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Originally Posted by Redlemon
See my posted article up at Post 3: Bush crippled FEMA. So, who's supposed to help?
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Right. The DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY controlls these funds. Not bush. The DHS is a cabinet-level office. This office took funds from FEMA, not bush.
FEMA still gets plenty of money. They are spending money year-round on hurricane-preparedness research. (I do some of that data collection). It hasn't been totally dried up.
This year's budget provides $3.6 billion more than in 2004 for DHS programs—a doubling of funding since 2001
2005
Discretionary Budget Authority:
$33.8 billion
What DHS does with it is up to them - not bush