So the citizens of the north east are upset the Federal government hasn’t voted them in any money. So is it also the Federal government’s fault for not having them buy flood or hurricane insurance? (Hello you live by an ocean.) If it is, then they should not return to their homes and never own a home again. Live in an apartment instead. Yes I agree some people might need help, but $60B worth?
I’m sure the ones that did have insurance are probably getting work done as we speak and aren’t worried about this bill.
I am not talking about replacing teak deck chairs on some second home on the coast but needed infrastructure repairs/changes to mitigate future storm damage in the most heavily populated area of the U.S.
$60 billion was the initial Christmas wish list to Santa. But to leave a lump of coal in those pockets of people who are truly in needed? Shameful.
Those so called repairs/changes to infrastructure should have been paid for by the local governments and taxes over the past 25 years. But no one ever wanted to address the issue, and now that there was a loss they expect the federal government to bail the local governments out.
Everyone feels bad for the people who lost their homes from Sandy, but I can assure you that not too many people have any sympathy for governors and local politicians who did nothing to fix their decaying infrastructure prior to the storm.
Have you ever used the transportation infrastructure anywhere in the U.S.? Have you ever had a piece of mail, or goods or sevices delivered to/ from / through NY/NJ? Think hard.
The whole infrastructure is a U.S. inter-connectivitiy issue, problem, not just a local problem. If you cannot get the primary center of commerce up and running, the whole country has a problem.
If the bill had not contained a wish list of items to be paid out over a period of years and had been limited to immediate concerns and likely spending over the next six months (i.e. disaster relief only) it could have been passed. Of course, then it would have only been for about 1/3rd of the sixty billion price tag.
Bottom line in part is few members of the House representing lower wage earning Midwestern and Southern states can be seen to support high wage repair work done in the NY area. If the bill had suspended the Davis-Bacon requirements it would have possibly had a chance, but then the democrats would not have been able to support it in either the house or the Senate.
In other words, the do nothing congress did nothing.
Sad for those who truly need aid.
In that the prez and congress did nothing this last year, they should forfeit 60% of their paychecks to debt relief.
Just forfeiting the cost of BO returning to Hawaii would be a start!
So the citizens of the north east are upset the Federal government hasn’t voted them in any money. So is it also the Federal government’s fault for not having them buy flood or hurricane insurance? (Hello you live by an ocean.) If it is, then they should not return to their homes and never own a home again. Live in an apartment instead. Yes I agree some people might need help, but $60B worth?
I’m sure the ones that did have insurance are probably getting work done as we speak and aren’t worried about this bill.
I am not talking about replacing teak deck chairs on some second home on the coast but needed infrastructure repairs/changes to mitigate future storm damage in the most heavily populated area of the U.S.
$60 billion was the initial Christmas wish list to Santa. But to leave a lump of coal in those pockets of people who are truly in needed? Shameful.
The Congress is full of dirt-bags. They exist in both parties. Plain and simple.
Those so called repairs/changes to infrastructure should have been paid for by the local governments and taxes over the past 25 years. But no one ever wanted to address the issue, and now that there was a loss they expect the federal government to bail the local governments out.
Everyone feels bad for the people who lost their homes from Sandy, but I can assure you that not too many people have any sympathy for governors and local politicians who did nothing to fix their decaying infrastructure prior to the storm.
Have you ever used the transportation infrastructure anywhere in the U.S.? Have you ever had a piece of mail, or goods or sevices delivered to/ from / through NY/NJ? Think hard.
The whole infrastructure is a U.S. inter-connectivitiy issue, problem, not just a local problem. If you cannot get the primary center of commerce up and running, the whole country has a problem.
If the bill had not contained a wish list of items to be paid out over a period of years and had been limited to immediate concerns and likely spending over the next six months (i.e. disaster relief only) it could have been passed. Of course, then it would have only been for about 1/3rd of the sixty billion price tag.
Bottom line in part is few members of the House representing lower wage earning Midwestern and Southern states can be seen to support high wage repair work done in the NY area. If the bill had suspended the Davis-Bacon requirements it would have possibly had a chance, but then the democrats would not have been able to support it in either the house or the Senate.
Good one!
Southern States — you mean the ones who received immediate aid following Hurricane Katrina and the ones in Florida during the Bush-Bush years???
Midwestern states — you mean the ones who received immediate aid following historic Mississippi flooding in 2011?
Midwestern states — you mean the ones who received immediate aid following the historic tornado outbreak in 2011?
They all received aid immediately. Naturally, those are red states.
Sheesh, even Chris Christie would call you on that.
Yeah,