The Only Votes Against Sandy Relief Came from Republicans

[CajunRaven]

Yes, you are the one affected, are you living at a relatives house (if you are lucky enough to have one that will have you) because yours has been leveled by no fault of your own?

I will remind you of your stance if you are hit by a natural disaster.

Hey, I said the people affected by the storm should be paid. But to say we're not all affected is wrong. When tax money is involved, we are all affected.

Not that that compares to people to have lost their homes. I have in fact had to stay with my brother and his family in the past for about 5 months. Not a pleasant experience.

[CajunRaven]

The fact that these people paid flood insurance premiums should be reason enough to vote yes on the bill. No "funding mechanisms" were required when requested for relief in Gulf state just a few months earlier in the season.

Well, I asked that question earlier. If premiums are being paid, where is the money collected through the premiums?

[CajunRaven]

So at what point do we stop writing checks with no money in our bank account?

And why is it when you ask that question, you get tagged as some sort of heartless bastard.

[CajunRaven]

I agree for the most part but they should start with the expected stuff like the Fiscal Cliff and Sequestration cuts not the unexpected stuff like Disaster relief. Congress knew the Fiscal Cliff was coming for two years. We only had a few weeks to deal with the Sandy aftermath.

It's totally backwards that they passed the Fiscal Cliff deal loaded with corporate welfare and pork yet refused to have a vote on Sandy Relief. That's a slap in the face to taxpayers...

SF, as noted by someone earlier, these storms are fairly commonplace. Why is there funding in place specifically to address this when it happens. And I'll ask again, where did the premium payments for the insurance go?

[bmore_ken]

Well, I asked that question earlier. If premiums are being paid, where is the money collected through the premiums?

From what I've read the money was fine until Katrina hit, which exhausted what was there at the time. Someone else mentioned possibly raising the premiums seeing as how much damage Katrina and this last storm caused. It may be time to look at that issue