But even some waste can be necessary. I am retired from the VA. We carried some emergency medications that weren’t used very often, so sometimes they expired. But when a patient needed them, it was life or death for that person. Technically waste, but morally not waste.
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It's a "Waste" to keep on-hand Masks -> Shortage
It's a "Waste" to keep on-hand car electronics -> Shortage
It's a "Waste" to keep on-hand Toilet Paper(?) -> Shortage
It's only a waste in times of stability.
The world isn't stable.
And compared to the east way of thinking. "In the us we play chess, go for the queen and king. In the east they play Go, surround your enemy"
This pure profit seeking strategy in 3 month increments will break
Congress should be the ones that make that distinction