Roy Blunt (R-Mo.): Feds Should Pay 100% of Joplin Clean-up

[somone]

http://kcmonitor.com/news/missouri/blunt-feds-should-pay-100-of-joplin-clean-up-2935

Blunt: Feds Should Pay 100% of Joplin Clean-up
In the wake of a tornado 'unlike any I've ever seen,' Blunt calls for unprecedented level of disaster recovery funding from the federal government.

While the fed­eral gov­ern­ment usu­ally picks up around 75 per­cent of the costs fol­low­ing a fed­eral dis­as­ter dec­la­ra­tion, Sen. Roy Blunt wants it to pay more for the deadly tor­nado that ripped a path through Joplin.

Blunt said he is ask­ing the fed­eral gov­ern­ment to fully fund the costs of clean­ing up Joplin fol­low­ing the country’s dead­liest tor­nado to touch­down in 60 years, dur­ing a media con­fer­ence call held on Thursday.

Usu­ally, fed­eral agen­cies will fund around 75 per­cent of the clean up in a dis­as­ter sit­u­a­tion, with state and local gov­ern­ments financ­ing the other 25 percent.

“They’ve agreed to 75,” Blunt said. “I think they are going to have to come to a bet­ter num­ber than that. The right num­ber I think would be 100 percent.”...

[sharesunited]

1. But the country is broke Blunt. As your side loves to say. Go draw on your eyebrows.

[JVS]

2. I'm all for the federal govt. helping these people, but WTF is wrong with MO doing some of the help?

[iwishiwas]

3. So, the repug loves big gov with big spending. Cool.

[w8liftinglady]

4. wait a minute...

Blunt must have been talking to Rick Perry.

Now, cut our taxes, but pick up the tab.

sorry, Roy- it doesn't work that way.

[Old and In the Way]

5. Roy, I take it you'll be supporting a more equitable tax structure to pay for your demands?

Maybe now we can rescind those Bush taxcuts that are starving this country's ability to deal with disasters like this?

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Roy, you really, truly don't have a clue, do you?

YOUR party is the one that rails about getting big gummint out of the way.

[bluestate10]

7. With no offsets or right to claw-back any waste.

Republicans are hypocrites. It is ok when organizations that deal with disasters and that work to prevent them have their budgets under constant scrutiny even after those budgets are cut to the bone. But when disasters strike their districts, they want those agencies and the federal government behind them to ignore all else and solve distress in their districts. Myopic, self serving bastards. One can only wonder whether the disasters in the south and Texas have not caused voters to wake up to how republicans have used their votes to gain power to coddle the rich and screw everyone else.

[Drahthaardogs]

8. Dear Roy,

It appears in the midst of the disaster you have not been following the literature put out by your party. Let me explain, you see feds who help out with FEMA are overpaid, fat cats. Plus we are incompetent. Also, FEMA is not PROFITABLE, and as your friends in the GOP keep saying "if it is not profitable, it is not good for the country". Sorry... we cannot help. What we really need here is some small business and some open competition. Yeah, that will fix it. Let's get the government out of FEMA Roy and get some good old American small businessmen down there. It will not be free, but government is evil, and I am sure with lots of competition, your state can get a "good" price, if the market allows it that is. Because as well all know, price fixing is not the venture capitalistic way. You should call Mr. BONER *sic*, he will explain this to you in detail.


Signed,

Your friendly but woefully overpaid and terribly inadequate federal employee and FEMA volunteer

[izquierdista]

9. Gub'mint is the problem, Roy

Do you really want people showing up saying "we're from the government, and we're here to help"?

Maybe if you give the Kochs a few more billions, the "Invisible Hand" will have it all spiffed up in no time.

[LiberalFighter]

10. 100% only for those with less than 100k homes

and 10% for those with homes over 100k but not over 10,000.

Actually, I say they it should not be over 75%. Missouri should offer the other 25%. Or make sure homes don't get damage. :sarcasm:

[NutmegYankee]

12. If you did that in Conn., no one would get 100%

[rurallib]

11. Hey, Roy, remember Eric Cantor wants to stiff somebody else

to pay for any aid to Joplin.
What's it going to be Roy?
(ETA) How about we cut some oil company welfare?

[Hubert Flottz]

13. Maybe the Koch brothers, Exxon and the other world warmers will

pitch in Roy. "The Gubmint needs to be drowned in a bath tub"

[fredamae]

14. blunt, do you support closing corp tax loopholes

in order to inc funding for socialist programs like FEMA?
Do you support repealing the bush tax cuts extension?
Will you agree to curtail Big Oil subsidies, Farming subsidies? Ethanol subsidies?
Do you agree to allow Warren to be confirmed?

I guess two can play the hostage game your lil' buddies cantor and mcconnell are playing.

Just switch to the Dem Party and we'll do lunch.

[sixmile]

15. This meme goes nowhere, Roy,

SInce you're using it to attract younger voters who can't get jobs anyway to pay into the system. Duh. Winning.

[City Lights]

16. Hypocrite. nt