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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

FEMA Party Money

Posted by on September 13 at 14:12 PM

Just before the tight 2004 presidential election, FEMA, then run by Bush’s buddy (and horse judge) Michael Brown, inappropriately gave nearly $30 million dollars to thousands of people in Miami who were not affected by Hurricane Frances—”[it] made landfall more than 100 miles away.” Now that the election is a thing of the past, the government wants the money back. Is there a bottom to all of this corruption and deception?