How the World’s Richest Country Ran Out of Face Masks
All this article highlights is that you can&#x27;t run the government as a business.<p>The GOP has convinced their voters that running the government as a business is a great idea, it&#x27;s not.  The GOP have convinced scared white, Christian, racist, xenophobic people that all the government does is waste their hard earned money paying benefits to poor, non-working, non-white, non-Christian, non-citizen, LGBTQ&#x27;s.<p>I ran Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for a very large Financial Institution.<p>I would say we were world class in our preparedness, but there is NO WAY that a business could be prepared for a <i></i>real disaster<i></i>.  I had to fight tooth and nail for every penny I got, and every time I heard the same line from all the board members, &quot;This is a waste of resources, for something that will probably never happen in our lifetime, if ever.&quot;<p>A Business can&#x27;t stockpile, cash, products, buildings, capacity, extra remote employees, etc. in order to sustain an event lasting 6-12 months, that <i></i>MIGHT NEVER HAPPEN<i></i>.<p>Yes, we all knew this <i>could</i> happen, but there was no way to predict when it would happen.<p>Only a government can and should be preparing for really bad things that might never happen.<p>Frankly running DR &amp; BC wrecked my career at that firm because I was seen as Don Quixote, &quot;Tilting at Windmills.&quot;  I was assigned the job and did my best, assuming it was a stepping stone, and it was, but they expected me to just put on a show.  Instead I took the job seriously, and it eroded their confidence in me, they expected that I should have recognized it as a fluff job, used only to get me exposure to the BOD, justifying the next step up in my career, instead I was &quot;sent down&quot; and had no choice but to leave.