Eric Cantor On 'Face The Nation': Disaster Relief For Joplin Tornado Victims Must Be Offset First Posted: 05/30/11 08:56 AM ET Updated: 05/30/11 01:07 PM ET
On Sunday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) reiterated his position that disaster relief funds for the tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri must be paid for with cuts to other programs. "Congress will find the money," Cantor said on CBS' “Face the Nation” "And it will be offset."
"I know that America is just stunned by the scope of devastation and loss and the horrific tragedy that the people of Joplin and other places across the country really are experiencing this tornado season," Cantor said. The federal government typically pays for disaster relief, but Cantor has said repeatedly that the government must maintain fiscal discipline. On Sunday, he compared the situation to that of a family putting off buying a new car when a family member became ill. "When a family is struck with tragedy -- like the family of Joplin ... let's say if they had $10,000 set aside to do something else with, to buy a new car ... and then they were struck with a sick member of the family or something, and needed to take that money to apply it to that, that's what they would do, because families don't have unlimited money. And, really, neither does the federal government."..........................>>>>...................>>>>.................................http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/30/eric-cantor-on-face-the-n_n_868700.html
what do you do when your car needs a major repair? Do you just charge it and hope to pay it off "someday" or do you adjust your budget by eliminating or reducing other non-essential items to cover the cost?
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Joplin was NOT the pawn that should have been used to make a compromise on cutting spending. although Cantor has his points, it should have never been made at the expense of the joplin tornado victims......not when we are giving billions of aide to foreign countries for political or practical purposes.
Not good timing on Cantor's part. IMHO
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Cantor didn't say to refuse giving money to Joplin just to make changes to recover the money later through budget reductions in the future. 55Tbird is correct if it were our personal budget and we had to make a major repair we would cut our spending from other areas to pay off the expense.
If the Federal govt were a personal budget, we wouldn't have cut our main source of income (the Bush Tax Cuts) at a time when our expenses were increasing to pay for two wars.
Borrowing to finance an unnecessary war in Iraq was acceptable... but rebuilding Joplin isn't... Republican Values!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
If the Federal govt were a personal budget, we wouldn't have cut our main source of income (the Bush Tax Cuts) at a time when our expenses were increasing to pay for two wars.
we could cut costs by not paying for deadbeat adult family members and illegal immigrants who decided to live in our house without our permission.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Republicans ARE heartless... but not to the rich...
The Republican Rapture:
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The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
If the Federal govt were a personal budget, we wouldn't have cut our main source of income (the Bush Tax Cuts) at a time when our expenses were increasing to pay for two wars.
Borrowing to finance an unnecessary war in Iraq was acceptable... but rebuilding Joplin isn't... Republican Values!
Those would be the wars the Obama was going to end as soon as he entered office, right? The names of the troop brigades have only been changed to protect the liars.
Those would be the wars the Obama was going to end as soon as he entered office, right? The names of the troop brigades have only been changed to protect the liars.
Failure...Along with cutting the deficit in half, closing gitmo, putting all bills online 3 days before signing...etc According to Obama, we are out of Iraq in a combat form..but there's 50,000 troops left as "advisers" LOL, that's a lot of advisers.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Those would be the wars the Obama was going to end as soon as he entered office, right? The names of the troop brigades have only been changed to protect the liars.
Obama promised (and kept his promise) to withdraw all US combat forces from Iraq in 16 months. The result: (US Military Fatalities By Year) Year US 2003 486 2004 849 2005 846 2006 822 2007 904 2008 314 2009 149 2010 60 2011 24 Total 4454
God Bless Barack Hussein Obama!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Quoted from Box of Rox: Borrowing to finance an unnecessary war in Iraq was acceptable... but rebuilding Joplin isn't... Republican Values!
The current war in Libya was started by your Democratic President. How are military operations in Libya being funded? And, to ask a question posed by the Democrats during the Bush presidency, what are the mission, the success criteria and the timeline for ending the operations?
The current war in Libya was started by your Democratic President. How are military operations in Libya being funded? And, to ask a question posed by the Democrats during the Bush presidency, what are the mission, the success criteria and the timeline for ending the operations?
Unlike the war in Iraq, the war in Libya is a NATO operation with US troops participating... not a US war against Libya.
The mission, success and timeline are a NATO decision. The US can withdraw from the operation at any time it chooses.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The current war in Libya was started by your Democratic President. How are military operations in Libya being funded? And, to ask a question posed by the Democrats during the Bush presidency, what are the mission, the success criteria and the timeline for ending the operations?
It's now September, but be sure to check back then, it will probably change
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
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