It's not "desperate". If your job performance record shows that you failed to have sufficient resources, and later demonstrates that you made the "wrong" decision, then you you are "stuck with the bill", good or bad!
A person's going out on a job interview, and we're supposed to review is job record for running his store. Now the store catches fire, and guess what happened to the fire fighting capability?
Let the market rule. I’m sure some private business will step up to put out the wildfires, and bill the citizens of Texas accordingly.
The Texas legislature cut $30 million from the yearly budget, and then added $40 million back into the Forest Service/fire budget via the rainy-day fund.
Why didn’t you mention that the budget actually increased once the annual budget was “balanced”, and that the departments did get money from the state?