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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just do not be stupid and put trump in charge.  Climate change is in fact reality.  Put in an administration that will begin to take some very long overdue action on that and is competent to try to help the people getting pounded by monster storm after monster storm.  With plenty more to come.[/quote]

Also someone who doesn’t ask who you voted for before deciding whether to activate FEMA and sign bills giving additional resources to areas with natural disasters, terrorism attacks, etc.  pay attention. Biden is doing all he can for red areas. No Republican official says otherwise. And in the run up to an election if he was actually withholding resources, they would have every incentive to make that known— especially in swing states if VA and GA.   If Trump is in office and lets a blue state rot after a major disaster, like he tried to do with CA wildfires and promises to do if elected in 2024, even I a Fed who is proud of my work, thinks it’s important, and serves overwhelmingly red states, and is happy to do so, because the people I serve really need help, and I’m making a difference, one person at a time) will think it’s time to have states manage disasters themselves and stop federal funding for disaster relief. Because either we are in this together when there are disasters. Or it’s every state for themselves. But, it can’t be blue states subsidizing red states under Dem POTUSes/ Congresses and Blue states being hung out to dry under Repuguly POTUSEs/Congresses.

In all seriousness— if the federal government is going to ask who you voted for before providing disaster relief, the best and fairest thing to do is get the federal government out of disaster relief and leave it up to the states, like abortion is now.  Every state for themselves. And given that many state constitutions require a balanced budget, a Helene or Milton or Katrina could be economically painful for everyone in a smaller, poorer state.  To the point employers leave.

But, it’s time to decide— is disaster relief federalized and provided equally to everyone who needs it?  Or is it awarded in a spoils system/ based on political affiliation?  Either on works for me. But it must be consistent across administrations. If that means taking it out of the hands of the federal government, or the federal government having experts at FEMA that states can access, but for which they must reimburse the federal government, so be it. It’s not blue states that are likely to feel the most pain in this case. But Republicans are very good at voting for face eating leaopards and against their own interests. [/quote]

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