Insignificant Washington

On August 13, in his speach announcing that he was running for President of the United States, Republican Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, said that if he were elected President, he would work "to make Washington, D.C., as insignificant in our lives as possible."

Now, he wants the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help deal with the wildfires currently burning in Texas, especially the one burning in Bastrop County, and wants United States Army resources from Fort Hood to help out as well.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like Washington would be less significant in the lives of the fire victims if the federal disaster agency and the federal military were not involved.

Almost all of the folks who have lost their homes to these wildfires are going to need loans to rebuild. Federal loans are some of the most beneficial for people involved in natural disasters. I wonder, if Rick Perry were President, would he want the federal government to make those loans, or would he tell the wildfire victims in Texas that it was a good thing for them to have "Washington, D.C., as insignificant in [their] lives as possible."

"Woe unto you, scribes and pharisees! Hypocrites!" - Jesus of Nazareth