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The LA Times helpfully reminds us that we shouldn't blame some victims of Hurricane Karina for blowing $2000 cash cards on trips, sex change operations and other decidedly non-emergency items. Blame FEMA instead, they tell us.
How typical this whole debacle is of the left wing mind that brought us the welfare state. One reason "quick fixes" like the cash cards were implemented was because of the hysterical outcry from MSM outlets like the Times, claiming that the government wasn't doing "enough."
So the predictable response was to do somethng -- anything -- with the taxpayers money to quiet the critics, even though the scheme was obviously and clearly prone to the most egregious kind of abuse. And then, when it goes bad (as many could have predicted it would), don't hold the wrongdoers responsible: Once again, they're just victims -- and Big Daddy government is deemed to be at fault for not successfully exerting control over how the money is spent . . . oversight power that would be frightening if the government actually were capable of wielding it effectively.
How typical this whole debacle is of the left wing mind that brought us the welfare state. One reason "quick fixes" like the cash cards were implemented was because of the hysterical outcry from MSM outlets like the Times, claiming that the government wasn't doing "enough."
So the predictable response was to do somethng -- anything -- with the taxpayers money to quiet the critics, even though the scheme was obviously and clearly prone to the most egregious kind of abuse. And then, when it goes bad (as many could have predicted it would), don't hold the wrongdoers responsible: Once again, they're just victims -- and Big Daddy government is deemed to be at fault for not successfully exerting control over how the money is spent . . . oversight power that would be frightening if the government actually were capable of wielding it effectively.
posted by LadybugUSA at 7:35 PM
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As the article points out: "For every "Girls Gone Wild" video purchased, thousands of families used their cards for clothing, food and temporary shelter without having to deal with federal red tape. Bad spending decisions are an unfortunate side effect of a clever and responsive policy."
The GAO did not rebuke FEMA for the debit card policy -- which quickly and effectively distributed aid to a large number of displaced and desperate Americans -- but for its failure to implement a few simple safeguards to guard against misrepresentation when citizens register for federal disaster assistance and double payments.
It's funny that you get all in a dander about the poor choices a handful of Americans make with "your" (and their) dollars but say nary a word about the $9 BILLION PLUS that your government can't account for in Iraq disbursements.
More hypocrisy from the right.
Instead, the sign on the current occupant's desk is turned around so he can read it. It says: "Bushie, you're doin' a heckuva job!"
The last time I checked, the House Senate and four ninths of the SCOTUS were in the camp of the GOP. For all intents and purposes the government of the US is being run by the GOP at all its executive levels. So why are so many things wrong? How can the right wing not get all it asks for when it has all the votes it needs to pass virtually any legislation it wishes and a President that will sign it? How can that be?
FEMA debit cards? Phooey! Let's talk about the cowardice involved in fighting a half hearted war with other people's sons and daughters when your and those who support you sit safe behind gates of privilege.
Cavalor Epthith
Editor-in-Chief
The Dis Brimstone-Daily Pitchfork
Cavalor,
Do you have to get in some kind of extreme yoga position in order to spout such childish drivel with such a high-minded tone?
OK, I have an ingrown toenail on my left foot. It is obviously caused by our immoral war in the Middle east. Bush obviously has a financial tie to the drug companies and is soaking up the profits from the capitalistic pigs who sell ingrown toenail remedies.
Greg
No sir, I can spout my fine drivel even standing up while holding a cocktail.
Dittohead
Thanks for the kind words and the deep digging. Remember who said, "Facts are stupid things."
Flomblog
I do not seek to blame the American president for every bout of flatulence I have, but what I do hold him, as chief executive, accountable for, as the People should, is his arrogance, lack of skill, at realpolitik and his blind adherence to an ideology that is irrational and fruitless, bloody and fatally tragic.
Amber
First off thank you for your service.
If the leadership HAD to send their sons and daughters to war then America would find itself engaged in less folly and more moral wars, Darfur anyone? That charge might have been led by the noble son of some senator or congressman
If America continues to pour the vitriol of a state religion into its government then the generations of the not so ditant future will find themselves in shackles having inherited the wind.
Cavalor Epthith
Editor-in-Chief
The Dis Brimstone-Daily Pitchfork
Good answer, Cavalor!
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