I am afraid you are wrong, the president has access to a fund he can use, which he did, it amounted to 35M. Any other money he wants for aid he has to get congress to vote on it, just as he does if he is sending money to Florida for instance. I think people here are missing the real point of this guys post and that is the Government is taxing us to much and in general wasting it. I agree with that and would love a different type of tax, other than an income tax that would leave me with more money in my pocket. However, since the government has already taxed us at a high rate, then a lot of citizens cannot afford to give and rely on the government to give the money they have stolen from us through taxes( I agree with this point to) then we will let them give it in aid to these poor people. However you, not you howlin, but anyone, feel about whether the goverments of these islands and countrys were warned ahead of time it doesn't mean the people got the word, obviously they didn't. Help is needed and we will give it. Hopefully in the future we can reduce our taxes down to a level they should be, but for now we have what we have and must go with it.
Well said!!
Perhaps you should pay closer attention; I clearly stated it is a DISCRETIONARY FUND; and he CAN do with it as he sees fit, period.
And if you don't think he can do what he wants to with federal funds, perhaps you should get in touch with the White House--as Bush completely spent every dime in our international relief agency's funds YESTERDAY.