We’re going to literally start losing cities in the next few years, aren’t we?
bloomer: people will build dual power through mutual aid groups, that’s easier than fully abandoning your city
what does he think FEMA is? it’s run from the white house already. if he does anything they’ll just rename it trumpsaster relief to appease the hogs
So it’ll 100% follow the rule of
depending who the majority demographics of the area hit by natural disasters instead of whatever metrics FEMA was using?Probably not going to even do that. They will cut it and then not give out money at all.
Or just to their rich buddies, landlords, etc
Landlord whose slum barely worth the land it was built on collapses: here’s $42million dollars of aid. Good luck humble businessman!
People permanently injured/families of those killed in said slum collapse: fuck off you should have rented a better house if you didn’t want to be killed when it fell down. Pull yourself by your bootstraps or eat shit and die.
Vote for me? Money for you.
Don’t vote for me? Die in a flood.
Very normal behavior from the Federal Government
On Tuesday, Trump said he plans to “wean” states off of FEMA. “A governor should be able to handle it, and frankly, if they can’t handle it, the aftermath, then maybe they shouldn’t be governor,” Trump said.
Yeah when your house gets carried off into the sea we should hold a snap election amongst the flood waters and debris.
Yeah I’ve had a feeling this is the plan from both parties in the guise of “fiscal responsibility”. Defer the burden to the states (maybe with supplemental means-tested grants to the state to disburse), privatizing the response, and thus clearing the way for privatization/landlording of those who remain (e.g. wealthy residents can build their own protection, and developers will build protected housing (via pumps, levees, etc) in which the poor (who are either unable to emigrate or are dependent on work in the areas) will pay to live.)
So while they market it as removing bureaucracy of the state, they are producing a more directly oppressive bureaucracy for wealth transfer to the oppressor. We know many senators and representatives have direct financial ties to developers and construction, and so it only makes sense that they would use disaster as an opportunity to extract wealth via those avenues.
Meanwhile the real solution (or one of) would be nationalization of all “essential” industries remaining in coastal risk zones (as well as all engineering and construction firms active in those areas), and directly use those funds to provide housing for the laborers. While those who are able to emigrate should be supported/encouraged in doing so in a phased manner, such that funds aren’t dedicated to maintaining unsustainable development.
Just my two cents
Oh yeah, it’s managed retreat time.
Dear Florida housing developers, make checks payable to the Trump Organization or Ice Station Zebra.
dictators gunna dick.
congress, do you even exist anymore?
Don’t worry, they’re drafting a strongly-worded letter as we speak.
Even if they actually fairly distributed the money that FEMA would’ve cost (lmao), what the fuck is that supposed to accomplish? Hey you’re stranded in a flooding city, here’s some cash. Buy your way out.
I made a “mafia style shakedown” joke before he said he was scrapping FEMA.
What comes after a mafia style shakedown?How could I forget? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtjyqgZAUk
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