An honest US federal government would say all of the following (thread, 1/N): 1) We messed up about as badly as any government can mess up when confronting this crisis; 2) We should have planned much better for pandemics in general, and we utterly failed you in that duty;
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9) Please bear with us while we do the best we can given the constraints we face, under these horrible circumstances that our own obliviousness, partisanship, & failures of imagination have imposed on your lives;
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10) As a nation, we should probably rethink many of our governance systems from the ground up, after we get through the worst of this crisis;
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11) In the November election this year, we'll offer a 'Vote of No Confidence' in the Federal Gov't as a whole; if the majority of citizens express no confidence, we'll organize a Constitutional Convention next year, scrap the existing government, and develop a new government.
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12) Meanwhile, we know we don't deserve your respect, your compliance, or your tax money, but if we don't get your ongoing support, things will get even worse very quickly
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13) Overall, the US Federal Government is here to serve America, and not vice-versa. We failed. We didn't serve or protect you. You should probably choose a different government. OK bye.
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Beyond just the most likely, it is also unprepared to handle the *unknown* risks.
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Help, not have a magic wand.
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