[stingraycharles]

The later form was part of the design from the beginning: relying on imports for something this critical in times of an epidemic was a supply chain risk. It was never intended to compete in terms of pricing.

It baffles me that this wasn’t made more explicit? That seems to be the root cause of the failure.

[SanjayMehta]

Once the epidemic was over, stakeholders forgot about the original motives.

[shimman]

Good thing the country isn't run by shareholders.

Note that a federal jobs program has something like 60-80% support by voters across all political spectrums in the USA.

[reactordev]

oh but it is... oh but it is.

[wrs]

Also, the stakeholders decided the epidemic was a hoax in the first place.