Everyone OK with this?

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38. WELL said, syringis.

I think you're exactly right.

We NEED good government. I feel like asking all those "I hate the government" folks - so you're okay with anarchy then?

I rubbed it in with a friend of mine who voted for trump. We were texting back and forth about it and I threw in "I can't wait to see how all those 'I hate the government' types start clamoring for NOAA, the National Weather Service, and especially FEMA!"

I remember when Katrina happened, and the most valuable (although, I bet, fleeting) comment came from some man who was in a neighboring state to Louisiana, when the storm had moved inland from New Orleans and was starting to affect where HE lived. And he conceded that "well, I guess there ARE times when you need the federal government." No DUH, dude. Particularly when the disaster crosses state lines, and proves, rather painfully, that no one state can handle all the work or cover all the damage or attend to all the needs of the many who are affected and afflicted.

My husband wondered aloud just this morning - how long before Texas might find it has to levy a state income tax on its citizens to cover all the expenses incurred from Hurricane Harvey.