Emergency Preparedness

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The paper discusses that America is spending heavily on defense and the extra expenditure is being funded at the expense of another important sector, emergencies in the US. America is ill prepared to effectively and expeditiously handle natural disasters and other emergencies on its soil. The paper concludes that the government has been adamant about increased funding for war, completely ignoring every kind of castigation . The paper says that this goes to show that public voice has little impact on the President's obstinate, albeit dangerous, resolve to win at all costs.

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"Katrina and Rita victims were handled is enough to support this claim. Another major reason why we must cut down our spending on wars is because clearly those wars in foreign lands have not been able to buy us security. An average American today feels as vulnerable to attacks as he did 7 years ago and similarly an average Iraqi and Afghani is still worrying about the same problems as they did before the war. They like the Americans wanted security but none has been able to get what they bargained for. This is evident from number of surveys and polls as one sources explains: "The public's view that the federal government is spending too much on the military has increased substantially this year, to its highest level in more than 15 years. Gallup's annual World Affairs poll finds more than 4 in 10 Americans now saying the government is spending too much for national defense and the military. Despite this, in recent years, Americans have also become increasingly likely to say the nation's military is not strong enough, with slightly less than half currently expressing this sentiment. Republicans are slightly more likely than Democrats to say the country's military is currently not strong enough; Democrats are much more inclined to feel the government spends too much on the military."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Joseph Carroll, "Perceptions of "Too Much" Military Spending at 15-Year High," Gallup News Service, 02 March 2007; http://www.galluppoll.com/content/Default.aspx?ci=26761&pg=1&VERSION=p.
• Patrick S. Roberts (2005) "What Katrina Means for Emergency Management," The Forum: Vol. 3 :Issue. 3, Article 2 Available at: http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol3/iss3/art2

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