Tuesday, August 23, 2016

YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP ... MOSTLY BECAUSE THE GOP DOES THIS STUFF ON THEIR OWN

You can't make this stuff up. Then again, you don't have to with our current crop of Republican ideologues who have no sense of compassion, nor seem to understand how federalism works.

It turns out that the same Louisiana congressmen, who voted against federal relief for Hurricane Sandy victims in New York and New Jersey - under the banner of being fiscally conservative - now want federal relief for their flood impacted Louisiana residents. Here's two of the Louisiana congressman who suddenly found "Federal Relief" Jesus, Rep. John Fleming and Rep. Steve Scalise ...


You can read about the GOP's sudden embrace of federalism, and how it's supposed to work, in this Los Angeles Times article - "These Louisiana politicians are demanding flood aid, but voted against Sandy relief" - by Michael Hiltzik.

- Mark 

1 comment:

Sheets46 said...

Working together you do good things when needed those two are perfect examples of how not to do it..............Help all the people when they need it..........