Bush seeks $7.1B more for hurricane relief

Seattle Post Intelligencer ^ | September 28, 2004 | Associated Press

[snopercod]

How did Americans manage before October, 2000, when bill clinton signed the Stafford Act which authorized FEMA to hand out taxpayer money?

[USA_Soccer]

Bush better win Florida with all the aid that's going there

[Last Dakotan]

The repeated pummeling has frustrated many in Florida and made some of its lawmakers impatient for more federal assistance.

Wasn't this all very predicable? You live in Florida, you get hurricanes. Tell me again the University of Miami's name for it's sports teams.

[snopercod]

Bush better win Florida That's the idea behind this, of course.

Why else would he ask for substantially more money than required to rebuild Los Angeles after the Northridge earthquake?

[Moleman]

This is just to give business to his rich friends (/liberaltripe)

[snopercod]

The warmup match for this thread was: US Orders 'Major Disaster' Aid for Storm-Swept Florida (The bar fight continues over there...)

[Blogger]

LA is one city. Flori-duh is an entire state that has been hit 4 times by massive hurricanes. I would not necessarily ascribe a political motive to the asking for funds. The poor folks down there need the help.

[snopercod]

Hey, there's a thought. Let's give Halliburton the contract to rebuild Florida!

[Blogger]

You obviously have never suffered such a massive loss.

[snopercod]

The poor folks down there need the help.

I'm poor, too, and bound to get poorer if congress approves this.

[dfwgator]

Tell me again the University of Miami's name for it's sports teams.

What I don't understand is why Tulsa's nickname is the "Golden Hurricane." Now "Tornado" would make more sense wouldn't it?

[snopercod]

You obviously have never suffered such a massive loss.

That's where you're wrong. I've been on a strict diet for two months and have lost over 35 pounds.

BTW, I drove 20 hours (round trip) to Florida two weeks ago to help out friends and family down there. What did you do to help?

[Blogger]

I've been out of work since May (have a strong job prospect coming up but it has been tough). Yet, I still have enough compassion that if I can help the people in Florida through this tragedy I will gladly do it. After all, it's not ALL about ME.

[Blogger]

I'm a Southern Baptist and give to our aid organizations which have helped HEAVILY in Florida, thank you very much.

[snopercod]

Oh good, you have compassion. (Maybe you would be of more value to the Floridians if you had a chainsaw and a generator to go with it.)

[Moonman62]

A good portion of that money will be distributed in the form of loans that will get paid back.

[Blogger]

Maybe a back injury keeps me from that sort of labor (under Doctors orders to do no lifting because of a herniated disk). I help where I can, and where the government can step in and help, I certainly don't begrudge the little bit of tax money that it would cost to help in that way as well -- unlike SOME PEOPLE we know.

[snopercod]

Not so. The $472 million in SBA loans will be paid back. The rest is mostly given away. FEMA website

[snopercod]

It's good you sent some money voluntarily. That's the way it should be. But the way I do the math, Florida will be receiving roughly $100 on behalf of every taxpayer in the U.S.

Being a good Christian, do you think it's right to force people to pay for disaster relief?

[joesnuffy]

How come the tax payers are responsible for people who build on or near the ocean in an area notorious for hurricane damage...

They will take my money and rebuild in the same freakin spot no doubt..and then next year
we will have to pay them again....

I love it when politicians buy votes with money that is basically...well I hate to say extorted thats such a harsh word...

Emergency food, medical care and shelter are one thing...rebuilding their homes is another

imo