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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: If You Want to be Mad About FEMA Spending
Date: 10/04/24 11:11 PM
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ptheland: One last try by me. Why does it matter? I didn't dispute your telling of the incidents.

He said why upthread: "whatever FEMA is doing is not helping them, not reaching them. Onsite face to face Government aid will certainly help if and when it actually arrives."

The republicans want this to be an albatross to hang around Harris's neck. They want Americans to believe that what will become the second deadliest hurricane to make landfall in the United States since the 1950s is a simple fix despite it hitting hundreds of miles of the most remote and inaccessible terrain over several states.

FEMA is pouring resources into the most heavily populated, hardest hit areas that stand the best chance of helping the most people the fastest but bighairymike wants to know why those same resources aren't going toward helping three people living thirty miles from anyone else.

In short, this is a blame game.
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