People love the federal government during storms and various weather related times. Right now Texas and Florida are loving the government. However, things like sending our tax money to countries other then America is ridiculous. Sending money to the EU and UN is crazy. Paying for abortions and other medical treatments is not necessary. Sending money to Universities should not happen at the federal level. So yes a lot of government should not happen, but during weather related situations, the federal government needs to step in.
Not its delegated power, not its job.
People’s circumstances, no matter how dire, are not amendments to the Constitution.
There’s an amendment process: either make it lawful or do without.
Last week we faced the prospect of a direct hit from Irma. However bad it could have been (Cat 1 even, near Atlanta), however destructive, wouldn’t occur to me to expect the government to “step in” beyond clearing roads. Everyone should be self-sufficient in such disasters, and insofar as some can’t there should be charities ready (which I did help with).
A big complaint with “feds should step in” is that, arguably, they’ve created the scenario to step into. In Houston, lots of people got cheap flood insurance - encouraging them to build in areas which (golly gee whiz) got flooded, thus the feds encouraging the very situation which the feds are expected to extract people from. Society _must_ come to grips with the reality that: some activities constitute clear risks that others are _not_ obligated to bail the risk-takers out of. Built in a flood zone? warned of imminent flooding (days in advance)? stayed? don’t compel me to pay the high costs of extracting you & rebuilding your home (I may choose to, but there’s a huge difference there). That flood insurance is required per zoning laws should be a huge warning sign to anyone building there; instead of “to build here, we’ll require you to buy dirt-cheap flood insurance others will pay thru the nose to cover” there should be “sign this paper acknowledging you know this area is prone to flooding, that you may lose everything (your life included) if you do build/move there, and that nobody else is obligated to bail your dumb a$$ out if it does flood”.
I know this sounds arrogant & heartless. It’s as arrogant & heartless as “don’t hit that fly on your forehead with a hammer, and if you do I’m not obligated to call 911 nor pay for your skull reconstruction surgery”.