{"id":11903,"date":"2024-08-01T21:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11903"},"modified":"2024-08-01T21:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:59:38","slug":"opponents-of-constitutional-amendments-use-tornado-scare-tactics-dont-believe-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11903","title":{"rendered":"Opponents of constitutional amendments use tornado scare tactics \u2014 don\u2019t believe them"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.badgerinstitute.org\/opponents-of-constitutional-amendments-use-tornado-scare-tactics-dont-believe-them\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The opponents of constitutional amendments that would give legislators say along with the governor on spending federal dollars are claiming that adoption by voters on Aug. 13 would somehow slow down help for people struck by natural disasters.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s simply not true.<\/p>\n

\u201cGod forbid a tornado comes and hits Madison and if FEMA has to come in and start sending money to us, if the Legislature is the one that is holding the keys to the castle and we have to wait for them to decide. I have way more faith in one person making that decision than 132 of them,\u201d said Nick Ramos<\/a> of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.<\/p>\n

In response to such claims, the office of Rep. Robert Wittke (R-Racine) asked the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau for its opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith respect to allocations of FEMA aid provided to the state in the wake of natural disasters or other states of emergency, it is important to note that the Legislature can account for FEMA disaster relief by a process established by legislative rule. That being said, FEMA disaster relief accepted by the governor in connection with disasters like floods or fires or other states of emergency overseen by the state\u2019s Department of Military Affairs is typically provided as reimbursements . . .\u00a0\u00a0to state, local, and individual actors for costs those actors incurred in a disaster,\u201d wrote LRB in response.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs such, FEMA moneys are essentially preapproved for specific reimbursements of costs already incurred and appropriated under existing appropriations to DMA.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, people would get help just as quickly as they always have, and reimbursements to local governments or agencies, for example, could be preapproved through legislative rulemaking long before the tornado ever strikes. That\u2019s explicitly stated in the second referendum question that alludes to approval through either \u201cjoint resolution or as provided by legislative rule.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vote yes<\/a>. And don\u2019t worry about tornadoes. That\u2019s a scare tactic, a literal one.<\/p>\n

Mike Nichols is the President of the Badger Institute. Permission to reprint is granted as long as the author and Badger Institute are properly cited.<\/em><\/p>\n

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