maintaining it costs money.
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