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The Pork Filled and Expensive Non-Relief Sandy Relief Bill

Becca in TX Wrote: Jan 02, 2013 3:56 PM

I'm sick of seeing people from NY and NJ on television whining about not getting any help. Don't any of these people carry homeowner's insurance? All of this whining and carrying on after a CAT 1 hurricane??? What a bunch of wimps. When Ike came through, it took the roof off of my barn. Termperatures were in the 90's and we had no power for 19 days. We hooked up the generator, filed a claim with the insurance and toughed it out. You didn't see people from Texas on television whining about FEMA and crying because nobody was helping them. We handled it and when the insurance company got around to us and a roofer was free, we got the repairs done. In the meantime, we got up there and nailed tarps down. What a bunch of dependent babies.

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The Pork Filled and Expensive Non-Relief Sandy Relief Bill

It's been 66 days since Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast, causing major damage in New York and New Jersey. The storm was so powerful, it is in the running to become the most expensive storm for taxpayers on record. Historically, Congress has passed hurricane relief bills in the immediate aftermath of storm damage, but Sandy is a different story. Why? Congress wrote up Hurricane Sandy Relief legislation and then Harry Reid's Senate loaded it with pork. What's in it? Many things that hardly count as relief for victims.