The editorial page of the New York Times recently hammered Mitt Romney with a piece called “A Big Storm Requires Big Government.” The paper’s editorial board took to task the Republican presidential nominee for his statement that the functions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should be returned to the states or, even better, handed off to private entities.
The Problem with FEMA No One Is Talking About
The agency reduces our incentives to adapt to climate change, and that’s a bad thing.
November 01, 2012