Hank,

Anything short of abolishing FEMA (or any other federal agency) assures the continuation of waste. One constituent's waste is another constituent's sacred cow. It's part of pluralism. i.e., the part of FEMA that protects a fancy schmancy mcmansion (that shouldn't be built on the beach in the first place) of an east coast one percenter is obviously federal waste. The FEMA relief that comes to your aid after the next SF quake is your sacred cow.

Every federal agency could be run more efficiently by just about anybody's point of view. It just depends on whose ox you want to gore and which ox you want to save.

Sg