I don't begrudge the people or businesses in New York that were affected recieving some relief. What gauls me is the government calloused disregard for protecting every other taxpayer's interests.
It's almost as if the government's main goal was to squander as much money as possible. While this money gets wasted, other projects go lacking for 'enough' funds.
What I'd also like to see is a complete airing of what the Red Cross received and how, when and to whom it disbursed the funds.
What I want to know is:
WHO authorized the applications submitted by
New York CITY businesses and private citizens?
(No one just fills out an application to
the US Congress for monies!)
Did any of this money go to businesses or
private citizens OUTSIDE New York City?
Into WHOSE bank accounts were ANY and ALL
these monies credited?
The way this stupid article reads, either:
Schumer procured the monies and he was
responsible for allocating it...
OR
GWB personally wrote all the checks, leaving
the PAY TO line blank!
Both scenarios are stupidly naive. Congress
voted on these monies. I would suggest that
AS USUAL, Congressmen relied on their YOUNG
political assistants to read the fine print
and advise them as to HOW they should vote.
Personally, I'm tired of elected representatives
sitting on their buttocks and earning big bucks
for exerting as little mental energy as possible.
Just a year after that Bernanke gave his helicopter money speech.
This should not be a big surprise. Government is big, clumsy, slow and inefficient. The bigger the government, the clumsier, etc........
Almost? What do you mean, almost? Must be a typo. Fixed your mistake here:
It's almost as if The government's main goal was to squander as much money as possible.