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Related: About this forumHuffpo headline story - "RECIPE FOR DISASTER - MITT TO AMERICA: SINK OR SWIM"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/[center][font size = 28]RECIPE FOR DISASTER[/font]
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Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States
... During a CNN debate at the height of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney was asked, in the context of the Joplin disaster and FEMA's cash crunch, whether the agency should be shuttered so that states can individually take over responsibility for disaster response.
"Absolutely," he said. "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. Instead of thinking, in the federal budget, what we should cut, we should ask the opposite question, what should we keep?"
"Including disaster relief, though?" debate moderator John King asked Romney.
"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney replied. ...
Full story at - HUFFPO
[font size = 6]MITT TO AMERICA: SINK OR SWIM [/font]

Mitt Romney In GOP Debate: Shut Down Federal Disaster Agency, Send Responsibility To The States
... During a CNN debate at the height of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney was asked, in the context of the Joplin disaster and FEMA's cash crunch, whether the agency should be shuttered so that states can individually take over responsibility for disaster response.
"Absolutely," he said. "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. Instead of thinking, in the federal budget, what we should cut, we should ask the opposite question, what should we keep?"
"Including disaster relief, though?" debate moderator John King asked Romney.
"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney replied. ...
Full story at - HUFFPO
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Huffpo headline story - "RECIPE FOR DISASTER - MITT TO AMERICA: SINK OR SWIM" (Original Post)
mzmolly
Oct 2012
OP
"future for our kids" ... sorry about the ones whose states ran out of money. Not all of us have
libdem4life
Oct 2012
#8
Mitt says to privatize everything, next thing you know he will call for privatizing taxes...
tarheelsunc
Oct 2012
#9
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)1. Yeah, private sector! Why shouldn't profit be made in all this
catastrophe?
mzmolly
(51,886 posts)4. I wonder if the private sector, utopian solution involves a fee based
system for citizens on the verge of death and/or destruction?
Hmmmm. Will rescue teams accept Visa?
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)7. If you can't pay for your own disaster aid, then you are
obviously one of the 47% who will never take personal responsibility.
mzmolly
(51,886 posts)10. And of course, that means you deserve your fate
because it's "the Lords will," and you didn't work hard enough to save money in the event of a disaster.
WallaceRitchie
(242 posts)2. Need a rescue? Got checkbook?
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mzmolly
(51,886 posts)6. On an up note, I hear Chinese disaster response companies
work cheap?
tblue
(16,350 posts)3. FUCK YOU, MITT ROMNEY! nt
SunSeeker
(54,531 posts)5. K&R
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)8. "future for our kids" ... sorry about the ones whose states ran out of money. Not all of us have
multiple houses to jet back and forth to and fro, Bishop.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)9. Mitt says to privatize everything, next thing you know he will call for privatizing taxes...
Yeah, let the corporations collect the taxes!
onecent
(6,096 posts)11. I am sure this message is NOT getting to the right people.
Am I correct?
I don't know if Repubs read Huffington Post???
mzmolly
(51,886 posts)12. Republicans tune out information.
I doubt Huffpo is trying to reach the unreachable cultists.