So, things like this prove that the U.S. GDP is a made up spreadsheet illusion.

It might be that FEMA and DOE cutbacks are something both Republicans and Democrats want. Otherwise I cannot think why these politicians are speed running ruining institutions which ultimately lead to economic productivity.

Helping people live in a stable condition after a disaster (FEMA) leads to more productivity.

Helping workers be educated and skilled leads to more productivity.

It seems like someone wrote a plan on how to effectively make America lose its economic power, and Republicans are just eating it up.

Don't have a career in government where you help people. Repubs will cannibalize and destroy it.

The want to make US the new Afghanistan?

https://nypost.com/2021/09/11/incredible-scenes-of-womens-liberation-in-1970s-afghanistan/

In the 70's women in miniskirts walking around Kabul. Then the Taliban took over and all that was gone.

Don't let the same thing happen in the US. Use yours fucking vote. I don't have one (for the US).

another one to add to the list of losers to lose

Society cannot survive if the people actively trying to destroy it are allowed to do so.

I think we should all take a moment to remember that these people are fucking pathetic. You can really open hand slap a fascist. They won’t do anything. They’re scared to go to the fanciest cities on Earth because there might be a hobo. Just pathetic people.

-FEMA closed-

-Hurricanes hit Florida-

-There is no FEMA and recovery is slower-

-Republicans blame Democrats for the closure of FEMA-

-Immigrants hired to speed up recovery-

These people are insane.

When I get back to Washington that’s the first thing, we’re gonna — we need a reorganization of FEMA.

We JUST HAD ONE!! That was the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

And then they’ll tell you, ‘Oh, we didn’t send that money to the illegals.’ The hell they didn’t

That has been authorized by Congress the last three appropriations bills. More importantly, that money is for Customs and Border Patrol which for some odd reason, FEMA cuts the checks when it comes to SSP expenditures, why is that? Oh because that's just how the Homeland Security Act of 2002 works.

So the interesting thing here is that Congress writes a confusing method for how accounting works within a department and is then shocked that the manner by how funds get paid is so confusing. Who could have possible seen this coming? I guess 9/11 kind of clouded our ability to have foresight.

SIGH

At any rate. The whole FEMA writes checks that CBP will cash has been weird ever since 2002, that you all finally have come around to "Oh gosh they're spending this on illegals" is just y'all's take on the oddity. But strange that "Oh gosh that's odd" doesn't seem to hit when FEMA is writing checks for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that was going on in 2017 to 2019. Nor when DHS Secretary requested Disaster Relief Funds for ICE to deport illegal immigrants, remember that one?

The thing is, FEMA being this bank account for various other agencies in the Department of Homeland Security only seems weird when it's distinctly shit y'all don't agree with. And let me be clear. I get it, we DO NEED to reorganize FEMA. I'm not debating that. But FEMA should not be a agency of DHS since twenty-two years ago, because this is the shit that happens when you mix agencies like this together.

And this is the thing, Congress knew that this kind of weird shit would happen when they originally placed FEMA into DHS, that was the entire fucking point. Y'all wanted to intermix disaster relief with border protection and all the various bullshit that's involved with the latter because then when you needed funding you could all gasp and go "WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO FUND RECOVERY FROM DISASTERS!!" And this guy hasn't shied away from that argument, he's just using the other side of the coin argument for this instance.

You all have created these weird interactions because it gives you cover when you need it, and a scapegoat when you want it. Burchett can continue to be a useless sack of shit that collects a paycheck and does nothing, just like DesJarlais. These fuckers go to DC, yell at a camera, collect their paycheck, and go home and in, DesJarlais' case, I guess to go impregnate some aide.

Tennessee second, fourth, fifth, and sixth district are fucking useless bastards that if they went into a bathroom in Congress and jerked off would be more than they usually do in a typical day. Anything they have to say should be treated with about the same dignity one gives bird shit on their vehicle's windshield. I mean the others aren't that great, but at least they have demonstrated some small ability to reason. Those four are a fucking lost cause.

Fucking wingnuts. What are we going to do with these asshats still having any power?

Let’s just cut to the chase no more money to the states they represent.

Just for the lols, I voted on the "Is Trump mentally fit for president?" question. It just asks for an email address and a couple of validation questions.

what the fuck is that though? Automatically enrolling someone in a string of "update" mailing lists is a dick move.

I only hope their reporting attitude is better than their data management policy is.