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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:28 PM Oct 2012

Mitt Romney: Federal Disaster Relief For Tornado And Flood Victims Is ‘Immoral,’ ‘Makes No Sense...

By Brad Johnson on Jun 14, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Asked about federal disaster relief for recent tornado and flood victims at last night’s GOP debate, candidate Mitt Romney called the spending “immoral” and said the Federal Emergency Management Agency should be privatized. With greenhouse pollution on the rise, the United States has been struck by a “punishing series of billion-dollar disasters.”

Embracing a radical anti-government ideology from the most extreme elements of the Tea Party, Romney said that the victims in Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Massachusetts, and other communities hit by tornadoes and flooding should not receive governmental assistance. He argued it is “simply immoral” for there to be deficit spending that could harm future generations:

Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better. [...] We cannot — we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids. It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we’ll all be dead and gone before it’s paid off. It makes no sense at all.



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http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/06/14/244973/mitt-romney-federal-disaster-relief-for-tornado-and-flood-victims-is-immoral-makes-no-sense-at-all/
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Mitt Romney: Federal Disaster Relief For Tornado And Flood Victims Is ‘Immoral,’ ‘Makes No Sense... (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP
Thanks for reminding people he said this. Mitt would be a disaster in a disaster. Louisiana1976 Oct 2012 #1
I should say!...This is NOT going to go down well with Mr & Mrs. Average Citizen, whathehell Oct 2012 #5
Willard is right. We should tax him enough that we can pay for all those things now and not pass the Vincardog Oct 2012 #2
Ok so,No Fed aid for disasters,No Social Security,No Medicaid,No Medicare,No bail outs, MichiganVote Oct 2012 #3
Oh, FUCK HIM!! whathehell Oct 2012 #4
Anyone living in areas about to be impacted by this hurricane should spread this far and wide. Tennessee Gal Oct 2012 #6
A treasonous message theglammistress Oct 2012 #7

whathehell

(28,969 posts)
5. I should say!...This is NOT going to go down well with Mr & Mrs. Average Citizen,
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:59 PM
Oct 2012

I don't care WHAT Party they're in!

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)
2. Willard is right. We should tax him enough that we can pay for all those things now and not pass the
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:35 PM
Oct 2012

bill on t his self-entitled spawn.

 

MichiganVote

(21,086 posts)
3. Ok so,No Fed aid for disasters,No Social Security,No Medicaid,No Medicare,No bail outs,
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 06:39 PM
Oct 2012

No NPR,No Big Bird,No Unions,No Healthcare,No contraceptive freedom,No reproductive rights,No right to privacy,No public schools,No Habeas Corpus,No regulations Wall Street,No mortgage deduction,No food stamps,No school lunches,No Dept. of Education,No Dept. of the Interior,No regulations on pollution,No taxes for the wealthy....

Did I miss anything?

Tennessee Gal

(6,160 posts)
6. Anyone living in areas about to be impacted by this hurricane should spread this far and wide.
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:02 PM
Oct 2012

Facebook, email, discussion boards, etc.

theglammistress

(348 posts)
7. A treasonous message
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 07:34 PM
Oct 2012

I've already posted this on my FB and I've noticed a lot of other folks are as well. I had the original Think Progress article bookmarked on my computer for a long time.

I remember watching this particular debate live. Stuns me.

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