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warrior1

(12,325 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 10:27 AM Nov 2012

Hurricane Sandy: Finally, Grover Norquist's Dream Comes True

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/hurricane-sandy-finally-grover-norqui

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He finally got his wish. Hey New York and New Jersey - let's give Grover the credit he so richly deserves!

So here we are, dealing with a weather catastrophe. Was it completely out of our control, or could we have done some things to make it less likely?

Think of all the money we haven't spent, that instead went to tax cuts. Tax cuts are only loans against money needed for our national infrastructure.

All the levees and sea walls that weren't built. The bad roads. The unsafe bridges. The aging urban sewage systems that are only fixed when they break, spilling millions of gallons of water into the streets. Our fuel pipelines are leaking.

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