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IMO Trump is targeting FEMA, especially in the face of CA politicians for one reason.

Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:10 am

Posted by GumboPot

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:10 am

He knows those corrupt motherfrickers use “wildfires” to help solve Sacramento budget problems every year.

Start a wildfire. Declare a state emergency. Then FEMA swooped in with the cash infusion.

Gavin and the rest of the CA politicians have no incentive to mitigate wildfires.

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Posted by The Maj

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:14 am to GumboPot

Nah he is targeting it because it is a bloated agency that does nothing but slow down disaster aid to the States and individuals immensely.

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Posted by Houag80

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:15 am to The Maj

You both are correct

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Posted by RCDfan1950

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:15 am to GumboPot

FEMA’s red flagging of NC hurricane victims who were pro-Trump opened them to bureaucratic dissolution. I can’t lie as I was truly helped by their flood money in ‘16, but like a lot of the Bureaucracy they became politicized and weaponized. Worse than just criminal as it sews the seeds of Systemic dysfunction and rebellion.

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Posted by mtntiger

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:16 am to GumboPot

Probably not a bad guess. It does seem the wildfires happen with greater frequency lately.

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Posted by SECSolomonGrundy

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:16 am to GumboPot

FEMA sucks

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Posted by Beer did clam

BatonRouge where CATS are RATZ

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:22 am to GumboPot

The absolute most expensive way to get almost anything done, from picking up roadside litter to rockets in space is to have the federal government do it.
Emergency response should be privatized.
Please Pres. Trump hit TSA next.

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Posted by GumboPot

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:23 am to mtntiger

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Probably not a bad guess. It does seem the wildfires happen with greater frequency lately.

In terms of burn acreage, no. I think the wildfires are probably closer to residential properties more than usual though.

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Posted by HonoraryCoonass

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:24 am to GumboPot

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He knows those corrupt motherfrickers use “wildfires” to help solve Sacramento budget problems every year.

If that were the case, why is he so eager to send them the crapload of money for this latest fire, as he promised yesterday? Why not start weaning California now? He wants to get rid of FEMA because it is monumentally wasteful, it fails far more often than it succeeds, and it’s time to try a new approach.

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Posted by 3nOut

I don't really care, Margaret

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:26 am to SECSolomonGrundy

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FEMA sucks

FEMA should be the one unified government agency that all Americans support because it’s entirely apolitical and used solely for disasters.

Unfortunately bloat and entrenched bureaucracy just makes it another politicized agency.

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Posted by lsufan1971

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:28 am to GumboPot

FEMA isn’t anything but a money laundering operation.

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Posted by ruzil

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:39 am to lsufan1971

I had a patient that worked for FEMA in my practice and had $17000 worth of dental benefits per year provided by FEMA.

The average patient with dental insurance has about $1200/year.

In 25 years of dentistry, the largest yearly benefit I had seen was $3000/yr for a Catholic Priest. This woman had more than 10 times the average benefits of regular working people.

frick FEMA and the horse they road in on.

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Posted by Von

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Member since Feb 2019

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:46 am to GumboPot

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I think the wildfires are probably closer to residential properties more than usual though.

Pretty close. I saw pics of smoldering neighborhoods surrounded by green trees.

When did they start measuring wildfire damage in dollars instead of acreage? Gotta pump those numbers up.

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Posted by CAD703X

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Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:49 am to GumboPot

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Gavin and the rest of the CA politicians have no incentive to mitigate wildfires.

sure they do.

Land grab. Look at Nevada. Their utopia is to retake millions of acres of land and declare it off limits...err...I mean "public use" land.

It's Communism in it's purest form.

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Posted by Runner1

North Alabama

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:50 am to GumboPot

Logical but he's still talking about handing over money to said states..

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Posted by LSUgrad2020

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:51 am to GumboPot

I did a presentation to the regional FEMA execs late last year. It took me 45 min once I was at the main gate until I was standing in the conference room. All doors, trunk, were opened. Dogs stiffing and security with mirrors, and all cases were gone through. I get to the office and have to go through metal detectors. Armed security was everywhere. I was shocked of the restrictions and security for FEMA......so wasteful.

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Posted by Vacherie Saint

Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:54 am to GumboPot

Federal funds always come with strings, so don’t let the filth trick you into thinking otherwise.

Secondly, California wildfires is a prime example of a natural phenomenon that morphed into a disaster due to negligent government. There should be no relief without the condition of wholesale policy changes.

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Posted by TigahTeeth

Georgia

Member since Feb 2016

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:56 am to Vacherie Saint

Natural phenomenon? Do explain

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Posted by ksayetiger

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:56 am to mtntiger

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Probably not a bad guess. It does seem the wildfires happen with greater frequency lately.

If we build more solar farms the fires won't happen

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Posted by Vacherie Saint

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Posted on 1/25/25 at 9:58 am to TigahTeeth

I mean wildfires happen. It’s how the government agencies respond that was the failure.

And in this case, it could have been born (or at least amplified) by arson. Another failure by Newsome.

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