The last thing Bubba and the Dems want is people being able to take care of themselves.
Exactly. We on the Right laud the kid who took a bus to Houston and brought 80 people with him. You notice the Left media didn't give this much attention?
There are times, like natural disasters, when we need the Federal Govt. to assume extra powers. But it is temporary and not designed to make people dependent.
The Brits in May 1940 gave the Minister of Labor the power to draft everyone in the country to help with the War - including women. Drastic, yes -- but driven by the dire emergency of the moment and ended when the war ended. Bubba would prefer that we're all directed by the Federal Govt as normal policy.