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Always Randy

(1,058 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:17 PM Apr 2013

Ted "no relief for Hurricane Sandy victims) Cruz--will he refuse -Relief for Texas???

Come on Ted ---let's hear your read on this one-----and Peter King in New York ----should we filibuster this relief----of course not -----but let's talk fellas

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Ted "no relief for Hurricane Sandy victims) Cruz--will he refuse -Relief for Texas??? (Original Post) Always Randy Apr 2013 OP
Hands out for Federal assistance when disaster hits democratXX Apr 2013 #1
This is a tipping point for Texas Xipe Totec Apr 2013 #2
Perry Urges Texas Lawmakers To Keep $7B In $12b Rainy Day Fund (is it 'rainy yet' Gov.?) Purveyor Apr 2013 #3
Perhaps the State should reevaluate the education doctrines they use. era veteran Apr 2013 #4
I live in an area hard hit by Sandy tabbycat31 Apr 2013 #5

democratXX

(52 posts)
1. Hands out for Federal assistance when disaster hits
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:25 PM
Apr 2013

But when they don't need help, how they hate the Feds! And then they whine because the sequester is taking dollars away from their red states too! I'm losing hope. When will they get it???

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
3. Perry Urges Texas Lawmakers To Keep $7B In $12b Rainy Day Fund (is it 'rainy yet' Gov.?)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:31 PM
Apr 2013

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov. Rick Perry kept guarded Friday about a new Senate GOP proposal to spend half of the state's $12 billion Rainy Day Fund on water and highway projects, but remained unequivocal that the money should not be used to restore spending cuts to public schools.

"We've got a substantial surplus in our state budget before you get into the Rainy Day Fund," Perry said. "The dollars for education are there in our regular general revenue."

That stance is not surprising from Perry, who has long refused to tap the stockpile of emergency cash reserves for recurring expenses. But it drew a fresh line in the sand a day after Democrats seized on a sudden willingness by Senate Republicans to crack open a fund long-protected by state GOP leaders as fiscally — and politically — sacred.

The Senate plan would take $2.5 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to shore up the state's water supply. It also throws $3.5 billion at a crumbling and congested Texas highway system, which is increasingly buckling under the strain of roughly 1,000 new residents a day.

Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/Perry-guarded-about-GOP-s-6B-Rainy-Day-Fund-plan-4428998.php#ixzz2QsP9J7qN

era veteran

(4,069 posts)
4. Perhaps the State should reevaluate the education doctrines they use.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 09:24 AM
Apr 2013

Less creationism more history.
If these fuckers would read their own recent history they could have avoided the blast.
Why should we give money to a Pollyanna state? Wouldn't be prudent.

The Texas City disaster of April 16, 1947 is the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the Port of Texas City), its cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (2,086,100 kg) of ammonium nitrate detonated.
Killed at least 591 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
5. I live in an area hard hit by Sandy
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:18 PM
Apr 2013

And even though Cruz is not my senator, this makes me angry. He might get a phone call from me.

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