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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5987991" data-attributes="member: 54375">"One of the most reliable patterns in American governance over the last 30 years is the cycle of federal disaster response. When a Democrat is in the White House, they build up competence at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and elsewhere, and rescue and cleanup operations after hurricanes, floods, and other disasters are generally pretty good.But when a Republican takes their place, they destroy all that hard-won state capacity through negligence, incompetence, and corruption. Disaster response is invariably bungled, and many die unnecessarily. Then when a Democrat returns, they have to pick up the pieces"The American Prospect.</blockquote>