FEMA Dramatically Increases Reconstruction Project Budget for No Apparent Reason
Taxpayers nationwide will be forced to fork over money for a Sandy reconstruction project already rife with pork and waste.
Taxpayers nationwide will be forced to fork over money for a Sandy reconstruction project already rife with pork and waste.
If this were an actual emergency...
The United States of Paranoia in The Week.
$13.8 million worth of damage done
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FEMA was not the savior
Tosses suit over storm-damaged homes looking for money
There's more to this subculture than the media stereotypes suggest.
Where would we be without the feds?
Governors of New York and New Jersey combine for $72 billion in requests for federal aid
On top of $9.2 billion it's already received from private insurance and FEMA pay-outs
FEMA's head defends the agency's post-hurricane response by saying that emergency relief is not its job.
They're from the government and they're here to help
The New York Times declares "a big storm requires big government," and my liberal neighbors agree.
Anybody remember that one? It was two months ago.
Doesn't think feds have improved their disaster response since Katrina
Elaborate networks of for-profit and nonprofit entities would plan ahead, mitigate damage, and provide assistance.
This trifecta gets trotted out whenever there's a hurricane, earthquake, or terrifying event.
Never let a good hurricane or "frankenstorm" go to waste, right?
Says he reacted too quickly to hurricane, but not quickly enough to Benghazi
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