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FEMA is actually a coordination agency, not a government dole. Nobody is getting free trailers or rent or a steak dinner on our dime from FEMA. People staying in the trailers have to pay the cost of their residency. Then, eventually, FEMA takes back the trailers.
You can't rely on hoping some nice person will come along and build a levy. You can't rely on hoping some nice person will come along and bus people out of town. You can't even rely on any corporation to provide relief or aid in times of disaster. When it happens, it's a great help. But a coordinating agency is needed, and FEMA has done a good job of it up until this administration added layers of government to it by placing it under the auspices of Homeland Security.
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I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet
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