Having worked extensively with FEMA, much of the work is contracted out, which had been frozen. Donald Trump is a walking, talking, unintended consequence.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich