Uhmmmm, that’s not FEMA’s job…
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So just when I start feeling like I can vote again, I see shit like this…
People, that’s not what FEMA’s job is. That’s what insurance is for. Supposed conservative republicans are asking for more government involvement in what should be private market issues. These same idiots yell about nanny states, but when something happens they want to suckle at the government teat.
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As many of you know I spent two days on the Hill with a former FEMA director a few months back. At one point he said ‘basically FEMA exists to replace uninsured public infrastructure’.
To be sure it was a flip comment and not exhaustive of all situations. But he meant that FEMAs main job is to replace roads, bridges, schools, etc that get destroyed in emergencies. It is assumed that private actors insure their potential losses.
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As many of you know I spent two days on the Hill with a former FEMA director a few months back. At one point he said ‘basically FEMA exists to replace uninsured public infrastructure’.
To be sure it was a flip comment and not exhaustive of all situations. But he meant that FEMAs main job is to replace roads, bridges, schools, etc that get destroyed in emergencies. It is assumed that private actors insure their potential losses.
@jon-nyc said in I’m, that’s not FEMA’s job…:
As many of you know I spent two days on the Hill with a former FEMA director a few months back. At one point he said ‘basically FEMA exists to replace uninsured public infrastructure’.
To be sure it was a flip comment and not exhaustive of all situations. But he meant that FEMAs main job is to replace roads, bridges, schools, etc that get destroyed in emergencies. It is assumed that private actors insure their potential losses.
Oh, I agree entirely. I also think that their mandate would also include generally overseeing immediate recovery and rescue missions. I don’t really have a problem with them assuring there is some coordination between various public and private rescue missions for efficacy. It does sound like they have been too heavy handed and some oversight is needed, and there’s no question that using FEMA personnel and funding for migrant resettlement was a gross misuse of public assets, so bitch all you want about them interfering with private rescue groups, criticize their response time, and definitely demand answers about why they’re already broke… But do not demand them to assume even more responsibility and power. God save us from big government republicans.
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FEMA runs the NFIP.
@Aqua-Letifer said in Uhmmmm, that’s not FEMA’s job…:
FEMA runs the NFIP.
I had not known that. If the guy’s house is covered by NFIP, then yeah, that changes the story pretty drastically,
At the same time, I am willing to bet that the majority of commentators on that thread are also unaware of FEMA running the NFIP and are simply wanting the government to fix things for them.
