She has a point, but her perspective is whack. The founding fathers were pretty much libertarian and they most likely figured that individuals take their own chances with natural disasters and shouldn’t use their countrymen’s involuntary funding as a contingency. Of course, we’re miles of shit past the founders’ libertarian vision for the country, so disaster relief now looks somewhat sensible compared to most current government expenditures. Taxpayer money going to illegals and to Ukraine is so ridiculous that the scam must’ve been orchestrated by people who hate America, its founders, and its current taxpayers. Your significant other was being penny wise and pound foolish.