DeletedUser34
hmmmm, it isn't feasible to say FEMA should be scrapped and the money stay with tax payers. I agree it has its bureaucratic issues, but it is a necessary evil. I look at FEMA very similar to how I view welfare. It should be scrapped, BUT,but there has to be something in its place. I agree it needs to be improved, fixed, redone, however you care to categorize it.I know what FEMA is and I know what it has done. It has been a huge failure and has spent countless amounts of money being the failure that they are, that could have been left with the states (not extracted by the federal government) so that they could handle their own emergencies.
If you are arguing that FEMA has been a good steward of the money they have been given, then apparently it is you who needs to do some research.
Contrary to the government indoctrination that so many have been given, we actually can get along without having the federal government take over everything under the sun. That is not the form of government we were given and it most certainly is not the best use of resources. Or, have you forgotten the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on trailers that were junked because they did not meet "FEMA standards", or the checks doled out after Katrina to people who didn't even live there.
Simply said, FEMA hinders recovery. They come in and tell residents what they can and cannot do, won't allow you in your houses and hinder the local people and even volunteers from going in.
It needs to be abolished and the money that funded it should stay in the pockets of the taxpayers.
I personally think states should have the say so in how it is spent. I do agree that states have more input now than they did during Katrina, but, I think states should have ALL say so in how it is spent and where the money goes. However, funding is an issue, so the federal government will always need to have a role.
To say to kill it blindly with no alternative is ridiculous The difference between FEMA and welfare is disaster doesn't rely on laziness or hard work, it just happens much like life.