Texas is in line to get $4.3 billion in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Puerto Rico is set to receive $8.2 billion. North Carolina is waiting for $1.1 billion. Florida would get $550 million in disaster mitigation money.
Lawmakers were recently assured by HUD Secretary Ben Carson that the money would be released on May 1.
But it didn’t happen - as lawmakers pointed the finger at the White House, and the Office of Management and Budget for the delay."
To be fair, why would some spoiled rich dude whose dad constantly bailed him out care about Americans in need.
Surely they’re not holding things up because it includes PR, right?
I can’t figure out why this is not happening. I mean the Joker in Cheif flew to the Hurricane Michael area last week for a party about himself, and yet these people are still waiting for help.
The new Republican Way? We don’t help fellow Americans anymore?
Whatever happened to pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? Why is it other people’s job to pay for disaster relief when those people chose to live in areas where disasters happen? It seems to me that if people choose to live in areas where floods/hurricanes/rising sea levels/freak accidents happen then that’s their problem. Tax dollars shouldn’t be spent to make up for people’s poor choices in life.
These folks obviously don’t realize we’re in a national emergency. We need to build a wall so invaders can climb over the wall instead of just walking. That will at least slow down the flow of invaders by 3 - 5 minutes.
