President Trump says that he would like to end the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, after news broke that FEMA had been spending money for housing on illegal migrants while denying claims for Americans in disaster zones.
“FEMA SHOULD BE TERMINATED,” he wrote in all caps. “IT HAS BEEN SLOW AND TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. INDIVIDUAL STATES SHOULD HANDLE STORMS, ETC., AS THEY COME. BIG SAVINGS, FAR MORE EFFICIENT!!!”
Well, a new report says he’s right. An audit published at the end of January shows that FEMA mismanaged nearly $10 billion between 2020 and 2023. Plus, when they did have claims for Americans to pay out, they did so willy nilly. The report says that “FEMA did not issue determination memorandums when denying or reducing reimbursement requests, as required.”
But when it came to wasting money not for the American people, they were good at that. In one instance, FEMA approved a grant of $1.1 billion that was “supported by one sheet of paper with no itemized costs and was not prepared by a licensed Professional Engineer or cost-estimating professional.”
This is monkey business, man! Yes, get rid of the middle man. Send relief funds directly to the states.
