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people have insurance for disasters- or at least they should have. i live in florida and have been in 3 hurricanes in 2 years so i totally understand how frightening natural disasters are.
paul never said that the people should be left to "fend for themselves" after a disaster. what he said was this:
Paul said there was a role for the National Guard to restore order and provide care and shelter in major emergencies, but that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) led to nothing but "frustration and anger." (end)
i saw FEMA in action, and i couldn't agree more.
these organizations, like the war actions, are a way to funnel money to the people at the top while pretending to help the people at the bottom. who can argue with "patriotism" or "disaster aid"?
does anyone remember what happened to the haiti aid? the iraq aid? all the other aid that never makes it to anyone, and never is accounted for?
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, stood by his libertarian beliefs on Sunday, saying that victims of the violent storms and tornadoes that have battered a band of states in the South and Midwest in recent days should not be given emergency financial aid from the federal government.
"There is no such thing as federal money," Paul said, on CNN’s State of the Union. "Federal money is just what they steal from the states and steal from you and me."
We felt the same way when he made a similar statement last year after the flooding. No, we were pretty lucky in AR, so it didn't directly affect us but we are not far from Tn and Mississippi. Both states were hit hard and yes, now, we are getting into tornado season. We are only 35 miles from Joplin, MO, you can imagine how we felt last year when they were wiped out.
I do understand how you felt. I friend of mine lived in the district Ron Paul represents in TX and when they were hit by one of the more devestating hurricanes, she said he hid out from his constituents and did not help them in any way. That is her story and I for a fact don't know, but I can see that is probably is true.
He might thinks the emergency aid money should be returned to the states and administered by the states, but it isn't like that right now to a great degree so he needs to make that clear and quit making such statements when people are hurting.
people have insurance for disasters- or at least they should have. i live in florida and have been in 3 hurricanes in 2 years so i totally understand how frightening natural disasters are.
paul never said that the people should be left to "fend for themselves" after a disaster. what he said was this:
Paul said there was a role for the National Guard to restore order and provide care and shelter in major emergencies, but that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) led to nothing but "frustration and anger." (end)
i saw FEMA in action, and i couldn't agree more.
these organizations, like the war actions, are a way to funnel money to the people at the top while pretending to help the people at the bottom. who can argue with "patriotism" or "disaster aid"?
does anyone remember what happened to the haiti aid? the iraq aid? all the other aid that never makes it to anyone, and never is accounted for?
FEMA is very mishandled and I know that in KY, we will take care of our own during this if necessary. That is what we do. However, his statements were timed very poorly. He should know better and his son lives here and is a senator here. It's not good for him for his father to be so insensitve. Rand is not all that popular to begin with.
FEMA is very mishandled and I know that in KY, we will take care of our own during this if necessary. That is what we do. However, his statements were timed very poorly. He should know better and his son lives here and is a senator here. It's not good for him for his father to be so insensitve. Rand is not all that popular to begin with.
His statement is taking out of content. If you or others have listened to his full answer, then it is not poorly. It is making sense.
What he is saying is the State, national guard, charity, neighbors to deal with this. Not the federal government.
I know someone of you said state does not have the money. True only because the federal government is taxing us to death. 50%+ of our income go to federal government in form of taxation. If I am allow to keep all the money I earned, I will sure I can send a few thousand to Red Cross to help our the victims. But because of tax (income tax from both Fed/State/local, property tax, gas tax, etc), which account like 2/3 of my income, I cannot afford it.
And people wonder why libertarians are seen as callous toward their felllow man--it's because they mostly are!
Yes, libertarians are very callous.
They want to let you keep more of what you earn.
They want to give your dollar more value.
They want to lower taxes for you.
They want to stop inflation.
They want to stop the government from telling you whom you can sleep with.
They want to stop the government from telling you whom you can marry.
They want to stop the government from wasting your money.
They want to stop sending off your kids to die in wars.
They want to stop filling up our jails with the minorities.
They want to stop torture.
They want to stop corrupt politicians.
They want to stop federal tyranny.
They want to let you have more freedom.
They want to follow the Constitution.
They want to protect your God-given rights.
They want to protect your property rights.
Yes, damn the libertarians. We can't have any of this now, can we?
They want to let you keep more of what you earn.
They want to give your dollar more value.
They want to lower taxes for you.
They want to stop inflation.
They want to stop the government from telling you whom you can sleep with.
They want to stop the government from telling you whom you can marry.
They want to stop the government from wasting your money.
They want to stop sending off your kids to die in wars.
They want to stop filling up our jails with the minorities.
They want to stop torture.
They want to stop corrupt politicians.
They want to stop federal tyranny.
They want to let you have more freedom.
They want to follow the Constitution.
They want to protect your God-given rights.
They want to protect your property rights.
Yes, !@#$%^&* the libertarians. We can't have any of this now, can we?
MP
I can't rep you.
I posted the vid of what was said. I definitely think this is a spin. I would like to think people actually read or listen to what is said before evaluating it.
No, cold hearted is when you lead people to believe that the only way they can get by is by being dependent on someone else for help.
When you suffer a catastrophe, it's really hard to get by without the help of others. Telling people to pull themselves from their bootstraps after their town and home are destroyed is not the most appropriate time or thing to say. I mean you tell that to a slacker or a kid who is struggling with algebra and wants to quit, not to a widow who just lost her husband and kids.
When you suffer a catastrophe, it's really hard to get by without the help of others. Telling people to pull themselves from their bootstraps after their town and home are destroyed is not the most appropriate time or thing to say. I mean you tell that to a slacker or a kid who is struggling with algebra and wants to quit, not to a widow who just lost her husband and kids.
Certainly you are entitled to your opinion, but I listened to the vid (which I posted further back). I don't think that is what he was saying.
His statement is taking out of content. If you or others have listened to his full answer, then it is not poorly. It is making sense.
What he is saying is the State, national guard, charity, neighbors to deal with this. Not the federal government.
I know someone of you said state does not have the money. True only because the federal government is taxing us to death. 50%+ of our income go to federal government in form of taxation. If I am allow to keep all the money I earned, I will sure I can send a few thousand to Red Cross to help our the victims. But because of tax (income tax from both Fed/State/local, property tax, gas tax, etc), which account like 2/3 of my income, I cannot afford it.
i heard what he said last year after the Mississippi floods and it was out of his mouth, not out of context. That was the icing on the cake for me. I knew then I would never support him....He said and I am pare phrasing, if these people who knew their homes could be distrolyed by floods chose to build on the rivcer, they didn't deserve anyone to help them. Well those people he was talking about lived as far away as 2 miles for the river and it was the only time in about 30 years there had been heavy floods.
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