So no student loans from you BC when you went through college and law school?

If not kudos. But I believe otherwise.

Ol dad

This program needs to be shut down. It's driven the cost of higher education up and negatively impacts millinse with debt that follows them all their life. Majority of don't even get a degree or work in a field using the degree or even requiring on if they did complete theirs.

You should have joined me working on rigs and wellsites. It would have been good for you.

I'm just waiting for when Elon audits defense spending.

you didn't answer the question.

While you were fetching sandwiches for the rig workers, I was living in a tent, in Oman.

ol dad

No one is running on emotions I can see, principles yes, emotions no. I read where FEMA whizzed away it's budget on illegals, snd coyld not fulfill it's mission in NC, that is wrong. An agency funded by tax money to respond to disaster spending it's budget on sheltering people who need sent home to begin with. The agency was already in place and funded, then misused, that is the issue. If you feel it is not a worthwhile agency, that is a different issue, yes? If I pay to have my lawn mowed and the crew say screw it and paints the neighbors house, that is wrong. You move the goal posts, not the taxpayers who don't want to house illegals and then run out of money for their intended mission.

So you focused in on one part everyone agrees on is bull and don't address the poor job and problems Fema does when they do show up and have funds for embezzling. ( THATS hearing the first part and getting emotional enough to not look at the rest) Americans answer is give money to the government to fix everything. Then complain about how bad a job they do & how much it cost from the comfort of the arm chair.

And the I don't need to do any or help out I pay taxes and the government job is to do that. Instead of loading up supplies and tools taking off work if you can and get down to help ourselves.

At most any government involvement should be a very small group to organize but that I even a big if if you take a 5 min look at anything the government runs.

Because I ask a question now I'm a woman....lol
What I said was immediate assistance after an event, even BC thought that was appropriate, I also said the waste and corruption must end, doesn't that include the mishandling of money going on now?

No where do I suggest long term welfare for disaster victims, or illegals, ..geeeze, some of you guys would argue over the color of the sky.

There's a lot of pent up political outrage, just let them vent.

It's blue btw.

If you can find any post of mine, on any internet forum where I say give the govbernment more control and more money, I will drink from a lure bottle of your choice pal! Good luck. My point was if the money is budgeted to that agency that is where it should be spent, not redirected by the puppets pulling the strings to further their agenda. You want rid of FEMA get the letters to your senator ready, people are screaming about the DOGE flushing things already. I'm good with the idea of helping citizens of this country in a disaster, never claimed it was not flawed, the point of the discussion is the flaws showing up.

You sure assume a lot. No student loans. I did have some academic scholarships. Otherwise, paid for with my own money. Happy?

Maybe I hit a nerve with my anti-welfare stance. Are you on the dole too? Do you get a disability check?

Just let it go BC.

You've got to accept at least 8 years of Conservative rule in the White House.

You are not a conservative. You are a commie who wants to give people "free" things. See above.

It seems to me that charity should come from the individual or groups of individuals, such as the church. However, .gov has the responsibility of providing temporary shelter and support of the citizenry effected through the use of the National Guard along with local authorities such as fire and police.

Totally agree with this statement. And I'll go further, and say that kids school sports should be paid for by fundraisers rather than tax payers.

ol' dad

It was not FEMA budgeted money. It was allocated to be handed out in grants to cities and charities ( churches ) to help offset the increase demand for services by primarily asylum seekers. Congress just used the FEMA bureaucracy to hand out the money. Same as having the IRS hand out the money for Obamacare and the Stimulator checks you cashed.

I guess a good question for you on this forum that were affected by the hurricane are you getting the Government help you need?

Your 100% as is everyone here mad about money going to illegals and not Americans where ita needed and ear marked for.

Like Using social security for anything beside what it's there for. Nope they can't keep their hands out of it. And it's going broke. Yes if the government insist on taking from me for my retirement I would rather have the money i pay put in a fund like a Roth just for me and be able to pass it down and know it would be there for me and that alone would make me a millionaire. Instead it's going to be bankrupt and I would be standing in line waiting on scraps if I was planing on needing ss when I retire. As it stands it's not even figured into my retirement plans other than possibly healthcare.


My saving grace is my parents are geting those benefits now So I don't get as mad about that 8 k they took from me last year for ss

Nailed it.