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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYep...Govt must be disempowered...HURRICANE..
bears down on Texas..Could be really bad.
Has Trump defunded FEMA yet?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/us/tropical-storm-harvey/index.html
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Yep...Govt must be disempowered...HURRICANE.. (Original Post)
busterbrown
Aug 2017
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BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)1. He is probably doing that this very minute.
Then afterwards he will tweet, "So sad" or blame Obama for it.
procon
(15,805 posts)2. No FEMA for them... that's from the federal government they love to hate.
States rights and personal responsibility, that's the way they want to go.
Phoenix61
(17,000 posts)3. I feel bad for the people who are going to be
impacted by this storm. Wonder how long it takes for Twitler to do anything to help?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)4. Since Texas voted the right way, they MIGHT get federal assistance
But there's no guarantees, and Texans should be prepared to go it alone when Harvey makes landfall and then just parks itself over the southeastern part of the state, churning and raining for days on end.