I am unable to forgive Trump for how he shortchanged Puerto Rico. I can only hope that whenever he passes into whatever is next he is held accountable for causing these deaths in Puerto Rico. At least I can take solace in that Europeans are fully aware as to how Trump treated Puerto Rico - the rest of the world is learning what America truly is all about under Trump. Rob
I think you are right on both counts.
We wouldn’t want to grant too much power, political or otherwise, to public employees. Many countries privatize airport screening or make it a local responsibility. Canada essentially privatized air traffic control twenty years ago. Maybe incidents like this are a good time to reconsider the role of the central government, if only for resilience reasons.
I also think you’re right about Congress ceding too much power to an increasingly imperial presidency and administrative state. That’s been going on at least since Wilson.
Would it not take years to complete this Great Wall of Trump and if so, what would he do in the meantime with all those waiting at the border if they can't deal with them now? None of it makes any sense to me. Another thing that strikes me when the media does stories about federal employees not receiving pay is how close to the edge many are living. Just missing one paycheck seems to throw them into all sorts of financial difficulty or perhaps that's just "fake news".
And.....
There's a Federal grant program that helps fund fire departments, providing for gear purchases, training, and some amount of stipends for smaller departments.
My department relies upon it as part of our budgeting process.
The people responsible for processing the grant stuff are out-of-the-office due to the shutdown. So no grants, and our yearly budget now has to remove or delay some essential items. My SCBA, the breathing gear I use for structural firefighting and HAZMAT situations, is out-of-date and not compliant with current legal requirements, and was due to be replaced from this grant cycle.
So....
I think I have a s'mores recipe somewhere.
Well, if Trump wants to take $40 billion from the military budget and build a fixed fortification on the southern border, I won’t b*tch. As long as somebody in the future doesn’t decide to use it to keep us in...rather than keep them out.
Anyone who thinks a wall is the answer for border security has never seen the Shawshank Redemption. I suspect the mexicans have more effective tools than a prisoner would so it won’t likely take them 19 years to figure out how to breach it.
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