Helene & Milton - Political fallout | FEMA steps back

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Airline ticket prices are interesting. I am surprised there are not more price controls in situations like this. Why is it Govt Business? Because landing fees totally fund FAA related huge grants for Airports. Essentially it is a tax on "users" and it totally enables Airlines to have such airports. When a member of Congress gets on tv and announces a 50-200, whatever million dollar Federal grant to an Airport expansion it is 100% landing "taxes"
 
Trump still promoting these lies tonight:



He has posted this before but posted it again tonight.
 
nycfan said:
As batshit as some of the lies Trump’s promoting, there is way crazier shit being pumped out from the (blue check) fringe — this one with nearly 75,000 followers







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I’m so XShitter illiterate that I had to Google around and figure out what “(blue check) fringe” is.
 


One of the things that really damaged McCrory before his first run for governor was that when he was mayor of CLT we had a major gas shortage and gouging event related to a hurricane in the gulf — which was entirely localized to Charlotte. He was totally absent/ineffective.
 
Not sure how well folks understand airline seat pricing. As planes fill up the remaining seats get really expensive. Just because the last seat on the plane sold for $2000 doesn't mean all the seats sold for $2000.

This is not price gouging, it's the airline's everyday business model, and precisely what happens when demand for seats goes up and planes start filling up.
 


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Even in this debunking post, he claims that Mayorkas made an “irresponsible” statement about FEMA needing more funding was politicizing tragedy for “personal gain” which is nonsense. What personal gain????
 
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Here is what Mayorkas said:

“We are meeting the immediate needs with the money that we have. We are expecting another hurricane hitting,” Mayorkas said. “FEMA does not have the funds to make it through the season.”

apnews.com

Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the agency tasked with helping communities recover from Hurricane Helene and other natural disasters does not have enough money to make it through the hurricane season.
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I have acquaintances (not friends) on FB repeating this nonsense about FEMA funds being diverted to "illegal aliens" based on an announcement by "KJP" (whoever that is) in 2022.
 
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