wanna buy s FEMA trailer?

FEMA has some used trailers (41,000 of them) to sell and so far,
they've been netting "about 40 cents on each dollar spent by
taxpayers," according to the Washington Post.

That's OK, because taxpayers can get a good deal on a trailer if
they need one, right? Nah. FEMA is selling the trailers 300 at a time
to RV Dealers so they can be resold to consumers for profit. From the
Washington Post:

"As you can imagine, a public auction of so many
vehicles could devastate the market for travel trailers," Michael A.
Molino, president of the 2,700-member Recreational Vehicle Dealers
Association, said in a letter Friday to FEMA Director R. David
Paulison.

Molino's group and the National Association of RV Parks &
Campgrounds asked last week that the trailers be sold in lots of five
or more so dealers can buy and resell them. Both groups said that
selling directly to consumers could pose safety hazards if adequate
training is not provided.

FEMA is working with the General Services Administration, the
federal government's real estate arm, to auction trailers in batches of
about 300 at a time "so we do not flood the market or harm business,"
FEMA spokeswoman Deborah Wing said.

So we guess the real question is, does anyone want to buy a FEMA trailer...

from consumerist.com