A Tennessee Republican congressman on Friday told a conservative podcaster that the first thing he wants to do when he returns to Washington D.C. is advocate to reorganize FEMA – and “shut it down.”“When I get back to Washington that’s the first thing, we’re gonna — we need a reorganization of FEMA....
So, things like this prove that the U.S. GDP is a made up spreadsheet illusion.
It might be that FEMA and DOE cutbacks are something both Republicans and Democrats want. Otherwise I cannot think why these politicians are speed running ruining institutions which ultimately lead to economic productivity.
Helping people live in a stable condition after a disaster (FEMA) leads to more productivity.
Helping workers be educated and skilled leads to more productivity.
It seems like someone wrote a plan on how to effectively make America lose its economic power, and Republicans are just eating it up.
The short term profit is king, because they don’t know if they’ll be re-elected.
The only reason we prioritize GDP is because of a post-facto rationalization for the Nixon Shock.