Ryan Budget and FEMA
Did you know that the Ryan budget that Governor Mitt Romney has pledged to enact if elected cuts about 22% from FEMA’s budget – from the part of FEMA funding that responds to emergencies? It does according to reports coming out after Hurricane Sandy hit the U.S. a huge blow this week.
It just amazed me when I heard that. Don’t know why I should be surprised, but still it’s hard to believe that people proposing to lead the country would care so very little about the welfare of their citizens. I guess according to them when you are sitting on your roof about to be swept away it’s not up to your government to help you out. Personal responsibility and tough love is the only way to go as folks go under. Glub, glub glub, America.
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Kay, great article! I don’t know why you would be surprised though” that people proposing to lead the country would care so very little about the welfare of their citizens” after that 47% speech from Romney. And one of my favorites…”let the uninsured go to emergency rooms”. We are dealing here with a man who is so completely out of touch with anything lower than the top 5% of this country that nothing surprises me anymore. At the RNC, Romney made a really feeble attempt to “connect” with the little people by stating how Ann bought him some shirts at Sam’s Club…and they were nice. LOL, yes I’m sure that’s the first place she tells her chauffeur to go when out on a shopping spree. The only reason they even know Walmart exists is because they have stock in it. He not only could care less about the people of this nation, his policies and actions show he actually has CONTEMPT for them.
It is just the Rand economic libertarianism “dog eat dog” world that Ryan has been preaching since he first bought her book.
But let’s not forget…while Ryan wants to free us from the shackles of government, he also wants the government to take ownership of women’s bodies.
Pro-life until your born….after that, death penalty. ( if your white, dead Arab babies are just collateral damage)
The Romney that governed mass didn’t think that way. The current Romney, no idea.
I still find Paul Ryan one of the most frightening people in government.
Well frankly this serves the Romney campaign right for being so foolish as to actually lay out what they plan to do. They’ve managed to keep a tight lid on most of the facts, from taxes, to what deductions they would cut to reduce deficit, but they really messed up here by letting slip a fact.
Don’t forget that NOAA that funds the National Hurricane center would also foace cuts. But a bigger Navy and more sabers…
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/ryan-budget-would-cut-more-from-nasa-noaa-budget-functions
This storm hit the coasts of Connecticut, Long Island, Manhattan, and New Jersey. A lot of money in them thar shorelines. Lots of 1%ers, or at least 10%ers lost everything in this storm. How many will look to FEMA or some other government program to get through this catastrophe?
Shannon I agree, Paul Ryan is terrifying.
The Romney that governed Mass also had very agreeable Democratics to work with.
Of course this post is a bit misleading. The Ryan cuts are not targeted to FEMA but in discretionary spending overall. Now that could and most likely wood include FEMA’s disaster relief fund but that would in no way impact congresses ability to simply vote more funds when necessary. The truth is no one can honestly say that Fema would be cut under Romney. The way the Ryan plan is set up it has a spending goal and expects congress to work thru the spending without mandating any specific cuts.
Sounds like back pedaling to me EEllis.
Because FEMA is bankrupting this country?!
FEMA?
Really?
Which of these debt spikes was FEMA?
Civil war, WW1, WW2?
WAR IS EXPENSIVE. TAXES TOO LOW.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/07/government-spending-as-a-percentage-of-gdp-2/
@hyper
Just a quick glance at the graph(data) and years is interesting. Seems spending goes crazy during Republican administrations and drops under Democrats.
Backpedaling from what? It’s the truth. Personally I would leave more to the States rather than the Feds. It makes little sense to take money from a State, skim a bit off, than return it in services that the State could have done for itself in the first place. That’s just my opinion. As to the budget issue it’s just factually inaccurate to say that Ryan’s plan would cut any program by a specific amount. It has a overall goal but congress is supposed to go thru the budget and cut more or less depending on the programs. The budget was not supposed to be some general cross the board cut with every program getting cut the same.
EE, one could argue that the lack of detail leads one to have to conclude that the cuts will be even across the different programs. There really is no other way to have a logical debate about the budget because both sides would need to make assumptions on what would and would not be cut, and how much…leading to a number of false conclusion.
Sure, assuming even cuts could also lead down that road, but it is really the only way to start the conversation.
Well SL there is this thing called prioritizing…… Look sure the plan may end up cutting that much from Fema but when using it as a stick to try and beat the other guy with it only works for partisans unless you give the big picture. If you t to have a real discussion then the fact is if congress thinks it’s important enough them it doesn’t need to cut any Fema funding or like Obama just cur 800 mil or so. Also the acknowledgment that people could back cuts not just because they like to see people suffer but that good, honest people can believe that leaving money in the States for them to use as they need is a viable option to having the Feds take it then dole it back out.
True EE, but again, guessing the priorities of a newly elected congress and a president that has given no details on his plans is extremely difficult. Governor Romney would not cut FEMA. Severely conservative Romney might slash its budget. Who knows which we might get?
Well the President can’t cut squat. The Congress is the one who has that job and even if the Repubs win big there are more than enough Dems and Repubs that may think otherwise than slashing Fema to the bone. All they would need to do is trim from other programs. I think the idea that there will be even cuts across all programs as the farfetched idea not that the congress will decide that their priorities would drive cuts.
After Sandy, no sane Republican congress would even dream of cutting FEMA. I doubt they would be in favor of even granting more financial responsibilty to the states. ” It’s pretty hard to make arrangements for rescue and aid when your entire infrastructure has just been washed out to sea.” Stephen Colbert.