Defense Production Act of 1950, passed to streamline production during Korean war, was last used during Covid pandemic

In a statement, the White House said Biden will use the Defense Production Act to improve the domestic manufacturing of medicines deemed crucial for national security and will convene the first meeting of the president’s supply chain resilience council to announce other measures tied to the production and shipment of goods.

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The Defense Production Act of 1950, which was passed to streamline production during the Korean war, was last used in early 2021 during the coronavirus pandemic to accelerate and expand the availability of ventilators and personal protective equipment.

  • spaceghoti@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
    211·
    1 year ago

    Except we’re not operating under democratic rule. Our democracy is under assault from a conservative minority that is determined to block any attempt to utilize government for the public good. How many comments have been lambasting Democrats for failing to do enough, no matter what they tried? Are you proposing we just give up and abandon democracy because we shouldn’t do everything in our power to counter the unprecedented methods Republicans are using to shut us down? Are you arguing for accelerationism?

    • pahlimur@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      It’s people buying into the propaganda that somehow repubs opposing everything somehow is the same as being better than the party trying to do something. Regressives are appealing to idiots because they are loud and have vague answers to hard problems. Shout them down and they might go away. Don’t bother reasoning with them.

    • OldWoodFrame
      31·
      1 year ago

      Except we’re not operating under democratic rule. Our democracy is under assault from a conservative minority that is determined to block any attempt to utilize government for the public good.

      I agree with this, this complaint is baked into my comment. Ideally we wouldn’t be running a government by re-interpreting laws from the past. We are and that’s a shame.

      Are you proposing we just give up and abandon democracy because we shouldn’t do everything in our power to counter the unprecedented methods Republicans are using to shut us down? Are you arguing for accelerationism?

      Oh I’m the opposite of an accelerationist, I think the solution to the Trump problem is just defeating him at the ballot box, the solution to the voter base that likes him is probably just that we have to compromise with them and do weird interpreting like Biden is doing as necessary. Because their votes count equally, they are allowed to vote this way even if I don’t like it.

      It’s just a shame we can’t regularly write good legislation and get it passed to fix specific current problems, and delete the legislation that a majority of folks don’t like. The inertia that leaves the Comstock Act and Insurrection Act on the books 100+ years later to wreak havoc in unpredictable ways is weird and bad.