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The gist of this unattributed quote is that Trump’s supporters don’t measure his success by what he does FOR them, but rather by what he does AGAINST the people they dislike. The age old “others” as the common enemy theme. Over the years, I’ve asked family members, friends, and others to list his policies that have benefitted them directly and how that benefit manifested. That has proved challenging, so I’m throwing the question out to a wider audience. I’m not looking to argue here, I’m only interested in whatever information his supporters may provide. Thanks in advance.

That stands to reason because he manages to score a ton of goals in the absolute INcorrect situation.

People need to read ‘Project 25’ and then they will know the agenda and the means to carry it out.

Yep, it’s the same old debate on allocation of tax revenues and I can respect that. But when it comes to the well being of my fellow citizens devastated by a disaster, there can be no quibbling, imo. Not every state can “up their game” enough to effectively mitigate certain disasters. YMMV, however.

Go Bandits!

Pegula was absolutely correct that the answers were in that room. They were just all wrong answers.

I have no problem if the federal government simply moves the funds to local authorities, which they already do as well. My concern is that when Trump says to get rid of it and let the states handle it (which they also already do with their own emergency response organizations), that he intends to cut off those critical federal funds. And I suspect he wants to cut off the funding given that he and others in his orbit have already put forth the idea of placing conditions on those funds as it is.

What I’m getting at here is that this policy would hurt a large swath of Trump’s constituents. Those states are poor and simply don’t have the tax base to mitigate big disasters over and above what they’re prepared to do currently nor would they be inclined to raise taxes high enough to fund their own disaster management organizations. And most states already have their own emergency management organizations, anyway. But there are times when a huge federal infusion of disaster aid is required. As for the rest of it, I disagree with your take on FEMA and how effective it’s been over the years. They’re mitigating disasters that nobody pays much attention to most of the time.

Not to mention that states typically harder hit by disasters are often those red states that already take in far more federal dollars than they contribute in taxes.

But not for Clinton or Obama. UNPHUCKINGBELIEVABLE.

By silencing critical health agencies and threatening to eliminate FEMA, this administration is a threat to the health and safety of the American people; a clear and present danger to the citizenry. And we are only five days in.

Problem is that there just doesn’t seem to be a SO bad for the powers that be. It’s like TP got so used to digging deep for shale to frack that he just can’t relate to how deep the bottom for his hockey team really is.

I’m curious, instead of brown, I wonder what color Trump will choose for his shirts.

They’re effectively cancelling science already. Just the way the fanatical, fundamentalist right wants it to be.

Well, I don’t have any immigrant children, so I’m good. (sarcasm off) The words of Martin Niemoller that I linked in the 14th Amendment thread are proving to be prophetic. This country’s leadership is bereft of humanity.