{"id":38482,"date":"2020-03-26T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38482"},"modified":"2020-03-26T12:01:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:01:15","slug":"this-is-how-america-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38482","title":{"rendered":"This Is How America Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/03\/25\/ford-ge-3m-pooling-resources-ventilators-respirators-face-shields-coronavirus\/?fbclid=IwAR1G6iDQhknHlmemmSkxvFWoprcAOS5w_7vpEkdfIP7lLpWAO8vWM3L6UUM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article reporting that Ford Motor Company, GE Healthcare and 3M have started pooling their resources together to make ventilators, respirators and face shields to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>That is fantastic news.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cWe were the arsenal of democracy during two world wars,\u201d Executive Chairman Bill Ford explained during his appearance Tuesday on the \u201cToday Show.\u201d We built iron lungs for polio patients. Whenever we\u2019re called on, we\u2019re there.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re going into our parts bin to see what can be done,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019re a very opportunistic company.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8230;\u201cBy coming together across multiple industries, we can make a real difference for people in need and for those on the front lines of this crisis,\u201d the statement added. \u201cAt Ford, we feel a deep obligation to step up and contribute in times of need, just as we always have through the 117-year history of our company.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Other manufacturers like General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Tesla have announced it will start <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/03\/19\/companies-repurposing-fight-against-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repurposing <\/a>to build medical equipment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Jim Baumbick, vice president of Ford\u2019s Enterprise Product Line Management team, said the company \u201cwanted to help in any way we could in getting a range of critical protective gear in the hands of these brave men and women in the medical community fighting COVID-19 on the front line.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cWe see the need,\u201d he added. \u201cWe just want to jump in and find a way to help.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the sort of thinking that won World War II. It will also win the war against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday The Daily Caller posted an article reporting that Ford Motor Company, GE Healthcare and 3M have started pooling their resources together to make ventilators, respirators and face shields to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. 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