A rock and a hard place

IM says the federal authority for the existence of FEMA relies on the general welfare clause (also known as the tax and spend clause, clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the constitution).

Numerous Republican conservatives have said so, not all of them libertarians like Ron Paul.

Mike Lee Suggests FEMA, Federal Poverty And Food Safety Programs Are All Unconstitutional

Of course, in addition to their objection to its constitutionality their underlying, real problem with the thing is its wholly redistributive function – though it is only that in the same way as a massive, national emergency management insurance policy.

But even that’s too much for these free market fundamentalists.

Ron Paul

Sheila Samples at Lew Rockwell on FEMA

And then there are the crackpots who think FEMA runs secret government concentration camps and will help the black helos of the UN impose a New World Order tyranny when Obama gives the word.

But when disaster strikes their own districts they get on board, like both Peter and Steve King in the US House.

See?

We’ve all been corrupted.

All we want is handouts.