How exactly is this going to help?

FEMA slashes amount of immediate aid it will give hurricane victims

Update: Especially considering this tidbit

Also see: Adrastos:

Kicking around small timers who *may* have chiseled $1 billion from FEMA (visit the Wetbank Guide for some unconventional wisdom about this) is a helluva lot easier than going after the Shaw Group and other big ass contractors who raped FEMA post-K and then bragged about it.

Also also see: Maitri:

Don't rake us over the coals because you want to give us less money the next time around. Nine months and continued homelessness, hopelessness and unemployment later, that $2000 isn't burning a hole in a single struggling citizen's pocket. Our suffering from last year will only be compounded by the vagaries of the upcoming hurricane season. Can we depend on FEMA and our government to come through for us then? Right.