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Chuds: Why is the government giving money to Ukraine and Israel when it could be giving it to FEMA?
Also Chuds:
Got it. We need to arm FEMA.
As much as it would fuel the FEMA Conspiracy, it seems at this point to be needed.
I'd honestly be surprised if FEMA didn't have an armed paramilitary branch like all the other agencies do.
Just shooting into the sky like Yosemite Sam
You'd figure National Guard is that point but they're too busy blowing up the Middle East to Guard the Nation.
Nah I'm talking wild shit like the Department of Energy's Federal Protective Forces, or United States Postal Service's Postal Inspectors, or the National Institutes of Health's Division of Police.
I looked into it a bit more for background info and I found FEMA's under the the DHS, so whatever squirrelly paramil outfits the DHS runs can be allocated to FEMA I'd presume.
AFAIK the Secret Service was started as the militant anti-counterfeiting wing of the Treasury. Only later on did they get protection details for US politicians and their families.