08-30-2017, 04:53 PM
(08-30-2017, 03:04 PM)Benton Wrote: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/29/ted-cruzs-claim-that-two-thirds-of-the-hurricane-sandy-bill-had-nothing-to-do-with-sandy/?utm_term=.9c2bf7c2ff1d
Refers to a followup bill from the first. Some opinion to it, but points out where Cruz (erroneously) came up with 2/3rds of the Sandy relief bill was pork.
I find Cruz pretty detestable all around, and this just furthers that. In a nutshell, anything that wasn't dollars for picking up downed trees or knocking down flooded buildings, he considered pork. Like, paying for roof repairs on public buildings or repairing public shoreline, or a lot of other things that might have been covered under CDBGs.
Why do we need federal dollars in these areas anyway? This should be a state issue with other states and charities helping as needed.