@mekkaokereke This whole thread! And this part in particular: "The government spends money on things it shouldn't"
That's something that will always remind me of Bobby Jindal's State of the Union response, where he railed against gov't spending on "something called 'volcano monitoring'"
Like, yes, when the volcanoes aren't doing anything, sure, it seems silly to be monitoring them.
But!
Just because Mt. Rainier isn't erupting /right now/, doesn't make it foolish to keep an eye on it!