All of this would go away if the Republicans would just work up the courage to start defunding these institutions. But they won’t.
“All of this would go away if the Republicans would just work up the courage to start defunding these institutions. But they won’t.”
GOP Senator Tillis, running for reelection in NC, is giving himself high fives for getting $27 million of taxpayer for Wake Forest University Medical Center to do a Covid study. The study is essentially a daily email sent to people in the community who volunteer to fill out the survey daily. The survey asks how the person is feeling and provides a list of symptoms. The respondents can check any of the symptoms they may be experiencing. So far about 18000 people are participating.
Consider the cost — $27 million dollars. What were the costs? Writing the survey. Setting up the database. Programming the computer to send out the daily survey to the respondents and then receive the information. Once it is set up it all the work is done by computer. No need for human activity by the administrators. The respondents are providing the information at no cost.
How could this have possibly cost more than a million dollars to set up? Who is getting the benefit of the other $26 million? This is a huge boondoggle, likely for big pharma who will get the data for no cost.
Tillis, the establishment never Trumper, has done nothing for conservative voters for 5 1/2 years. He does everything for the donor class. He is now scrambling to appear to be relevant to a GOP voter base he has essentially ignore. It is another hold my nose and vote for Tillis or risk a leftist Democrat getting the seat choice for Republican voters. In other words no choice since if Tillis is reelected he will send the next five years serving the deep state.
On the tearing down of statues across the state, Tillis is hiding in the weeds.