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Old 3 April 2020, 03:54 PM   #4934
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Originally Posted by Star Ferry View Post
a few days ago I talked to a friend who sat on the national security council (He's not on it right now). What I was told is that it can't all be set up overnight. Kicking out the old middlemen seems simple, but it's not. If it takes 3 weeks, that's 3 weeks too long. So those old distribution channels are still in place. Yet the market demand has changed so much that the channels aren't working as hoped/expected... All I can say is, the fix isn't that simple, but a lot of the decision makers have ideas very close to your post.
It looks like they got a deal worked out through FEMA..

https://www.startribune.com/trump-in...sks/569337532/

Let's see how this works out.
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