Privatize What?

Romney wants to eliminate disaster coordination, he thinks private industry could do a better job than Big Government. His ideology says that right now in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania privatized everybody could get things cleaned up and running. 

Why do Republicans want everything the Federal government does to be outsourced to the states?
Answer:  There is money to be made and they want it.
Huge profit centers exist at the state level when Federal tax dollars are funneled in.It's about the MONEY not you.

Imagine today there is no FEMA because it has been outsourced to each individual state. Instead of the greater part of the North East being helped by an umbrella government (Big...and i know that is a dirty word to some) who has spent days preparing for the worst, moved resources into position, coordinated with governors, mayors and first responders..... instead each of these states on the eastern seaboard must fend for themselves. They have to rely on their own ingenuity and hope that the private companies they have contracted with in case of emergency aren't damaged themselves. They have to believe that all their responders will not be personally affected by a mega catastrophe because no one from outside their state will come and help.

Romney wants to eliminate disaster coordination, he thinks private industry could do a better job than Big Government. His ideology says that right now in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania privatized everybody could get things cleaned up and running. 

Of course the dude's never been in a disaster and fail's to see that most of those affected are trying to get their own lives back on track first before trying to get the communities on track, or the power up, or the transportation moving.

Usually the argument is that if you live in an area where a disaster could happen it is your fault. Well are all the people who were in the path of Sandy at fault? Doesn't that mean that every place in the nation is at risk for some calamity be it hurricanes, floods, fires, earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms, heat waves, crop damage etc.? Is every person in the United States at fault just for living somewhere where something disastrous could happen? i hate that argument, it means everyone who lives north of Virginia and east of Ohio are at fault because they were in the path of Sandy..

According to the New York Times Congressional Republicans have forced a 43% reduction in FEMA grants over the last two years. How do you think Chris Christie feels right now knowing this job is bigger than he is? Don't you think Katrina exposed the weakness of a lack of planning and oversight? Who wants fifty pieces of uncoordinated states when disaster strikes?

When the Federal money goes to the state you don't hear much about it after that. Who gets discriminated against in a privatized system that is under State control? Does my street get cleaned of downed trees in an orderly manner or is it who can pay the most gets their areas cleaned up first? When does my power come back on? How much do I have to pay up front? Remember everything becomes a profit center when tax dollars are funneled into the private sector. Private companies are not mandated to work for the community they work for those who pay.

And what about NOAA? All those private weather forecasters getting their information from NOAA. High quality real time forecasting by a government agency coordinating with FEMA to make decisions days in advance of a catastrophe. Hooo Boy! Are the private weather forecasters going to charge you a premium just to figure out you might be in disaster's way? You think private companies are going to help you? 

Private management of a disaster that stretches along the entire eastern seaboard is a demented idea. Maybe vouchers will drain the water off your street or vouchers can get the tree off the transformer that blew up and started a fire. Anyone that thinks private enterprise can handle this is delusional. Privatization of government disaster relief is bad news for society at large.

Floating around the net today are images of helicopters flying in to pluck you out of danger. These aren't government helicopters they are private helicopters but first you must sign their portable credit card machines. This may be the reality in future if the privateers get their way. No signy, no savey.

What...you don't like For Profit Disaster Relief? That is what you get when you gut government.

Which party tries to look out for all of us? Think about it before you vote next week.

i wonder what will happen when they want to privatize the sidewalks then all hell will break loose?

See ya next week.

PS- Did anyone notice I repeated something twice?