Sunday, September 11, 2005

Insight into how our government works (part X)

Politicizing Disaster Relief: How FEMA Overcompensated Florida Citizens in the Run-Up to the Presidential Election
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/08/142219
"In the fall of 2004, with the presidential election on the horizon, the key battleground state of Florida was facing its second hurricane in less than a month.
In response, FEMA awarded millions of dollars in disaster funds to residents of Miami-Dade County, even though the area did not experience hurricane conditions."

"According to the documents, a federal consultant to FEMA predicted that a disaster could reflect poorly on President Bush and suggested that his re-election staff be brought in to minimize any political liability."

After witnessing the incompetence of FEMA with our own eyes in the Gulf Coast states, how can't we be so naive as to doubt this anymore (mainly for you coindicence theorists out there).

- Vox

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