[jschveibinz]

I'm not taking a political stance here, because that's not the purpose of this forum. But from an efficiency perspective, I believe the question is whether a federal "agency" (and its associated bureaucracy) is necessary to deal with local emergencies, not whether federal "financial aid" may be necessary to help support state and local governments. Most if not all states have their own emergency management programs.

[Tadpole9181]

And the answer to that question "obviously no".

Stronger apart, economy of small scale. These aren't the phrases.