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Friday, April 28, 2006

Senate Panels Says Replace FEMA


The embattled Federal Emergency Management Agency should be scrapped and replaced by a stronger department with direct ties to the president during disasters, Senate investigators concluded in a report released Thursday. (Sun Herald, Friday)

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic seems a particularly apt phrase here.

FEE Timely Classic
Mitigating Disaster: Abolish FEMA and Let Gas Prices Rise (pdf) by Dwight R. Lee