Is it really about the money?
If you are wondering why citizens are being turned away that are coming to help NC and TN – you'll want to hear my experience as someone who has been doing this as a private citizen for almost a decade.
— Ryan Tyre 🇺🇸 (@ryantyre) October 2, 2024
I was able to get into, and out of Asheville. We brought food, water, fuel… pic.twitter.com/EO5NJRdTEN
More to be outraged about at Instapundit.
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I don’t know why I haven’t considered monetizing my commentary here. I should just post a link to a comment through a paywall….
As for past comments, Rand where do I send the bill?
You remind me of someone
Is the US Federal gov a failed state? Or just a collection of criminal gangs?
Yes
At one level, it might be about $$. There are good reasons for not taking physical goods as donations though. You get a bunch of random stuff, some might be expired, and then it has to be transported. Giving money allows for a more efficient purchase and transportation of goods. But excellent point on the preferred vendors issue.
To me, it looks like there are different levels of response right now. This morning, I was looking at flight radar 24 and between Mobile and Tallahassee, there were dozens of helicopters in the air. Lots of Navy closer to the coast and lots of Army inland. Medical helicopters were peppered in there too.
In NC, there were only two Army Blackhawks and a handful of private helicopters with a few medical helicopters. The Asheville airport was busy, and there were some military supply planes there.
The feds can only do so much but it looks like some governors are doing a better job than other governors with the military resources available. NC has to have more than a couple helicopters available to them and I’m not sure why it looks like the feds are ignoring NC.