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On Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:17:26 +0000,  Mitchell Holman says...  

> > $51 Billion In Sandy Aid - USA TODAY

> Republicans Who Voted Against Sandy Aid 

Why was aid NEEDED for Sandy, if Northern states don't need or WANT or aren't happy with federal aid? 

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Rick Scott's Hurricane Hypocrisy: Taking Credit for Disaster Relief that He Voted Against

Today, Rick Scott(D)-FL is touring damage from Hurricane Helene but last week, as Congress passed a government funding 
bill without critically needed supplemental disaster relief funding, Scott was nowhere to be found. Instead of doing 
his job and fighting for disaster funds he knew Florida would need, Scott skipped town and didn't vote to replenish 
FEMA's disaster fund and keep the government open. Thanks to Scott's inaction, FEMA won't have enough resources to make 
it through the rest of hurricane season.

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I've told you moronic gay guys a 1000 times... if a Republican is voting against aid, it's loaded with pork.

Hurricane Sandy's total damage amounted to $51 billion. Guess how much the relief aid bill was for?

$50.5

You NEVER need as much money as what the estimated damage is.

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2013 Hurricane Sandy Relief Package 'Full of Pork' - New York Times 

As Tropical Storm Harvey barrels down the Gulf Coast and talk of a disaster-relief bill begins, Republican lawmakers 
from Texas are rushing to defend their 2013 votes against spending $50.5 billion on Hurricane Sandy relief.

Senator John Cornyn's spokesman, Drew Brandewie, tweeted on Friday that the senator "voted for Sandy relief, just not 
the package that became law." He said the final bill included "extraneous" money for items unrelated to disaster 
relief.

(Mr. Cornyn voted for an amendment that would have provided about $24 billion in funding.)

On Tuesday, in an interview with NBC's Katy Tur, Senator Ted Cruz put a specific number on unrelated spending in the 
2013 legislation:

"Two-thirds of that bill HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SANDY."

And on Wednesday morning, Representative Bill Flores echoed criticism of the Sandy relief bill during a local radio 
interview. Congress "went crazy with it, PACKING IT FULL OF PORK," he said. "Most people don't realize that the $51 
billion bill INCLUDED SPENDING FOR ALMOST ALL 50 STATES" AS WELL AS GUAM, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND AMERICAN SAMOA.

And THAT, moron, is why Republicans vote against aid bills.

Of 23 examples of extraneous spending that a spokesman for Mr. Cruz provided, all but one - $195 million in 
discretionary funds for the secretary of health and human services - were Sandy-related or sought to mitigate future 
storms, as the law required.

AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

We can mitigate "future storms" by giving money to people who had NOTHING to do with the PRESENT storm?

I wanna SEE that! 

The spokesman also pointed to a Congressional Quarterly analysis that said that $17 billion in the bill went toward 
immediate aid for Sandy victims while $33.5 billion was for "near- and long-term assistance and mitigation" of damage 
from future disasters.

We're now spending money on shit that hasn't happened or we have NO idea that they might... EVER?

That's pork and wasteful, and damn near criminal.

So... why doesn't the federal government give Florida $100 trillion dollars right now, because we know damn well, 
she'll be hit again!

LOL 

But providing nonemergency aid and preparing for future storms are not the same as spending on projects that are 
entirely unrelated to Sandy.

Mr. Cruz's original claim - that just $16 billion to $17 billion was actually connected to disaster relief - is 
similarly not plausible, as is evident from even a cursory look at the CQ analysis and another breakdown of the aid 
from the Congressional Research Service.

More than $28 billion was allocated to programs for Sandy relief. They included money for the Federal Emergency 
Management disaster fund ($11.5 billion), repairs for damaged transit systems ($10.9 billion), repairs to damaged Army 
Corps of Engineers projects and dredging ($5.35 billion), disaster loans to small business ($520 million) and emergency 
farm, food and conservation assistance ($224 million).

The Sandy package also provided substantial funding to ease the impact of future storms.

Again... where are the trillions for Florida?

Mr. Flores's claim that areas not affected by Sandy also received funding is correct, but the money was nonetheless 
earmarked for emergencies.

(yeah, and I bet it ALL went for future emergencies. WHAT emergencies? Fires? Floods? Earthquakes? What do those have 
to do with Sandy?)

Head Start, the federal program for low-income preschoolers, received $100 million. But even that was storm-related; 
more than 100 of its centers were damaged by Sandy, the office said.

Head fucking Start?????

Nooooo... no pork at all!

Fucking liberals.

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White Liberals More Likely To Have A Mental Health Condition

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/22/white-liberals-more-likely-
have-mental-health-cond/

Apr 22, 2021 - Sixty-two percent of Whites who classify themselves as "very 
liberal" or "liberal" have been told by a doctor they have a mental health 
condition, as compared to 26% of conservatives and...

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White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems... - Newsmax

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/white-liberals-mental-health-study/2021/04/20/id/1018293/

The Pew Study, Which The Washington Free Beacon notes was published last year 
but only gained attention in a recent article, showed that white liberals of 
all ages were more likely to be diagnosed with a mental health condition than 
moderates or conservatives, with the disparity particularly pronounced among 
those aged 18-29, according to evie...

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Study: Young White Liberals More Likely to Have Mental Health Problems

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/22/study-young-white-liberals-
more-likely-to-have-mental-health-problems/

Apr 22, 2021 - When sex and age were factors, 56.3 percent of white women 
between the ages of 18 and 29 and who labeled themselves as "liberal," said 
they had been given a mental health diagnosis, compared to 27.3 percent of 
conservatives in the same categories and 28.4 percent of moderates:

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62% of "liberal" or very "liberal" whites have a mental health condition

https://www.independentsentinel.com/62-of-liberal-or-very-liberal-whites-have-
a-mental-health-condition/

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 62% percent of Whites who classify 
themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal" has been told by a doctor they have a 
mental health condition. Only 26% of conservatives and 20% of moderates have 
been told they have such a condition, the study found.

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Pew Study: White Liberals Disproportionately Suffer From Mental Illness...

https://wibc.com/108211/pew-study-white-liberals-disproportionately-suffer-
from-mental-illness/

White women, ages 18-29, who identified as liberal were given a mental health 
diagnosis from medical professionals at a rate of 56.3%, as compared to 28.4% 
in moderates and 27.3% in conservatives. Zach Goldberg, a Ph.D. candidate in 
political science, consolidated the study's info in a set of visuals and posted 
them to a thread on Twitter.

SCIENCE: White Libs More Likely To Have Mental Health Problems

https://freebeacon.com/politics/white-libs-mental-health/

Within this demographic, 34 percent of liberals reported having mental health 
problems, compared with 22 percent of moderates and 16 percent of 
conservatives. Zach Goldberg, the doctoral...

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White Liberals Twice as Likely to be Diagnosed with Psychological Problems

https://www.hennessysview.com/p/psychologic-disorders-white-liberals

Nearly 1 in 2 (45.9%) of white liberals have been diagnosed with mental health 
disorders. White liberals of all ages are more than twice as likely as 
conservatives of any age to suffer from mental health disorders. White liberals 
are almost twice as likely as non-white liberals to be diagnosed with mental 
health problems.

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6 Reasons Why Liberalism IS A Mental Disorder (LOL) - The Political Insider

https://thepoliticalinsider.com/6-reasons-why-liberalism-can-be-considered-a-
mental-disorder/

In 2005, Michael Savage famously wrote a book titled, Liberalism is a Mental 
Disorder, the subject of which is self-explanatory. Additionally, Dr. Lyle 
Rossiter, a board-certified clinical psychologist, wrote a book in which he 
diagnosed the ideology of the left as a tangible mental illness.

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Personality Traits, Mental Illness, and Ideology

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unique-everybody-else/202103/personality-traits-mental-illness-and-ideology

specifically, surveys on the " big five " traits of extraversion, 
agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience have 
found that people identifying as politically...

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Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health...

https://theliberal.ie/study-claims-over-50-of-liberal-women-under-30-have-
mental-health-issues-men-and-women-with-liberal-views-more-likely-to-be-
mentally-unwell/

Study claims over 50% of liberal women under 30 have mental health issues, men 
and women with liberal views more likely to be mentally unwell April 24, 2021 - 
12:01 Gerard Clarke Irish News