Fema I can understand. Where is the Red Cross?
Lots of hurricane victims asking that, too. I haven’t seen any stories of them out there, yet. Maybe they are, but no one’s covering it yet.
FEMA has internal bureaucratic constrictions which PREVENT their ability to respond on a timely and effective manner. The deficiencies are structural, not necessarily political, and it is only poetic justice that the Current Regime find the exercise of “relief” through this agency is as frustrating for them, as it was for the Bush Administration during the crisis in New Orleans after Katrina.
Romney’s objective of dismantling FEMA and returning the duties of disaster relief to the states is the long-term solution, but for right now, there are WAY too many layers of officials with whom the efforts must be “co-ordinated”.
The Red Cross is encountering these same layers of obstinate resistance to outside help, and much of it comes from Democrat officeholders.
And the Red Cross is not alone in being unable to deliver relief to the affected areas. A number of other charitable organizations, and crews from other areas that rushed in to help restore utilities and clear storm damage, were turned back before they were allowed to enter the region.
FEMA has internal bureaucratic constrictions which PREVENT their ability to respond on a timely and effective manner. The deficiencies are structural, not necessarily political, and it is only poetic justice that the Current Regime find the exercise of “relief” through this agency is as frustrating for them, as it was for the Bush Administration during the crisis in New Orleans after Katrina.
Romney’s objective of dismantling FEMA and returning the duties of disaster relief to the states is the long-term solution, but for right now, there are WAY too many layers of officials with whom the efforts must be “co-ordinated”.
The Red Cross is encountering these same layers of obstinate resistance to outside help, and much of it comes from Democrat officeholders.
And the Red Cross is not alone in being unable to deliver relief to the affected areas. A number of other charitable organizations, and crews from other areas that rushed in to help restore utilities and clear storm damage, were turned back before they were allowed to enter the region.
Red Cross is another bloated, ineffective bureaucracy. Smaller, private charities and individual efforts to help are much more effective.
If they really wanted supplies to increase rapidly, they would do away with price gouging laws. People in nearby areas would bring supplies in by the truck load if they could charge more than what they paid for them. In short order, supply and demand would equalize to create nearer to normal prices, but in the meantime, people would get what they needed and they would naturally conserve by buying only what they needed. This would ensure that there would be more brought in and enough to go around.
Every time government tries to help, it makes things worse.