Government by billionaires? Cuomo names former Google CEO to
join Gates & Bloomberg in drafting post-pandemic ‘reforms’
6 May, 2020 20:22 / Updated 1 day ago
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed ex-Google CEO Eric
Schmidt to lead a panel on post-pandemic “reform” of health and
education systems, despite criticism for taking other billionaires with
conflicts of interest on board.
Schmidt will head a ‘Blue Ribbon Commission’ tasked with “
reimagining”
New York's existing systems of healthcare and education, Cuomo
announced on Wednesday during his daily coronavirus briefing. The
decision to place such power in the hands of another unelected
billionaire has riled critics already uneasy about the governor's
post-Covid-19 plans.
The panel's initial priorities will be “
tele-health, remote learning and broadband,”
Schmidt announced, dropping into Cuomo's broadcast. The former Google
exec still receives a paycheck from parent company Alphabet in an
advisory capacity, raising questions of conflict of interest given
Google's leading role in developing a digital contact-tracing platform
for Covid-19. While Cuomo confirmed in the same presser that the state
is partnering with former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg – another
billionaire – in building a human contact-tracing network, any digital
component will likely involve the participation of Google. At the same
time, the tech giant's insatiable hunger for health data, as evinced by
initiatives like Project Nightingale and Google's acquisition of Fitbit,
is unlikely to sit well with New Yorkers concerned about the company's
privacy record.
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Blogger's note: Can you believe what this asshole, Mario's son Andrew, has done. If this idiot was not Mario's son he would probably be a knee capper.
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