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curmudgeon
Oct 29, 2012, 3:42:41 PM10/29/12
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Believe it or not, but the Romney-Ryan plan for Disaster Relief is to
privatize FEMA!
It is place would be a voucher system very similar to that for a privatized
Heath-Care!
privatize FEMA!
It is place would be a voucher system very similar to that for a privatized
Heath-Care!
cloud dreamer
Oct 29, 2012, 3:46:53 PM10/29/12
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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/06/14/244973/mitt-romney-federal-disaster-relief-for-tornado-and-flood-victims-is-immoral-makes-no-sense-at-all/
Meanwhile, let the distancing begin:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/28/chris-christie-hurricane-sandy_n_2036054.html
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Dano
Oct 29, 2012, 4:40:04 PM10/29/12
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"curmudgeon" wrote in message
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I think it's more like he wants the states to pay for it...along with health
care...SS...Medicare...Medicaid...all social programs...and education of
course. That certainly WOULD make his job as POTUS so much simpler wouldn't
it?
As if it's better if our state taxes become higher than federal. Why do you
suppose he announced he wouldn't run again for governor of Massachusetts
halfway through his first term? The fact is...he did very little in
MA...nothing without the help of the Democrat controlled state house. Now
he would dump everything back in the laps of individual states. As if that
will solve all the problems. His method of controlling taxes in MA was
similar...he passed the buck to cities and towns at every chance. And raise
just about every fee and license in the state. But the bottom line is
always the same...the citizens pay more. Just check out property taxes in
municipalities.
We in Mass. fully understand how this state operates (and how badly) and the
governor may only be the third most powerful pol in the state. One of the
"promises" Mitt made when he ran for that job was to rein in the frightfully
expensive and corrupted central artery construction in Boston. Check that
out and see how successful he was at that one. Most of those funds were
provided by the feds too. And no...no one is blaming him for it all...it was
a mess when he took over. Remind you of anything?
I think this is a fair article in appraising how Mitt handled the "Big Dig"
as it's known here. Not all damning...not the most complimentary either.
It certainly was not all his fault. But he's no superhero himself...and
this should tell you how effective his "bi-partisan" style was, and what we
can expect...especially after the treatment our current president has gotten
from Republicans in THIS congress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-romneys-run-with-the-big-dig-tells-us-about-how-hed-manage-america/2012/08/10/f78ee398-ba2d-11e1-abd4-aecc81b4466d_story.html
news:f6KdnXoW9vqvQRPN...@bresnan.com...
I think it's more like he wants the states to pay for it...along with health
care...SS...Medicare...Medicaid...all social programs...and education of
course. That certainly WOULD make his job as POTUS so much simpler wouldn't
it?
As if it's better if our state taxes become higher than federal. Why do you
suppose he announced he wouldn't run again for governor of Massachusetts
halfway through his first term? The fact is...he did very little in
MA...nothing without the help of the Democrat controlled state house. Now
he would dump everything back in the laps of individual states. As if that
will solve all the problems. His method of controlling taxes in MA was
similar...he passed the buck to cities and towns at every chance. And raise
just about every fee and license in the state. But the bottom line is
always the same...the citizens pay more. Just check out property taxes in
municipalities.
We in Mass. fully understand how this state operates (and how badly) and the
governor may only be the third most powerful pol in the state. One of the
"promises" Mitt made when he ran for that job was to rein in the frightfully
expensive and corrupted central artery construction in Boston. Check that
out and see how successful he was at that one. Most of those funds were
provided by the feds too. And no...no one is blaming him for it all...it was
a mess when he took over. Remind you of anything?
I think this is a fair article in appraising how Mitt handled the "Big Dig"
as it's known here. Not all damning...not the most complimentary either.
It certainly was not all his fault. But he's no superhero himself...and
this should tell you how effective his "bi-partisan" style was, and what we
can expect...especially after the treatment our current president has gotten
from Republicans in THIS congress.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/what-romneys-run-with-the-big-dig-tells-us-about-how-hed-manage-america/2012/08/10/f78ee398-ba2d-11e1-abd4-aecc81b4466d_story.html
Ed Stasiak
Oct 29, 2012, 5:15:29 PM10/29/12
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> curmudgeon
>
> Believe it or not, but the Romney-Ryan plan for Disaster Relief
> is to privatize FEMA!
BRB, off to buy some Blackwater stock…
> Believe it or not, but the Romney-Ryan plan for Disaster Relief
> is to privatize FEMA!
Ubiquitous
Oct 29, 2012, 6:51:17 PM10/29/12
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"Re-electing Obama is like backing The Titanic up and hitting the
iceberg a second time."
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