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Showing Original Post only (View all)Bernie Sanders wants to get rid of billionaires. All of them. [View all]
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/24/politics/bernie-sanders-ultra-wealth-tax-billionaires/index.html...
Welp, this is a Billionaire. I am loving him. He is trying to make us all safer and he will keep my niece safer as well. She is on the front line.
This is a Billionaire.
Eric Smidt
Born
Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation
Chairman & CEO Harbor Freight Tools
Net worth
US$3.1 billion (2018)[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Smidt
Today, TODAY he announced this:
Harbor Freight is donating their ENTIRE supply of PPE to hospitals:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213151585
Dear Harbor Freight Community,
As weve been following the news over the last few days, weve heard about the severe shortage of protective gear for hospitals, healthcare workers and first responders as the impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the country. America depends on these heroes every day and in the days ahead we will depend on them even more. At Harbor Freight, we want them to know that they can depend on us too.
So weve decided to donate our entire supply of the personal protective equipment items listed below to front line hospitals with 24 hour emergency rooms in the communities served by our stores.
N95 Masks
Face Shields
5 and 7 mil Nitrile Gloves
If you work at a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in need of these items, please ask the office in charge of procurement at your hospital to click here so they can provide us with the information well need to determine if we can make a donation. If youre not with a hospital, but would like to give us the name of a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in your community that might need our help, please email us at hospitalhelp@harborfreight.com, identify the hospitals city and state in the subject line, and our team will follow-up.
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For hospitals were able to help, well email them a voucher when the supplies are available for pick up at their local Harbor Freight Tools store.
Although we certainly wont have enough of these supplies to fill everyones needs, were going to donate everything weve got. We also recognize that there are so many other critically important people responding to this crisis and that there is need everywhere. Weve chosen to focus our efforts on hospitals with a 24 hour emergency room with the hope that we can help as many people as possible right now.
Thank you and God Bless,
Eric Smidt
Owner and Founder
Harbor Freight Tools
As weve been following the news over the last few days, weve heard about the severe shortage of protective gear for hospitals, healthcare workers and first responders as the impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the country. America depends on these heroes every day and in the days ahead we will depend on them even more. At Harbor Freight, we want them to know that they can depend on us too.
So weve decided to donate our entire supply of the personal protective equipment items listed below to front line hospitals with 24 hour emergency rooms in the communities served by our stores.
N95 Masks
Face Shields
5 and 7 mil Nitrile Gloves
If you work at a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in need of these items, please ask the office in charge of procurement at your hospital to click here so they can provide us with the information well need to determine if we can make a donation. If youre not with a hospital, but would like to give us the name of a hospital with a 24 hour emergency room in your community that might need our help, please email us at hospitalhelp@harborfreight.com, identify the hospitals city and state in the subject line, and our team will follow-up.
snip
For hospitals were able to help, well email them a voucher when the supplies are available for pick up at their local Harbor Freight Tools store.
Although we certainly wont have enough of these supplies to fill everyones needs, were going to donate everything weve got. We also recognize that there are so many other critically important people responding to this crisis and that there is need everywhere. Weve chosen to focus our efforts on hospitals with a 24 hour emergency room with the hope that we can help as many people as possible right now.
Thank you and God Bless,
Eric Smidt
Owner and Founder
Harbor Freight Tools
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What are you doing to make us safer Senator? You are in VT and not in Washington where our Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to protect us any way they can. A billionaire is giving our front line workers protections so they can continue to save lives and not die for doing so. I applaud him.
PS... ...He started his career at the age of 17.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Bernie demonizes. How else could he appear righteous? Not very original and means he can be
emmaverybo
Mar 2020
#7
I think some call it "othering" like creating a demon to be feared.
littlemissmartypants
Mar 2020
#12
Well said. He "others" a lot. Seems a tactic almost--sets himself in opposition to "the other" and
emmaverybo
Mar 2020
#14
one wonders how much PPE bernie is donating. is he paying salaries of laid off arena workers too?
msongs
Mar 2020
#8
And Bloomberg is helping defeat tangerines. BS is home pondering his next divisive action.
we can do it
Mar 2020
#20
Billionaires aside, strong progress could be made, if traitotrump & BS would just STFU!
empedocles
Mar 2020
#26