BIA and FEMA equal total ineffectiveness

I propose we combine the Bureau of Indian Affairs with Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both deal with people suffering afflictions whether man-made or natural. Both comfort their constituents. Both ease acute suffering with monetary and physical assets. Both offer hope and promise future aid. Both have an insatiable need for federal funds.

Now that our country is settled, judicial precedent set and natives assimilated, the BIA primarily handles clerical duties and some limited social integration issues. The ability of the BIA to generate exhaustive time-consuming forms conjoined to additional forms needed to obtain assistance would be an asset. FEMA is relatively new and less adept at using techniques perfected by the BIA. The BIA is proficient at creating treaties with patrons, then later changing the rules with government blessing.

FEMA, now accused of similar tactics, would benefit from tutelage of BIA specialists. However, FEMA has its own tactics. FEMA is an enigma. FEMA appears after a disaster while the press is hot, then largely disappears when the next disaster looms. They become a moving target for applicants and a few idealistic staff members.

With all countrymen being equal, I suggest considering the title, Department of Indigenous Peoples, DIP. Any person having a problem can deal with a DIP representative. Should any recipient, individual or municipality, subsequently find this department expects to DIP into previously awarded funds, it can again contact a DIP representative who can lead them to the proper forms.

David Clemens

Brandon