I heard today, the House Republicans refused to allow the Hurricane Sandy relief bill to be heard on the floor. I don't care which party we are affiliated with. These people who are victoms, are our friends and neighbors. They need help. We have such a disfunctional Congress, they should all be embarrassed. We are gathering more supplies and funds this weekend to help out with the victoms of this dissaster. If everyone can help out just a little bit, we all, as a whole are better off. This is the way familys, communities, states, and even country's work. People helping people. Visit your local Red Cross, Salvation Army, or Church. Anything will help. Al
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alswagg said:
Bold = the correct way of providing relief Not through BIGGER (red tape) government.........
alswagg said:
Hmmmm... Per Senators Coburn and Mclame, "64 percent of the $60.4 billion in ‘emergency’ spending in this legislation will not be spent for nearly two years.”
It's not so much a relief bill than a recovery bill. Here is just some of what was in the bill...
•$2 million to repair damage to the roofs of museums in Washington, D.C., while many in Hurricane Sandy’s path still have no roof over their own heads.
•$150 million for fisheries as far away from the storm’s path as Alaska.
•$125 million for the Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Watershed Protection program, which helps restore watersheds damaged by wildfires and drought.
•$20 million for a nationwide Water Resources Priorities Study.
•$15 million for NASA facilities, though NASA itself has called its damage from the hurricane ‘minimal.’
•$50 million in subsidies for tree planting on private properties.
•$336 million for taxpayer-supported AMTRAK without any detailed plan for how the money will be spent.
•$5.3 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers – more than the Corps’ annual budget – with no statement of priorities about how to spend the money.
By the end of November, FEMA had distributed $664M to Sandy victims.
Don't get me wrong, relief is still needed and I do not endorse either political party, but there is plenty of disfunction to go around.
As suggested, give some time and money to charities such as the The Salvation Army or your local church... every little bit helps.
So are we "saying"???? The Govenment is helping,(cough) themselves, and not the ones truely needing help???