Ron Paul is running for President on the Republican ticket. Let’s just say for argument’s sake, that Ron Paul wins his party’s nomination and goes on to win the Presidency in 2012. I know, it’s far-fetched, but let’s just say… If Ron Paul becomes president, his government will not help out when there are natural disasters.
With Hurricane Irene quickly approaching the east coast, this report was filed concerning Paul’s plan to handle such disasters;
After a lunch speech today, Ron Paul slammed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and said that no national response to Hurricane Irene is necessary.
“We should be like 1900; we should be like 1940, 1950, 1960,” Paul said. “I live on the gulf coast, we deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district.
“There’s no magic about FEMA. They’re a great contribution to deficit financing and quite frankly they don’t have a penny in the bank. We should be coordinated but coordinated voluntarily with the states,” Paul told NBC News. “A state can decide. We don’t need somebody in Washington.”
FEMA is a Federal Emergency Management Agency whose job is to assist local governments when they need help recovering from disasters. But according to Paul, FEMA is a “great contribution to the deficit.” Pay no attention to the real American lives this agency saves all the time.
And Ron Paul is not the only Republican who believes in money over human lives. Eric Cantor also shares Paul’s views, and even said that if any monies are spent to save or help Americans in the recent Earthquake and the upcoming Hurricane, then that money must be offset by spending cuts.
So to conclude, your home, your livelihood and even your life may hang in the balance, but Cantor will need to go to Washington first, figure out how much to cut from another program, preferably Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid, then apply those newly cut funds to helping disaster victims.
Paul on the other hand, would prefer the government to just sit on its hands and watch the citizens suffer.
Welcome to a Republican controlled America. Good thing its just make believe.
2 replies on “In A Ron Paul Administration, Disaster Victims Are On Their Own”
Ron paul is a blasphemer of the highest order! Also, Mrs. Bachmann and he are morally bunkruped indeed.
Ah, the old "Kill 'em all; let God sort 'em out." adage. As disastrous as FEMA's response was in the aftermath of Katrina, is it really even plausible that volunteerism alone would have sufficed? Really, Ron Paul? Placing "fiscal responsibility" over human life and suffering is not only non-Christian but goes against the very oath he took to be a physician. It's the very same as an emergency room turning away the obviously injured because of a lack of health care insurance.