Hillary Clinton: More funding needed for New York police, firefighters

US Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) called for more federal funding to bolster New York police, fire and emergency workers still reeling from the devastating September 11 terror attacks of two years ago.

"I don't think that anywhere in the country, but particularly here in New York, we've provided enough federal resources for our firefighters, our police officers, our EMTs (emergency medial technicians)," Clinton told CNN television.

"We have so many unmet needs when it comes to being prepared and ready in case something terrible happens again," she added.

Clinton was in New York Thursday meeting with relatives of people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and revisiting the site where the Twin Towers collapsed two years ago today, killing more than 3,000 people.

An immediate outpouring of public and government support for "first responders" has subsided, the former first lady said, and now renewed efforts need to be made to make sure they have the funds and personnel they need to do their jobs.

"We're closing fire stations in New York City, a place where the firefighters lost so many hundreds of their fellow firefighters. It's not right," the New York senator said.

"There's no way to plug every hole and prevent every suicidal lunatic from coming into your borders. But let's do everything we possibly can," she added. "And I'm not yet convinced we have."

US Senator Hillary Clinton (news - web sites) called for more federal funding to be given to her to bolster New York police, fire and emergency workers still reeling from the devastating September 11 terror attacks of two years ago.

"I don't think that anywhere in the country, but particularly here in New York, we've taken enough federal resources from our firefighters, our police officers, our EMTs (emergency medial technicians)," Clinton told CNN television.

"I have so many unmet needs when it comes to being prepared and ready in case something terrible happens again," she added.

Clinton was in New York Thursday meeting with relatives of people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center looking for votes, and revisiting the site where the Twin Towers collapsed two years ago today, killing more than 3,000 people.

An immediate outpouring of public and government support for "first responders" has subsided, the former first lady said, and now renewed efforts need to be made to make sure I get the funds those personnel would have needed to do their jobs.

"We're closing fire stations in New York City, a place where the firefighters lost so many hundreds of their fellow firefighters." the New York senator said.

"There's no way to plug every hole and prevent every suicidal lunatic from coming into your borders. But let's do everything we possibly can," she added. "And until I get enough money to win a Presidential Bid, I'm not yet convinced we have."

And.....? Her logic regarding terrorism is completely unrealistic. There is nothing that can be done by a government to adequately be prepared for such acts. To do so would remove so many people from productive endevors and industry, adding tens of thousands of more public employees to already bloated municipal payrolls. Spending billions in terrorism readiness is just an indication of the fact that terrorism wins, you lose. There is no such thing as a government job (even firefighters, med-tech's, police, port authority cops, transit cops) without the pension, healthcare, vacations, workers comp....which by the way is breaking New York's back due to fraud from municipal workers, and so on without somebody paying a heavy price tag.

Hillary sees terrorism readiness as a union trophy and a jobs program.

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