The Real Mitt Romney

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Originally Posted by richlevy

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I think this guy is thinking of the Bush-era 'Brownie' FEMA.

Most of the time FEMA does it's job quite well. And having one national emergency agency, which will be constantly training and gaining field experience is a good idea in addition to the existing state agencies, which are victims to states ongoing budget crises and a certain forgetfulness when the last major disaster in a state can be years ago.

Privatizing FEMA would be even worse. Can you imagine putting the profit motive and someone like Halliburton/KBR into this - kickbacks to state legislators, horrendous markups on disaster supplies and services? All the graft and corruption we encountered in Iraq brought here to our own desperate citizens in their worst time of need.

I'm not in favor of privatizing FEMA, and yes, I was clearly referring to Brown era FEMA. The big idea here though, is that WE take care of OURSELVES, and help our neighbors and friends. DON'T rely on the gov't to take care of us.

DO NOT become dependent on the gov't, for your survival and recovery, in an emergency. You will be quite sorry if you do, because FEMA can be overwhelmed in any big emergency, and YOU could be totally ignored. You probably will be found after you're dead, however. I'll give them that much credit.