The formula shortage has exactly nothing to do with transportation... |
According to an Executive Order signed by Biden in February 2021 it does. Of course if you're gone from work from July - November 2021...maybe you don't have time to sit in on random EO committees. On February 24, 2021, the President signed E.O. 14017, directing a whole-of-government approach to assessing vulnerabilities in, and strengthening the resilience of, critical supply chains. The Task Force will be led by the Secretaries of Commerce, Transportation, and Agriculture and will focus on areas where a mismatch....and address supply chain vulnerabilities... I'd say infant formula and the ingredients to manufacture them are supply chain vulnerabilities. |
And you don't suppose that the reason that Transportation, Agriculture, and Commerce were all included was due to the expectation that all three of these agencies are responsible for relevant aspects of supply chain? For formula, it's a Commerce and potentially an Agriculture issue. There isn't enough formula...it's not a matter of not being able to move it around fast enough. I'm sorry, but this is just a bizarre criticism to lobby against a parent who is actually dependent on infant formula to keep his kids alive. |
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Pete is a typical politician. He says pretty things... talks in platitudes... but doesn't really say much of anything.
Tired of talk. We need action. Pete proved as mayor that he wasn't terribly effective at acting on issues. He talks pretty, though. |
I think all three work together and when one is missing and no Acting in his or her place - things don't get done. Period. Even now its not DOT running Operation Fly Formula. I guess they ran out of planes. Look I don't care - just like I think the people who said 'Pete's moving to Virginia and going to be the next Governor' were hilariously wrong, I think his fanbase are way over the mark here. He got the job he has but he has no experience in the field or pushing that department's advancement, he's better at being a TV personality period. |
The blame for the formula shortage falls squarely on Donald J Trump’s fat shoulders. He caused this mess. |
Trump causes all the messes! Before, after and during his tenure. |
The military is flying the formula. That’s not DOT. |
...that's the point. |
Yes. That’s what the military should be doing. It’s shouldn’t be DOT. |
The military delivers missiles. Not infant formula...I mean come on. |
I don't understand. Do you think the DOT has a fleet of aircraft for transporting things? |
Considering its the Department of Transportation and it is over the sub-agency of the FAA which maintains a fleet of Critical Event Response/Transportation just for that purpose. YES. My god. |
NP. The military delivers lots of things all over the world; the guys firing the guns have to eat and live overseas. Given their role in disaster relief, I'm sure they provide formula pretty often. They also have existing contracts with commercial companies to provide transport for supplies when necessary. The DOT meanwhile owns a few planes that the FAA uses for training type purposes. Why on Earth would the job go to DOT rather than the massive worldwide logistics operation that DOD is running? |
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This reminds me of the time that Trump had no idea there was a Army Corps of Engineers tasked to mission-critical civil construction.
The defense department is not the transportation network for a damned reason. |