A potential defense against this: a #CoronavirusCompact. A joint purchasing agreement that lets multiple States buy equipment and supplies under a single contract with suppliers. Uniform prices and coordinated logistics under an interstate authority. It's been done before.
Texas did this decades ago, allowing other States to join its contracts with suppliers for educational and other products and services.
A #CoronavirusCompact among NY, NJ, OH, VA, CA, MI, LA, and other States, both Red and Blue, wouldn't match Federal buying power, but would create a more predictable, overall better customer-supplier relationship than anything the Trump Regime could create.
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