2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTed "no relief for Hurricane Sandy victims) Cruz--will he refuse -Relief for Texas???
Come on Ted ---let's hear your read on this one-----and Peter King in New York ----should we filibuster this relief----of course not -----but let's talk fellas
democratXX
(52 posts)But when they don't need help, how they hate the Feds! And then they whine because the sequester is taking dollars away from their red states too! I'm losing hope. When will they get it???
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)How we handle it could mean the difference.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Gov. Rick Perry kept guarded Friday about a new Senate GOP proposal to spend half of the state's $12 billion Rainy Day Fund on water and highway projects, but remained unequivocal that the money should not be used to restore spending cuts to public schools.
"We've got a substantial surplus in our state budget before you get into the Rainy Day Fund," Perry said. "The dollars for education are there in our regular general revenue."
That stance is not surprising from Perry, who has long refused to tap the stockpile of emergency cash reserves for recurring expenses. But it drew a fresh line in the sand a day after Democrats seized on a sudden willingness by Senate Republicans to crack open a fund long-protected by state GOP leaders as fiscally and politically sacred.
The Senate plan would take $2.5 billion from the Rainy Day Fund to shore up the state's water supply. It also throws $3.5 billion at a crumbling and congested Texas highway system, which is increasingly buckling under the strain of roughly 1,000 new residents a day.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/texas/article/Perry-guarded-about-GOP-s-6B-Rainy-Day-Fund-plan-4428998.php#ixzz2QsP9J7qN
era veteran
(4,069 posts)Less creationism more history.
If these fuckers would read their own recent history they could have avoided the blast.
Why should we give money to a Pollyanna state? Wouldn't be prudent.
The Texas City disaster of April 16, 1947 is the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history, and one of the largest non-nuclear explosions. Originating with a mid-morning fire on board the French-registered vessel SS Grandcamp (docked in the Port of Texas City), its cargo of approximately 2,300 tons (2,086,100 kg) of ammonium nitrate detonated.
Killed at least 591 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_Disaster
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)And even though Cruz is not my senator, this makes me angry. He might get a phone call from me.