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A Case Study of Republicans vs. Democrats on FEMA | Mother Jones

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2012-11-02T21:55:01.000Z
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The lesson here is simple. At a deep ideological level, Republicans believe that federal bureaucracies are inherently inept, so when Republicans occupy the White House they have no interest in making the federal bureaucracy work. And it doesn't. Democrats, by contrast, take government services seriously and appoint people whose job is to make sure the federal bureaucracy does work. And it does.

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CBS News | FEMA Extends Ex-Chief's Contract | October 26, 2005 20:30:06

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2005-10-27T15:46:52.000Z
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Doesn't resignation mean... er... "I quit" and then you find a new job? "The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday defended the agency's decision to keep him on the job another 30 days as a "completely legitimate thing to d

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BobHarris.com: Bush orders FEMA to protect Upsidedownland

www.bobharris.com
2005-09-13T11:34:58.000Z
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"Welcome to upside-down-land: the areas at risk for Katrina were quite remarkably the areas not included in Bush's declaration of emergency."

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