Posted on 01/10/2025 6:43:57 AM PST by bill andersen
The devastating wildfires around Los Angeles have caused billions of dollars of damage and left thousands of people destitute and homeless. It is fitting and proper that congress and President Trump quickly enact legislation to help them. It will be very expensive with estimates ranging up to 200 billion dollars.
But the money has to come from somewhere. And there are a multitude of places to get it. And naturally congress will attach strings. Here is a starting list of the strings. It is by no means complete:
The senate will immediately approve all of President Trump’s cabinet nominations.
The Department of Education is immediately terminated.
All labor contracts and unions for federal employees are immediately terminated.
All restrictions to drilling on federal lands are immediately terminated.
All offshore restrictions to drilling are immediately terminated.
The Keystone Pipeline will continue unabated and be completed.
All 87,000 new irs agents are immediately terminated.
All hurricane and flood victims in the Southeast get the same aid and get it before the California fire victims get theirs.
FEMA, under the Trump Administration will solely handle the aid to there fire victims. No California state agencies will be involved.
Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio is immediately terminated and their broadcasting licenses are immediately revoked.
Not, they created this mess, let them clean it up. NOT 1 dime should be sent to California, until they fall in line on expelling all illegals they allowed into the country.
I just put this on Twitter:
A woman was hurt because of the losses, she as a conservative was also hurt because so many feel that because of newsom and the other dem issues of california, many are mocking california right now,
She was begging for prayers for her neighborhood, her friends who lost homes, and what they are now experiencing.
This is my response.
I know.
and I am saddened that you guys lost everything.
I really am, there was no way you could ever prepare for fires that large that are almost assuredly criminal acts of arson.
but we on the east side of appalachia are furious at the government, and especially how Biden just promised to pay for all your losses while 3 days ago FEMA announced that everyone in a fema hotel was being evicted as of yesterday.
So, fema gave them one more day because of a snow storm coming.
there are thousands here that still havent got a home afer 3 months, and we aint millionaires and biden just said all you californians get free money while all of us here got nothing from the government.
It was the grace of God the people stood up.
It is personal charities and donations that has kept people alive these last 3 months.
families have been threatened to have their children taken from them because they were living in tents after losing their homes, did you know that?
People here are seriously struggling and it seems were were forgotten after 4 days, and california is getting non stop tv coverage. I know people who havent stopped working for 3 months just helping others.
My losses were miniscule compared to what I have seen. Only no one from the government came for us and it wasn’t arson.
But it was appalachians who got all these people through it.
that is the lesson.
California is filled with millions of people who now have a lesson to learn.
Chip in.
Help your neighbor.
Feed each other.
Some problems are too big for government to fix, only you and your neighbor can save you from going down right away.
There is a God, and He is merciful to those who call on Him intime of need.
But you have to know Him, he is not a genie, he doesn’t just show up because you say His name 3 times:
The hour long message I give the inmates
https://soundcloud.com/jim-bancroft-559886960/this-is-the-message-i-give-the-inmates
Insurance companies aren’t stupid, each state is covered by its own individual insurance company carrying the same name. They can declare bankruptcy in California and not have it affect their business elsewhere.
All this arm twisting by leftist politicians will just leave Californian’s without insurance.
Newsome, the Mayor, the Fire Chief and all other LA bureaucrats (County and City) who made over $500K last year must resign immediately.
There must be consequences.
Biden already hamstrung Trump with his 100% covered by FedGov.
Given California’s general contempt for flyover country and their desire to go it alone on leftist life, this seems a great time to grant their wish.
“Give them the same thing the people of North Carolina got.”
Yep. NC and TN got a big fat nothing. Let Congress match that for CA.
Anything Biden can do at this late date can be reversed by President Trump with the stroke of a pen.
Spending is handled by Congress. Biden says stuff, but he can’t write the check.
No.
No taxpayer $$$ for California. They created the mess - let them work their way out of it.
Deep State has already had FEMA coming to covering 100% for the first 180 days.
First, audit the voter rolls and fix it, then we can talk.
CONgress should attach aid to California to a bill Removing Statehood and reverting back to a Territory, Trump FIRES Everyone and brings in a Marine Corp General to get the New Territory back on track.
Kamala will offer a $750 check she offered the Carolina victims. s/
Which, ironically, is the amount of money we've wasted in Ukraine fighting a proxy war we provoked and could never win.
when you say “you” I assume you mean congress. Because Ukraine was not on my list of donations but the people in NC was.
a lib promise is worthless.
resignations are worth slightly more.
Absolutely they shouldn’t get one penny more than Biden gave NC, FL and Maui.
Start with the insurance companies, then have a conversation with the taxpayers.
best we (fema) can do is kick them out of temporary housing right before a snow storm.
ya, that is really happening in NC right now.
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