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liberal_at_heart

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22. People that want to run the country like a business

Thu Nov 1, 2012, 06:52 PM

Nov 2012

don't like to spend money on things they don't know will happen. My husband was a telcom engineer and ran into this at work all the time. People don't like to spend money planning for worst case scenario. We are a reactionary society. We don't like to properly plan for anything. We wait until disaster strikes and then throw money at it until it is fixed. And usually we end up spending more money doing it that way. It's not very efficient. I'm not sure why people who claim to want to be efficient want to run things like that unless they like the panic. It may provide cover for corrupt people who want to take some money off the top and claim they don't know where it is when it comes up missing.

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What's so objectionable about FEMA? [View all] Dem2TheCore Nov 2012 OP

They do a job the Republicans want to pay Halliburton Pab Sungenis Nov 2012 #1

Ding ding ding ding!!! valerief Nov 2012 #16

Setting aside its failings with Katrina...it's about money HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #2

The "Federal" part Scootaloo Nov 2012 #3

Also, Jimmy Carter created FEMA freethought Nov 2012 #23

It's the government, they don't need another reason. gcomeau Nov 2012 #4

Philosophically the same thing that's wrong with Medicare and SS Kber Nov 2012 #5

It's their camps. Totally lame. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2012 #6

It's just the whipping boy du jour.... markpkessinger Nov 2012 #7

Because they help everyone, not just the rich. geckosfeet Nov 2012 #8

cuz they're racist LeftInTX Nov 2012 #9

Add two letters and it becomes FEMALE. dawg Nov 2012 #10

The two P's ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #11

and Plunder libdem4life Nov 2012 #15

Good catch... the three P's it is.... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #19

Because they have been known to help black people Aerows Nov 2012 #12

It's funded by tax dollars and they see it as redistribution of wealth. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #13

I really think they AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #14

Because the greedy CEOs can't profit off disaster. Initech Nov 2012 #17

Two reasons, really quite simple Still Sensible Nov 2012 #18

Because FEMA means "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help"... JHB Nov 2012 #20

It helps people - isn't that reason enough? HopeHoops Nov 2012 #21

People that want to run the country like a business liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #22

it insulates people from predatory capitalism ibegurpard Nov 2012 #24