Texans Don't Like Federal Aid. Until They Need It.
May 27 | 2015 Texans donât trust the federal government, and Texas politicians donât like federal disaster relief. Until they do. As floodwaters ravaged Central Texas, President Obama reached out to the state Tuesday afternoon to pledge the full cooperation and support of the federal government, exactly the kind of aid Texas has desperately needed and vocally rejected for so long. Citylab has a comprehensive account of the Lone Star Stateâs tangled and troubled relationship with FEMA. As Capps notes, âTexas suffers more natural disasters than any state in ...
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