Why Feed the Beast? (Revised)

Hypothetical situation. You get a flat tire. Then you take it to a tire shop. They fix it, and then give you $100.

The very next thing you (almost anyone where I am from) would do would be to go to the hardware store and buy a pound of nails so that you can put 1 in your driveway every morning with the sharp end leaned up, poking against your tire.

"Cash-Grab Economics."

No business in there right mind would allow you to return with a flat tire and give you $100 for doing so. But that is what our United States' government is doing.

For the past 14 years, the Homeland Security Act has made grant money available to the 17 states sight the highest crime rates. Not 50 including Guam, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Nope it's states like California, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Connecticut, Oregon, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington. These states have taken on average $8.5 billion from the Federal government for the past 14 years all over perceived threats to Homeland Security.

It's a Homeland Security Department grant, but the decisions come from the office of the United States Foreign Service (Jared Mischief's office).