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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

If the Federal Stockpile isn't supposed to go to states, who IS it supposed to go to? Who's left?

I think I know what he means, but he said it badly.

The federal stockpile is generally for federal use (military, wars, crisis, etc).

Now, I get you are going to say if this isn't a crisis what is. And, sure, it is.

However, what he seems to be saying is... States shouldn't be skimping on their own stockpiles because they can just rely on the federal stockpile to skimp on costs within their state. Some states shouldn't be spending whatever amount of money on a stockpile while your state skates by and just uses the federal stockpile as if it is their own.

Now, it's bad messaging and a bit silly right now, though probably right at the heart of it.

We don't have say Minnesota not stockpiling salt for winter while every other state does because they say "fuck it. We will save money and use the federal stockpile".

That's what he means. But, it's bad messaging and dumb because nobody could have thought to stockpile as much as this requires. Which is the same reason people expecting the federal stockpile to magically snap it's fingers and have all the stuff is silly as well.

The same shortage federally is kind of expected state by state. They should have been relating their shortages at the state level to theirs at the federal level as a sad reality. Instead, they failed to make the connection


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