The Government Need To Decrease Bureaucracy To Ensure The Common Defense

Lawmakers are debating on how to fix FEMA after its failure to react quickly enough to the disaster in the southern states following Katrina devastation of the region. For some reason I doubt they will remove the bureaucracy that is well known to slow government agencies down. The breakdown of communications prior to 9/11 can be blamed on that same bureaucracy, as can other events that require fast and efficient response but did not get them.

All the federal and state governments have to do if they truly wish to prevent an event like Katrina is to look at the bureaucracy that they have installed and find ways to trim it down so that when emergencies occur they can be meant quickly and efficiently. I do not believe the proposed overhaul of FEMA will accomplish that goal.