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As the East Coast braces for a massive storm, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are trying to cover up the fact that if elected, they intend to cut funding for both FEMA and disaster relief.
In June 2011, Romney went on the record: “Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction, and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better. We cannot, we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we’ll all be dead and gone before it’s paid off. It makes no sense at all.”
Romney believes that the money for disaster relief should be given to the states in the form of block grants.
The thing about a block grant is that it comes with no mandates, or strings attached. The federal government would give each state a lump sum for disaster relief, and it would be up to the individual states to determine how it would be spent.
They don’t have to spend it on disaster relief. They could use the money to balance their budgets or cut taxes for the wealthy. The quality of a state’s disaster relief would be completely dependent on the priorities of the governor and the legislature.
Romney is the picture of moderation compared to his running mate Paul Ryan. Ryan’s budget calls for every cent in disaster relief to be offset by cuts in discretionary spending, like veterans’ benefits and the VA, federal aid to local school districts, the FBI, the DEA, the entire federal prison system, the FDA, the National Institute of Health, and the Coast Guard.
http://www.politicususa.com/franken...yan-silent-plan-cut-fema-disaster-relief.html