The Unnatural Disaster

June, 1998

The Unnatural DisasterThe Federal Emergency Management Agency wants you to believe it is a noble public-service organization. The motto "People helping people" is plastered on its publications and on the walls of its headquarters. A more accurate slogan would be "People helping people to other people's money." Yours, to be exact.FEMA's popularity is one more sign of the decline of individual responsibility in American political culture.FEMA shovels out cash when bad things ha...