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Sandy caused $37 billion in damage in NJ: Christie
New York Post ^ | November 28, 2012 | Associated Press

Posted on 11/29/2012 7:12:19 AM PST by Stingray51

TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Chris Christie says Superstorm Sandy caused $36.8 billion in damage in New Jersey.

Christie is requesting that amount, which is greater than his state's entire budget, from the federal government.

Christie says more than 30,000 homes or businesses were destroyed or sustained substantial damage from last month's storm.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: christie; pricetag; sandy
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This is laughable. The idea that Sandy caused more damage along the New Jersey shoreline than the entire state budget of New Jersey is just crazy. Christie says that 30,000 homes and businesses were destroyed OR sustained substantial damage. The devil is in the detail of what "substantial" means. For argument's sake, let's say that the 30,000 structures suffered an average of $500,000 in damage. 30,000 x 500,000 = 15 billion. And I think that is a ludicrously high figure. And a lot of this was or should have been covered by insurance. The public has got to wake up to there being no such thing as free money and stop accepting as compassion the taking of other people's money by taxes, dilution by running the printing presses or the indebting of future generations.
1 posted on 11/29/2012 7:12:23 AM PST by Stingray51
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Actually, $37 billion is going to turn out to be exceedingly low, although the exact impact on the New Jersey economy will be difficult to pin down.

You see, Sandy is credited with giving Obama a last minute boost in the last election. The loss for the nation will be in the $trillions.

2 posted on 11/29/2012 7:15:45 AM PST by ArGee (Reality - what a concept.)
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feeding at the public trough


3 posted on 11/29/2012 7:16:26 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Christie can just go to his new BFF, who will give him our tax dollars for “rebuilding.”


4 posted on 11/29/2012 7:16:57 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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Christie is requesting that amount, which is greater than his state's entire budget, from the federal government.

Yeah, I'm sure Obama is going to get right on that. /s

5 posted on 11/29/2012 7:16:57 AM PST by dfwgator
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Sandy caused $37 billion in damage in NJ: Christie

Christie: Your election-eve behavior in exploiting Sandy to suck up to The Skinny Dictator did damage to America that can't yet be calculated. One place or the other, you'll pay.

6 posted on 11/29/2012 7:18:47 AM PST by SamuraiScot
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I'm gonna tell them $37B. Okay.


7 posted on 11/29/2012 7:20:08 AM PST by ILS21R (Everything... IS... a conspiracy)
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To: Stingray51
That was just on donuts.
8 posted on 11/29/2012 7:21:44 AM PST by Perdogg (Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
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To: ArGee

Hey Christie, let your *&#@&*+ unions repair things.

Before they shove themselves up their smelly Obamas.

As for you, you RINO, please precede the unions in that smelly Obama trip into darkness.


9 posted on 11/29/2012 7:21:59 AM PST by Da Coyote
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And now we see what the Fat Slob was up to pre-election. He is just another phony RINO feeding at the trough in many different ways. The worst type of hypocrite.


10 posted on 11/29/2012 7:23:17 AM PST by BlueStateRightist (Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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Looks like this is where the rubber meets the road, Mr. Christie.

Was the short term benefit your dog and pony show to make 0 look good after Sandy worth it?


11 posted on 11/29/2012 7:25:08 AM PST by MichaelCorleone ('We the People' can and will take this country back...starting today.)
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Well, GOOD LUCK, Governor!

Of course he can "request" it -- but I doubt Obama has much left in his "stash" after paying for food stamps and Obamaphones and stuff.

Christie isn't going to get anything near that amount, and he knows it!

BTW I believe the Federal Flood Insurance program only covers up to a maximum of $250k + $100k contents for a home or $500k for a business. Since the bad damage was mostly due to storm surge flooding, a lot of homeowners and businesses have big uninsured losses after Sandy. The FEMA low-interest loans probably aren't such a bad deal if someone was planning on a teardown anyway -- otherwise, not. And most weren't.

12 posted on 11/29/2012 7:27:04 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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The White Hut says they’ll get back to you, Guv.


13 posted on 11/29/2012 7:29:07 AM PST by skeeter
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Super Storm? Cat 1?

Unprepared Government and Graffe

14 posted on 11/29/2012 7:29:21 AM PST by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: MichaelCorleone

CC did himself more damage than he knows by recklessly prostituting himself to the ‘O’ big spending agenda!

It cost him and the rest of US plenty... that is what a lot of people will remember when they are asked to ‘help out’!


15 posted on 11/29/2012 7:29:27 AM PST by SMARTY ("The man who has no inner-life is a slave to his surroundings. "Henri Frederic Amiel)
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Tell me exactly what obama did in NJ that Bush did NOT do in NO? Oh yeah, I remember Bush did NOT have the MSM in his pocket.


16 posted on 11/29/2012 7:30:18 AM PST by Ditter
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You forget the kickbacks to the three major organized crime syndicates: the mob, the unions, and the democrats.


17 posted on 11/29/2012 7:34:53 AM PST by ABQHispConservative (Only fake Christians vote or are Democrats.)
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To: Ditter

The media sound when Bush was in orifice during Katrina was deafening.
The media sound while nobama is in orifice deafening by it’s silence.
It is ridiculous.


18 posted on 11/29/2012 7:43:16 AM PST by certrtwngnut (He shrugs!)
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To: Stingray51

raise taxes to pay for it all


19 posted on 11/29/2012 7:47:02 AM PST by veritas2002
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I can’t even try to imagine what my homeowners insurance premium is going to be next year.


20 posted on 11/29/2012 7:49:12 AM PST by annieokie
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