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To: Bob

How 'bout: There shouldn't be a FEMA?
And before you accuse me of being "intolerant" let me explain that STATES and the LOCAL communities are better off dishing out freebies because they are more local AND more accountable.
But,of course, Bush would be buried in the media if he called for FEMA's demise...
Just gotta love government run schools


19 posted on 06/13/2006 4:33:46 PM PDT by jcparks (LFOD)
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To: jcparks
And before you accuse me of being "intolerant" let me explain...

No risk there. I certainly wouldn't accuse you of being "intolerant". I think the existence of any federal function that isn't mandated by the Constitution should be questioned from time to time. Perhaps eliminated, perhaps not, but occasionally questioned nonetheless. It could make for an interesting debate.

There wasn't any such thing as FEMA, as its own agency, for many, many years after the founding of this country. In fact, I just googled it and found that FEMA wasn't formally established as an independent agency until 1979.

FEMA history

Even before FEMA existed, though, the feds took a role in assisting state and local governments with disaster relief efforts. That assistance was being provided independent of the existence of FEMA itself until 1979.

22 posted on 06/13/2006 5:12:34 PM PDT by Bob
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