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These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - GMDino - 08-23-2016 http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-louisiana-floods-20160822-snap-story.html Quote:Call it logrolling or one hand washing the other, a generally recognized fact in Washington is that if you want something for your district, it pays to agree to the same thing for another guy’s district. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - michaelsean - 08-23-2016 Budget offsets are an extreme Tea Party ideology? So they were in favor of relief for the east coast, and then Congress bundled relief and rebuilding. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - GMDino - 08-23-2016 (08-23-2016, 09:24 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Budget offsets are an extreme Tea Party ideology? Only in the sense that they only demand budget offsets for what other people want.... RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - PhilHos - 08-23-2016 I like how you post an article that supposed to blast these guys but in the same article it basically defends them. They WERE for Sandy relief, just not as much as was asked for and even then, they were okay with it as long as there was some offset somewhere (you know, kind of like what the Dems always ask for when a Repub proposes a tax cut). So, unless these guys decide to ask for supplemental relief, then I don't see the issue here other than the standard politicization surrounding a disaster. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - GMDino - 08-23-2016 (08-23-2016, 11:26 AM)PhilHos Wrote: I like how you post an article that supposed to blast these guys but in the same article it basically defends them. They WERE for Sandy relief, just not as much as was asked for and even then, they were okay with it as long as there was some offset somewhere (you know, kind of like what the Dems always ask for when a Repub proposes a tax cut). They were so much for it they voted against it because their attempt at "offsets" never had a chance of passing. Quote:Scalise and Cassidy said their objection actually had been that the House had failed to offset the Sandy appropriation with federal budget cutbacks elsewhere. “Paying for disasters and being fiscally responsible are not mutually exclusive,” Scalise said at the time. Got it. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - PhilHos - 08-23-2016 (08-23-2016, 11:33 AM)GMDino Wrote: They were so much for it they voted against it because their attempt at "offsets" never had a chance of passing. Oh, they "surely knew"? That's some great rationale right there. "I believe this bill was stupid and surely, so did the guys that wrote it. Ergo, they KNEW that it was stupid." And so what f they "knew" the offsets weren't going to pass? Do you only stand by your convictions as long as the majority agrees with you? The fact remains they were against the supplemental relief without the appropriate budgetary offsets as stated in YOUR article. You can disagree with that (I can certainly understand and may even agree with you on that), but that does not equate to hypocrisy until these guys ask for supplemental relief themselves. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - fredtoast - 08-23-2016 (08-23-2016, 11:40 AM)PhilHos Wrote: Oh, they "surely knew"? That's some great rationale right there. "I believe this bill was stupid and surely, so did the guys that wrote it. Ergo, they KNEW that it was stupid." So let's discuss the offsets they are suggesting for the funds they are going to receive. What exactly are they? Surely they are not just going to ask for funds without suggesting offsets are they? RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - michaelsean - 08-24-2016 (08-23-2016, 10:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: So let's discuss the offsets they are suggesting for the funds they are going to receive. They wanted offsets for the rebuilding, not the relief. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - fredtoast - 08-24-2016 (08-24-2016, 08:56 AM)michaelsean Wrote: They wanted offsets for the rebuilding, not the relief. I don't think so. http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/01/scalise_wants_sandy_disaster_a.html Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, is backing an amendment to a Hurricane Sandy aid package that would offset $17 billion in spending with cuts in federal programs. That is the amount of the original relief package. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - michaelsean - 08-24-2016 (08-24-2016, 09:13 AM)fredtoast Wrote: I don't think so.I was just going off the posted article. It's Dino's fault. RE: These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief - GMDino - 08-24-2016 (08-24-2016, 09:52 AM)michaelsean Wrote: I was just going off the posted article. It's Dino's fault. So this place is just like my home life? |