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To: President U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jared Kushner, Sean Hannity
Who is in the way of getting Pandemic medical equipment produced?
These individuals are taking the position that the Defense Production Act, which can force multiple businesses to provide ventilators, respirators, surgical masks and gowns should not be invoked until absolutely necessary. After tremendous outcry this week from governors, corporate titans, and scientific experts, the President has finally required one company, GM, to immediately produce ventilators. Hundreds of thousands may die, because these "influencers" think it's too soon to have two or two hundred companies join the "war" effort? . Trump says we're not a country based on nationalizing our businesses . Correct. Actually the DPA (Defense Production Act) doesn't give the authority to take ownership of a company....just to direct operations. And it must come from the President. Yet these individuals are standing in the way, while our friends and neighbors in every state are dying from lack of proper equipment.
Why is this important?
Gov. Cuomo announced this week that there are many private companies willing to join this effort but they need the capital to do that, and it has to come from the Federal Government. We've heard of many companies around the country pitching in who are trying to finance without federal aid. In World War II, the government at first tried to lure private industry using financial tools such as tax incentives and write-offs of capital investments. They lost valuable time before they realized it wasn't going to work that way so, using the DPA, they had to guarantee the companies they would purchase the products they needed. IF you agree that we don't have the luxury of time, will you please join this petition to send this message?