In addition to the lack of any constitutional power for the “Federal Emergency Management Agency” (FEMA) to exist, and in addition to it standing as a mutation of the original Lockean political philosophy on which the US government is based (the idea that government exists to stop or punish person on person predation, not to “protect” people from natural dangers), I try to tell economics students that FEMA and all political institutions actually are constant storms, always harming us and our ability to keep our earnings, invest in personal safety, and improve our lives.
This axiomatic law of political-economics often becomes more starkly revealed when government “emergency” groups “jump into action,” because local people cite them for their sloth, inaction, waste, political favoritism, turf-war mentality, and for their adversarial relationship with real, private charitable initiatives.
Thus, we get not just the stories from New Orleans in 2005, when private charity literally was blocked by FEMA, we see more recent stories about FEMA screwing up local efforts to help victims of Hurricane Helene, and now, we see an even darker side to the FEMA bureaucracy.
The Daily Wire November 8 reported:
“A federal disaster relief official ordered workers to bypass the homes of Donald Trump’s supporters as they surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Milton in Florida, according to internal correspondence obtained by The Daily Wire and confirmed by multiple federal employees.”
That’s right, as with all other facets of government, the parasites tell you they occupy their offices “to protect YOU” while they force you to pay, harming your ability to protect yourself, and then, they make political decisions about whom to help.
Classic.
“A FEMA supervisor told workers in a message to ‘avoid homes advertising Trump’ as they canvassed Lake Placid, Florida to identify residents who could qualify for federal aid, internal messages viewed by The Daily Wire reveal. The supervisor, Marn’i Washington, relayed this message both verbally and in a group chat used by the relief team, multiple government employees told The Daily Wire.”
At least some of those employees were honest and offered this information to the Daily Wire, and at least it reminds observant people of the eternal drag that government is on our lives. But this added dimension really can be a gut-punch to people in storm zones or their loved ones.
“The government employees told The Daily Wire that at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance, meaning they were not given the opportunity to qualify for FEMA assistance. Images shared with The Daily Wire show that houses were skipped over by the workers, who wrote in the government system messages such as: ‘Trump sign no entry per leadership.’"
And Daily Wire adds:
“It is unclear whether the same guidance was issued elsewhere in the country. The employees were part of a Department of Homeland Security surge capacity force team, meaning they volunteered from other DHS agencies to help an understaffed FEMA as it dealt with a second major hurricane in a span of just a few weeks.”
Guess what (like virtually all federal agencies) will be asking for politicians to grab more of our money next year?
This infuriating new dimension to the story of desperate people trying to survive after a Level Three hurricane, is just the beginning, because it has lit a proverbial brushfire of outrage.
In fact, hot on the heels of the DailyWire report, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) ordered a major investigation into the news and the bureaucrats who might have been involved.
Writes Mediaite’s Phillip Nieto:
“Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a formal investigation into ‘targeted discrimination’ by federal relief workers over an instruction from a FEMA official that relief workers ignore homes with Trump signs while providing disaster relief in the state.”
But it is essential to keep in mind that every taxpayer is targeted by FEMA and the feds. All one need to do in order to check that, and see the storm of damage that the feds will visit upon one’s home is to choose not to pay the feds. Obviously, we know what the government will do if we don’t pay their protection racket.
Related: FEMA Blocks Private Aid in Hurricane Helene Aftermath, Sparks Public Outrage
Adds Nieto:
“The incident first reported by the Daily Wire and later confirmed by FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell, revealed an employee instructed workers during Hurricane Milton relief efforts not to bother with homes that had signs or flags supporting Trump.
The report also noted that government employees have claimed at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags were ignored during those efforts at the end of October.
FEMA announced on Saturday that the unnamed official responsible for the instruction has been terminated from the agency.
DeSantis has ordered Florida’s Division of Emergency Management investigate the activity of the agency during a critical time in the state’s emergency hurricane relief efforts.
‘The blatant weaponization of government by partisan activists in the federal bureaucracy is yet another reason why the Biden-Harris administration is in its final days,’ DeSantis told his followers on X, formerly Twitter.
‘At my direction, the Division of Emergency Management is launching an investigation into the federal government’s targeted discrimination of Floridians who support Donald Trump,’ DeSantis announced.”
In fact, the stunning revelation has caught the attention of politicians in DC.
No, they’re not going to abide by the Constitution and eliminate FEMA. They’re going to focus on the immediate issue, make some political hay out of it, and leave the corrupt system in place.
But, at least they’re going to shed some light on the new revelations.
As FoxNews and the New York Post reported November 10:
“The House of Representatives Oversight Committee has launched an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after an employee was terminated for instructing hurricane relief workers in Florida to avoid homes with Trump flags
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairperson of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, announced Saturday he sent FEMA Director Deanne Criswell a letter requesting she testify at a hearing to answer questions about the agency’s response to hurricanes Helene and Milton.”
Which brings us back to the fundamentals. FEMA is not sanctioned by the U.S. Constitution, and even if the document were amended to allow for Ms. Criswell to have her parasitic job, and for her employees to infest America as they claim to “help” us with money and opportunities they’ve already stolen from us – yes, even if the Constitution were amended to allow for that corrupt agency to exist, it would not be any more moral or ethical for government to claim power over us in order to later hand out so-called “aid.”
The fraud of it all has been available to see since FEMA was started by Jimmy Carter, but new revelations like these help crystalize the matter and focus attention on it.
Which allows Americans to see that it’s not just the immediate political play that is the problem, it is the agency itself, and the assumption that you don’t own the fruits of your labor.
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