Thousands of American homes are destroyed. Lives lost and changed. After Hurricane Helene has ripped through many states. The worst affected areas are in Tennessee and North Carolina where entire towns were wiped off the face of the earth. You would expect the federal government to come to the rescue and serve its people. You would be wrong. As billions go to foreign countries’ wars, Americans get nearly nothing in comparison.
The White House has given FEMA nearly 2 billion dollars for hurricane response and recovery efforts. Which sounds great. That is until you realize we have given 106 billion to the Ukrainian government. How is it that there are so many Americans in need and the government can’t give Americans even three percent of what we’re giving to Ukraine, a notoriously corrupt government that is not even in NATO. I’m not saying nothing is being done for hurricane victims. However it is pathetic and shameful that Americans are coming second. The real question should be why? Who is benefiting from this? What corruption within our own government has brought us to this point. Is this a situation similar to Dick Cheney’s involvement and profit from the Iraq War (do a bit of research on Halliburton and the Iraq War) and we just don’t know yet?
This is a continuing pattern of foreign countries getting more assistance than Americans. FEMA has taken the brunt of the blame, but I don’t think that is fair. I believe this goes much higher up than FEMA. This goes back to funding that congress gives. It’s about time that Americans are put ahead of other countries. This is not something that should have to be said.