[TADSLOS]

Better to have people prepare themselves, with supplies, arms, training. better to not have to pay for the same supplies, arms and training, but with whatever it is that the Federal Government skims off the top.

The fact is, the Federal government already pays the lion's share of National Guard funding. If anything, it's the individual state authorities who do the skimming in a variety of creative ways.

[donmeaker]

Sure the Fed pays, with money stolen from the People.

The fed skims like crazy. Only 4 percent of the federal budget goes to defense, of which only a vanishingly small percentage would go to emergency preparation.

You can be pretty inefficient at preparing for your emergency and still beat that with a stick.

It is also a good thing that people who prepare don’t do it visibly, so there is no visible safety net that encourages the lazy to not prepare. People have feedback loops. A kid who wears a helmet will ride his bike or skateboard faster. After all, he has a helmet to keep him safe, right?

The last thing we need is more programs that provide insurance/incentive for people to be irresponsible.