Politians can really be Dumb

[freein05]

Rand Paul was being interviewed on some TV station and said that the government or FEMA should not help the victims of Sandy if the government has to borrow the money. He said the Salvation Army or church's should help them.

He is an educated md and yet makes a stupid statement. The US military is using C10 cargo plans to fly resources into the area. Power company employees and their equipment including trucks are being flowen from the West Coast to the East Coast. The Salvation Army does not have a fleet of cargo airplanes!

Church groups do not have the estimated 50 billion dollars to cover the damage. Another politician said every dollar spent has to verified before it is spent. He does not want a dime wasted. I guess people will need to prove they need water or food.

I just feel a tragedy like this shows how stupid some of the our political leaders are.

[razz]

What would he want done if his family is in the same difficult circumstances?

[creaker]

It's nonsense - given we're borrowing around a trillion a year, it's silly to wave around one particular instance and say we shouldn't do it if we have to borrow the money. Everything the government does involves borrowing money, does that mean we should shut it all down until the money is available?

[Gregg]

I still think its just a matter of having our priorities screwed up on one hand and a disconnect between the 'leadership' and the rest of us on the other. I'm not sure anyone in our government, since the constitution was written anyway, ever actually sat down and made a very clear, very precise list of priorities. Americans are good people. If they had a say in it I bet a huge majority would tell the Party to do whatever it takes to help people clean up the mess and get back to normal. I would guess that roughly the same majority of us would check a box telling our illustrious leaders to get the hell out of Afghanistan (for example).

[Rogar]

If anyone is interested in Romney's stance on FEMA, here you go. He has flip-flopped enough that's it is hard to tell what he might do.
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/...-then-and-now/

[The Storyteller]

In Paul's defense...

He is a libertarian. His dad is Ron Paul who ran as libertarian candidate for president. He was, after all, named for Ayn Rand. This is merely the logical extension of libertarian thinking.

There are many in the Republican party who have some libertarian leanings, but it isn't truly a libertarian party. Otherwise, the Defense of Marriage Act would never have passed. Paul is more of a purist.

[iris lily]

...does that mean we should shut it all down until the money is available?

Now there's a thought.

[iris lily]

In Paul's defense...

He is a libertarian. His dad is Ron Paul who ran as libertarian candidate for president. He was, after all, named for Ayn Rand. This is merely the logical extension of libertarian thinking.

There are many in the Republican party who have some libertarian leanings, but it isn't truly a libertarian party. Otherwise, the Defense of Marriage Act would never have passed. Paul is more of a purist.

Of COURSE we will never be completely libertarian, just like we will never be completely capitalist or completely socialist. That the libertarian Ron Paul camped out in the GOP is the best thing for the Republicans since Reagan came along. I am pumped by the energy provided by Paul followers and I want to see the GOP move in that direction.

You said "It's not a true libertarian Paraty" well doh. No kidding. There IS an official libertarian party around you know. And they will continue to be marginal.

[The Storyteller]

You said "It's not a true libertarian Paraty" well doh. No kidding.

Just didn't want the Republican party as a whole to be blamed for Paul's position on helping the needy during times of crisis. For a libertarian, it makes sense. For the GOP, not so much.

But you can own it if you want it.

[Birchwood]

He may be an ex opthalmologist but his ideology is deranged. A lot of these folks are so anti government or for the smallest possible government but when disasters or wars of big magnitude occurs, we all need the massive power of the government to take care of our problems.
That's why we pay taxes, so the government can help us.