Irresponsible federal spending
Who cares about Ebola, anyway? Not Trump.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that a new Ebola outbreak has emerged in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — and thanks to the Trump administration, we are woefully under-equipped to deal with it.
Just as news broke about the resurgence of the deadly disease, the Trump administration made a series of moves that could severely hamper America’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks.
Hours before the announcement from WHO, Trump called on Congress to rescind $252 million that had been set aside specifically for the purpose of dealing with Ebola outbreaks. The money was left over from the funds that Congress appropriated to fight the 2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which was the largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded.
The money, which Trump referred to as “irresponsible federal spending,” was actually set aside intentionally in anticipation of the next outbreak. Having funds available immediately allows the U.S. to quickly deploy health officials to the site of the outbreak so it can be stopped before it spreads further and becomes a deadly — and extremely costly — international crisis.
Yes, it’s “irresponsible” the way having sprinklers in buildings is irresponsible, the way getting vaccinated is irresponsible, the way looking behind you before you back out of a driveway is irresponsible. Responsible people don’t take precautions of any kind, because Jesus saves those who don’t save themselves.
Well, you know, it’s only happening in a shit-hole country, so who cares. What could possibly go wrong?
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“Responsible people don’t take precautions of any kind, because Jesus saves those who don’t save themselves.”
Unless it’s the name of his lawyer, I don’t think it’s Jesus that Trump’s counting on as a precaution in situations he commonly has to deal with.That’s what NDAs are for. When that doesn’t work, you get somebody to pay somebody else off. Easy!
Besides, his physical strength and stamina are extraordinary; he’s the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. Or so I’ve heard.
No way he’s gonna catch Ebola. Anyone else unfortunate enough to not be Donald Trump will have take their own chances, however.
Can you get an NDA from Ebola? And who would pay off the virus? But then, Trump probably thinks all life forms are susceptible to threats and bribes. (And doesn’t realize that viruses are not living).
Trump is:
1. Antiscience; which means anti-reason;
2. Pro-coal and fossil carbon extraction and use for furnace fuel; (climatology is bunk, but anyway, if it turns out otherwise, he and his cronies can take their pick of the real estate offerings in Alaska.)
3. Against environmental protection; forests are for timber, oceans for industrial fishing; grasslands for cow food..
4. Against mass education on birth control and its use; more babies stimulate demand for everything;
5. Against gun controls; the NRA can swing a few votes his way.
6. For trade wars with China and the EU;
7. For increased military spending; good economic booster there.
8. For telling people he can make America great again.
9. For Ebola.
10. For the Great Wall of Mexico.
Quite a CV.
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/world-report/articles/2017-11-17/trumps-america-ignores-scientists-on-climate-change-and-the-environment