Trump Eyes Sweeping Changes To FEMA, Disaster Relief Efforts
Daily CallerMAR 25
FEMA is an expensive, bureaucratic failure that undermines state responsibility and creates perverse incentives for risky development. States already lead disaster response and only need federal resources when overwhelmed, so eliminating this bloated agency is a common-sense way to restore proper federalism while saving taxpayer money.
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