Wed Dec 27, 2017, 03:57 PM

Latest from Puerto Rico

Just talked to family and they told me that FEMA is telling people that any funds provided by them for home repairs need to be spent at Home Depot- nowhere else. Also, they are setting up info desks inside the stores in order to "facilitate" things for people. Is this normal? Sounds kinda shady to me... Are the Home Depot folks Republican donors or something?

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Latest from Puerto Rico (Original post)	IluvPitties	Dec 2017	OP
Yep--Home Depot is repub,, Lowe's is Democratic.	panader0	Dec 2017	#1
Home Depot leans Republican	lapfog_1	Dec 2017	#2
I feel Puerto Ricans are being subjected to some of the worse forms	IluvPitties	Dec 2017	#3
If anyone has that in writing ...	lpbk2713	Dec 2017	#4
Currently there are no Lowe's stores in Puerto Rico	Lurks Often	Dec 2017	#5
Is there any direct precedence for this?	LanternWaste	Dec 2017	#6
FEMA has arrangements with various "big box" stores	Bradical79	Dec 2017	#7

Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 04:03 PM

panader0 (25,631 posts)

1. Yep--Home Depot is repub,, Lowe's is Democratic.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 04:05 PM

lapfog_1 (27,578 posts)

2. Home Depot leans Republican

"Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus has endorsed Donald Trump for president, but Marcus is no longer the CEO or chairman of the home improvement chain."

From snopes.

Marcus did endorse trump... but he is no longer the CEO or Chairman. But he is a founder and probably still owns a lot of stock.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:19 PM

IluvPitties (3,181 posts)

3. I feel Puerto Ricans are being subjected to some of the worse forms

of Republican corruption. It's a shame these schemes are not being reported more frequently.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:28 PM

lpbk2713 (41,875 posts)

4. If anyone has that in writing ...

the s**t can hit the fan bigly.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:30 PM

Lurks Often (5,455 posts)

5. Currently there are no Lowe's stores in Puerto Rico

I certainly don't know what other home improvement/repair stores are in Puerto Rico, but requiring people to use the money at Home Depot could be a way of making sure the money is used for it's intended purpose as well as helping to make sure people aren't cheated by scammers and businesses.

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Response to Lurks Often (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:33 PM

LanternWaste (37,748 posts)

6. Is there any direct precedence for this?

"requiring people to use the money at Home Depot could be a way of making sure the money is used for it's intended purpose..."

Is there any direct precedence for this having been done, and on this large a scale to other American citizens in declared disaster areas?

If not, I see zero evidence suggesting this mechanism is intended for what you surmised.

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Response to IluvPitties (Original post)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:40 PM

Bradical79 (4,490 posts)

7. FEMA has arrangements with various "big box" stores

Mostly Home Depot, Lowes, and Wallmart. The FEMA facilitators in these places have been normal practice for several years now. I think the partnerships maybe started post Katrina?

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