“Government agencies” get thier funding from the taxpayer’s wallets. Every penny of thier “help”, in any sense of the word, is paid for by you and me.
The BEST help is always local people getting together to help out those affected. The “circle of help” just expands as a larger area needs help, with the government coming in only when it is too big and too much for the “local” help to handle.
WE are “the government”. The problem with agencies are the elected politicians who typically fill them with toadies and lickspittles instead of qualified public servants. Then they slash the agency’s budget so they can’t afford competent staff. Our press never covers it so it never gets the attention it deserves. That’s why so much bad food hits the grocery stores lately (to cite one example).
Too many planning studies; too much waiting while soliciting input; too much pausing until the sundry litigation is adjudged; WAY too much failure to anticipate negative consequences; ample demonstration that the road to He_l really is paved with good intentions….
David_the_CAD 5 months ago
Sadly true.
Governments tends to be reactionary instead of proactive.
oldpine52 5 months ago
The history of FEMA.
drbee 5 months ago
Boy! It’s too bad Only cartoons dare speak the truth these days- but this one is an even-truer-than-most specimen.
The Reader Premium Member 5 months ago
Except when you are dealing with big government. Then it is too much, too late.
Doug K 5 months ago
“The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” President Ronald Reagan 1986
Mediatech 5 months ago
It’s the least they could do.
cdward 5 months ago
Is it ever possible to do enough and in time when it comes to a crisis? No matter what they do, it will always be too little too late.
bdpoltergeist Premium Member 5 months ago
the SOP for the legislative branch
Brass Orchid Premium Member 5 months ago
Crises are re-usable, and so are usually only put on ice for a bit before being renewed for more timely action later.
sandpiper 5 months ago
This ought to be a plaque on the Washington Monument and on most federal buildings in the hog farm on the Potomac.
Just-me 5 months ago
Sadly, more truth in that strip than is comfortable really.
sprint 5 months ago
As Winston Churchill said “You can always count on Americans to do the right thing after they’ve tried everything else”
rockyridge1977 5 months ago
Government’s red tape……..
figuratively speaking 5 months ago
Too little, too late, then attempt a cover-up.
rshive 5 months ago
By the time that government realizes that a crisis exists, it has come and gone.
HOTLOTUS1 5 months ago
TOO MUCH TOO LITTLE TOO LATE IS DIFFERENT
jconnors3954 5 months ago
Nothing changes!
L L 5 months ago
“Government agencies” get thier funding from the taxpayer’s wallets. Every penny of thier “help”, in any sense of the word, is paid for by you and me.
The BEST help is always local people getting together to help out those affected. The “circle of help” just expands as a larger area needs help, with the government coming in only when it is too big and too much for the “local” help to handle.
mckeonfuneralhomebx 5 months ago
A man turning 70 can not find a job. But can always run for President! He will be referred to as Kiddo..
ChessPirate 5 months ago
Asterisked Footnote: “Oops!”
ladykat 5 months ago
What about the unknown ones that crop up along the way?
Angry Indeed 5 months ago
Well, I think that the U.S. is so divided that there will be no peace on Earth this year or in the foreseeable future. Chill out, everybody!
xSigoff Premium Member 5 months ago
The classic line delivered by Ronald Regan: The line that sends terror though all: I’m from the Government and I’m here to help.
David_J Premium Member 5 months ago
WE are “the government”. The problem with agencies are the elected politicians who typically fill them with toadies and lickspittles instead of qualified public servants. Then they slash the agency’s budget so they can’t afford competent staff. Our press never covers it so it never gets the attention it deserves. That’s why so much bad food hits the grocery stores lately (to cite one example).
Holden Awn 5 months ago
Too many planning studies; too much waiting while soliciting input; too much pausing until the sundry litigation is adjudged; WAY too much failure to anticipate negative consequences; ample demonstration that the road to He_l really is paved with good intentions….
zeexenon 5 months ago
Our Elected Officials demand their 75% Finder’s Fee.
mindjob 5 months ago
And they have to repeat the whole process in a generation because lessons are never learned
Smeagol 5 months ago
The scariest 9 words are “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” – Ronald Reagan
T... 5 months ago
It’s the paracitocrats bible…
eddi-TBH 5 months ago
Stages of a crisis:
1. Noticing something is wrong.
2. Overreacting to the wrong thing.
3. Seeking someone to blame.
4. The punishment of the victims.
5. the rewarding of guilty.