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The guy complained that he was only able to spend $700 on his $2K debit card.

The idiot probably had a Red Cross debit card and didn't know it. The Red Cross cards were good for something between $400 and $1000, depending on how many were in the family. He has a woman with him so $700 would seem about right.

Hopefully he won't come to his senses and won't be smart enough to apply for a FEMA card.

It's really hard to be "charitable" when you see ingratitude like he displayed.

By the way, I'd love to see what he spent his $700 on.

The idiot probably had a Red Cross debit card and didn't know it. The Red Cross cards were good for something between $400 and $1000, depending on how many were in the family. He has a woman with him so $700 would seem about right.

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We shouldn't be in the business of compensating people in cash for their misfortunes. That goes for 911 families also. Help should be private donations to organizations only for "relief and relocation". Government should also help with rebuilding the community in coordination with local, state, and federal legally constituted action plans. This type of wholesale grief payments to assuage the guilt we feel because it wasn't us, does harm to the economy of the country as a whole. We need to get a grip. Assistance should be tied to hard work and individual effort, not feeling sorry for people.

I am pretty sure he said something about it being too difficult getting the debit cards from FEMA so they sent him to the Red Cross. My question is do they get cards from FEMA and Red Cross? Also there was a guy who I think was the Secretary of HUD who said that they would be making $26,000 available for all the evacuees to get their lives back on track! This had better be loans, not gifts!