The flow of money is the same as for any other tragedy - school shooting or natural disaster. Money flows to institutions that hire cooperative individuals who will do as asked in exchange for compensation. The institutions make donations to political parties and candidates. Employees of these institutions and the unions representing them are pressed into attending fundraisers, making donations,, and all the footwork involved in getting candidates in place- even stuffing ballot boxes or getting incoherent nursing home patients to vote. And, of course,, candidates,, once in place, know what's expected of them. No money goes to those actually affected nor do the affected get jobs. Never let a crisis go to waste..