... conservatives from southern states (even Texas, lul) were against disaster relief for Northeast states during hurricane sandy?
Both Cruz and Conryn were against relief for the Northeast now they want handouts. This is bullshit. Fuck Texas, imo. I think the free market should sort this one out.
Let's not collectively sink to the level of Ted Cruz please. I think it's fine to remind people that certain Senators were assholes and voted against Sandy aid but that all members should vote for Harvey aid (assuming it isn't loaded with something crazy like wall funding, etc).
PS: Ted Cruz is smart enough to know that you and other liberals aren't smart enough to deny him aid and he will do the exact same thing next time. And I'm sure you'll come in next time and say the same thing too "let's not be like Ted Cruz".... not realizing that Ted himself is betting on you making this stupid rationalization.
Any other solutions for holding voters responsible for their votes? Or better yet holding C&C responsible for their votes because their constituents don't seem to give a fuck until their redneck asses are in a ringer.You guys are doing an excellent job of becoming every bit as shitty as the people you claim to despise.
You guys are doing an excellent job of becoming every bit as shitty as the people you claim to despise.
But that only seems to fall on the left. Righties are free to stick it to the country without consequences.This response is sad to see. Suffering is bad, even if you don't like the people who are suffering. We should always make reasonable efforts to alleviate suffering.
Ted Cruz is terrible and if he votes in favour of aid in this case his hypocrisy should be thrown in his face, but that doesn't mean we should sink to his level.
I would say 'basic human decency'. You're absolutely right that those conservatives from the south who voted against Sandy relief are terrible, immoral hypocrites. It's hard to see how letting people suffer and die in the states they represent as a lesson to them to vote more intelligently in the future makes you much better than Cruz and company though.
I know it's satisfying to see people suffer consequences for their shittiness, but this is literally people's lives.
You should tell that to Texans. They are the "massive festering assholes" who tried to deny aid to the northeast. And you are here to tell people that they're assholes for treating these festering assholes like assholes? Maybe you're an asshole too, and you are just having sympathy for assholes like yourself?Not being such a massive festering asshole that your coworkers would, probably literally, like to see you dead is a goal worthy of us all.
Any other solutions for holding voters responsible for their votes? Or better yet holding C&C responsible for their votes because their constituents don't seem to give a fuck until their redneck asses are in a ringer.
One might think that the scale of the damage would give future home buyers some pause. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, for instance, investors and homeowners had big questions about property values in coastal New York and New Jersey.
But according to an analysis of home values by Zillow, the real estate database company, home buyers have short memories when it comes to storms. It seems that people like living by the ocean so much that they will keep building homes there even when it becomes clear that a storm will periodically destroy them.
Across the nation, tens of billions of tax dollars have been spent on subsidizing coastal reconstruction in the aftermath of storms, usually with little consideration of whether it actually makes sense to keep rebuilding in disaster-prone areas. If history is any guide, a large fraction of the federal money allotted to New York, New Jersey and other states recovering from Hurricane Sandy — an amount that could exceed $30 billion — will be used the same way.
Tax money will go toward putting things back as they were, essentially duplicating the vulnerability that existed before the hurricane.
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Like many other beachfront towns, Dauphin Island has benefited from the Stafford Act, a federal law that taps the United States Treasury for 75 percent or more of the cost of fixing storm-damaged infrastructure, like roads and utilities.
At least $80 million, adjusted for inflation, has gone into patching up this one island since 1979 — more than $60,000 for every permanent resident. That does not include payments of $72 million to homeowners from the highly subsidized federal flood insurance program.
But that only seems to fall on the left. Righties are free to stick it to the country without consequences.