Tancredo (POS - CO) slams Katrina spending: “time the taxpayer gravy train left the N.O. station"

[jefferson_dem]

Disgusting :puke:

Tancredo slams Katrina spending
By Klaus Marre
August 31, 2007

GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Tom Tancredo (Colo.) said Friday it is “time the taxpayer gravy train left the New Orleans station” and urged an end to the federal aid to the region that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina two years ago.

“The amount of money that has been wasted on these so-called ‘recovery’ efforts has been mind-boggling,” said Tancredo, who is running a long-shot presidential campaign. “Enough is enough.”

Citing administration figures, the lawmaker said that $114 billion has been spent on the effort to rebuild a large stretch of the Gulf Coast after the storm hit New Orleans in August 2005 and claimed more than 1,600 lives.

“At some point, state and local officials and individuals have got to step up to the plate and take some initiative,” said Tancredo. “The mentality that people can wait around indefinitely for the federal taxpayer to solve all their worldly problems has got to come to an end.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/tancredo-slams-katrina-spending-2007-08-31.html

[tabasco]

1. Ahhhhh, if he gets cancer I'll feel a lot of sympathy for him!

Not.

[aquart]

4. I would sincerely regret if he were devoured by wolves.

Or lost in a storm surge.

[BlooInBloo]

5. I almost wish he *would* get cancer - just so I could feel sorry for him....

(just kidding)

[jobycom]

2. That's Ron Paul's basic position to.

In case any DUers still like that piece of shit.

[BlackHawk706867]

3. Well I can understand his point of view....

It might tap into the 12 Billion that must be spent on the Iraq war per month, so how the hell can we afford to finance NO?

:sarcasm:

ww

[KamaAina]

6. And guess who's doing a lot of the demolition and construction work in N.O.?

Immigrants. Tancredo's favorite. :sarcasm: (Swamp Rat's roof, to take but one of thousands of examples all over town)

Maybe if someone told him that, his head would explode? :nuke:

[Jacobin]

7. Well Mr. Tancredo, if you Gimps in congress

had appropriated the money sought by the Corps of Engineers over the last 20 years to deal with the levees and the funds sought to do river diversions to rebuild the marshes killed off by cutting canals to drill for oil, then you wouldn't be having to spend billions to fix the shit that you let go to rack and ruin.

You, sir, are a fucking asshole who helped cause this problem and your state, sir, will one day suffer a tragedy, requiring federal help, and for the sake of your constituents, I hope that other congresscritters do not have the same cretinous attitude that you do when it comes time to help your state in a disaster.

[Cha]

8. How about this blowhard asshole's "gravy train"?

When is it going to end?

If they would have funded the levees maybe there wouldn't be as much funding needed..stupid greedy, ol' pervert.

[Solly Mack]

9. time to kick Tancredo off the taxpayer gravy train

and not just him

What a complete waste of space