Now is the time for all good billionaires to come to the aid of their country by parting with some of their money to do things the govt. refuses to think about.
(*Quickly* manufacturing masks for EVERY American is one thing that comes to mind)
@mcuban@TomSteyer@MikeBloomberg
As long as we've only enough masks for responders and a small number of sick people, that won't work. Masks will be rationed, while continuing to be used inefficiently. N95 masks work best to protect the healthy, while any masks keep the sick from releasing viral laden droplets
Jul 29, 2018 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
With only a circumstantial explanation, can we stipulate that a history of pet ownership demonstrates requisite presidential moral fiber?
Prior to 2016, James Polk (#11) was the only POTUS with no known pets.
A reflection on Polk's moral fiber may be that in an era when…
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[ In an era when] …presidential salary was expected to cover wages for the White House servants, Polk decided to save his salary for other things by bringing slaves to DC from his Tennessee plantation. He told agents "This doesn't concern the public. Keep it to yourself".
Jun 9, 2017 • 20 tweets • 2 min read
Many countries have excellent health care systems, but out of 39 I.M.F. advanced economy countries, we are #37. We can & should do better…
The other 2 bottom countries are Puerto Rico and Cyprus
