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Posted on 10/06/2024 6:31:01 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
When Hurricane Helene ravaged the Southeast recently, horror stories of ineptitude by federal government agencies abounded. Repeats of Lahaina and East Palestine.
Here is a proposed solution: abolish FEMA and remove the federal government from the picture
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Eliminating FEMA could expose other agencies that don't work like Head Start.
You strike while the iron is hot. The democrats don’t let a crisis go to waste.
What’s our excuse?
and teacher’s unions. and the CIA. and TSA and...
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No it is time to QUIT STEALING from FEMA and Social Security. These were not intended for what is draining them. And most of it revolves around WELFARE for NON-CONTRIBUTING citizens while the rest of us are hung with the taxpayer debt BECAUSE WE ARE HONEST!
It’s time to disband the whole monolith of Homeland Security. Absolutely worthless.
Sickening and for what? So the Domestic enemy party can import votes.
No. We need FEMA. We just need to get rid of the dead wood.
On November 6 POTUS designate Trump should demand a resignation letter from every federal employee effective Jan 20. The new congress takes hold on Jan. 3rd and will have 17 days to decide which letters to accept. Those accepted will be given 2 years pay. Those who don’t accept will be given a one year termination notice if they are declared surplus. I’m talking entire departments.
Imagine doing it in sync with eliminating capital gains and the corporate income tax. It’d be awesome.
**No. We need FEMA.**
We have a military. It works better.
Lets not stop with fema. Lets get rid of all the departments that the are not supported by the Constitution.
> Here is a proposed solution: abolish FEMA and remove the federal government from the picture <
Gotta agree. A state’s governor knows more about what’s going on in his state than some bureaucrat sitting in some office in Washington, DC.
So disburse all federal relief funds to the governors. Sure, there will probably be a little corruption there. But it will also be way more efficient.
And of course I’m dreaming here. The federal monster devours all, and surrenders nothing.
Trump should dismantle FEMA. Give all the employees their severage pay.
“We have a military. It works better.”
Let us pray you are right.
What makes you think the Federal government is better at managing disaster insurance and retirement investments than private industry?
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Good luck with that. We’re still trying to end funding for NPR.
TSA very rude to everyone in the airport
Trump needs to call for the US military - or much greater mobilization of the national guard at least - to be deployed to the flood area. The devastation is beyond what the private sector can handle, obviously FEMA is not up to the task.
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