[Wildcatk23]

If you are not going to read my posts, then stop asking me questions that I have already answered. You don't get it because you see the federal government as an entity that should try to be all things to all people. I see a large federal government as a destroyer of human souls. It robs individual citizens of dignity and a sense of purpose in life.

Every time a state governor or US Congressman manages to get part of his or her state declared a disaster area, con artists sweep in and make sure that a substantial amount of the relief funds spent goes toward fraud. Another large cut of the funds goes toward the waste necessary to administer programs from the nation's capital. A few months after the disaster, stories will run about how many millions of dollars scam artists took home. A few get caught but many don't. That is why I strongly oppose federal expenditures on disaster relief. Government is less accountable at its highest levels and most accountable at the local level. If there must be government spending of disaster relief, then let the money come from local and state sources.

Yes the federal government should try to help us all. We pay their bills. they should help us every once and awhile.