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Ocelot II

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5. The problem is that FEMA is (or was) the vehicle for doing that.
Sun Apr 6, 2025, 12:22 PM
Apr 6

The president can't just send money directly to a state, because only Congress can authorize expenditures. As long as FEMA exists and is functional, he can direct it to send money and assistance to one state or another, but if there's no FEMA at all there's no disaster relief money for anybody. In fact, the federal agencies that exist to allocate money to states are being either cut or completely abolished, so how is Dear Leader going to reward the states he likes and punish the ones he doesn't like? He'll find a way but it won't be fast or easy.

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