So how does that work for the states that are always declaring state emergencies and cry to the feds (FEMA) to hurry up and cough up funds (which is supplemented by Tax Payers from across the US) isn't that a sort of my cake and eat it too scenario?
Everyone is declaring the sky is falling (especially Republicans) and saying enough with "big government" well Dubya created the Homeland Security branch and you can't get any more intrusive into private citizens life then those characters can...so many people with short memories in America, it's like Obama inherited all these problems so it's his fault....lol...talk about passing the buck....
I like the perry website, he is real proud of this, yet 1 post below that one is one about trying to secure more Federal Funding for the Hurricane cleanups...soooooo stay out of my house, but pass me your wallet.....
How do you think other tax payers from the other states that never get to dip into these magical emergency funds feel about this sort of thing, especially when people are told time and time again "you shouldn't build your home there, it's in a flood plain" or as in Louisiana......maybe it's a good idea for the state of Louisiana to take some of it's money (if they can pry enough of it from the corrupt officials hands) and build New Orleans to withstand the apocalypse, instead of waiting for the shite to hit the fan and then having to go begging for aid...
Love how a lot of these Republican Governors are thumping their chest and are riling up the locals against Obama's bailout schemes, yet are not saying no to funds being sent to their states to assist in the recovery....it's a good thing the Democrats aren't mean and nasty people, if they were a lot of the funds wouldn't see a Republican state, they don't need any Republican votes in either house.....can you say one party system soon....
A central Government is a necessary evil if the rest of the Union is to survive, because in reality each individual state couldn't do it on their own without assistance....as for intrusive regulation, well it was the republican administration that brought a lot of that into being, and as well it was their ignoring of some regulations that led to wall street crumbling...6 or 1/2 dozen it's all the same thing...