Following Hurricane Helene, many private helicopter pilots launched their own search and rescue missions.
One would think government officials would welcome the help of these volunteers, but instead they harassed them and even threatened to arrest them!
In a video shared by comedian and political commentator Jimmy Dore, Jonathan Howard, a member of the Florida State Guard and volunteer for the nonprofit group Aerial Recovery, discussed how the government took credit for the rescue of an 11-day-old baby even though the rescue was done totally by volunteers.
One reason the federal government is unable to provide adequate aid to those impacted by Helene is the government is sending military aid worth billions of dollars to Ukraine and Israel.
Over 700 members of the Tennessee National Guard are deploying to the Middle East as people in the state deal with damage from Hurricane Helene!
After a few months of jumping through the federal government's bureaucratic hoops in seeking to recover from the disaster, many constituents would call my office to say that they now agree that they would be better off if the government would stop trying to "Help" the victims of natural disasters.
Libertarians object to government assistance because it is based on force.
https://ronpaulinstitute.org/hurricane-response-proves-volunteerism-is-better-than-authoritarianism/
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