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Ol Janx Spirit

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10. Because 50 smaller far less-connected bureaucracies are way more efficient than one.... /s

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 08:26 AM

Mar 2025

But this will not save the government any money. Even red states will demand they get their funding dollars that will now just have little or no oversight. Some will raid those funds to pay for other shortfalls and just demand more from Washington knowing that it looks really bad to deny aid to people that just went through a natural disaster. What the "government efficiency" folks seem to forget is that many of these federal agencies were partially established to make sure that federal dollars were not wasted or repurposed by the states in the specific areas they oversee. These shortsighted new policies are actually the opposite of an efficient way to distribute tax dollars IMO.

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Trump signs order to shift disaster preparations from FEMA to states, local governments [View all] Eugene Mar 2025 OP

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No kidding DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #29

unintended consquences azureblue Mar 2025 #37

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The Uber Rich Republicans and Oligarchs DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #33

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Thoughts and prayers Topomi Mar 2025 #20

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Because 50 smaller far less-connected bureaucracies are way more efficient than one.... /s Ol Janx Spirit Mar 2025 #10

So tariffs and budget cuts just go in his pocket Blue Dotty Mar 2025 #11

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FEMA bromeando Mar 2025 #14

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He probably only sees this as punching Calif. Bayard Mar 2025 #19

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Sucks to live in a red State. Bluestocking Mar 2025 #26

Yes DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #35

But he'll keep the money C_U_L8R Mar 2025 #27

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Ok, hurricanes you heard the ass... MiHale Mar 2025 #30

Then Trump DENVERPOPS Mar 2025 #34

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The best part of this is that all those Trumpers PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2025 #36

Claw backs GenThePerservering Mar 2025 #38

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At this stage BlueKota Mar 2025 #41

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