Romney didn't come out and say that disaster victims ought to borrow reconstruction money from their parents, but he came close. He demonstrated the cluelessness of the ultra-rich as to how natural disaster devastates people who may lack the safety net of savings, insurance, offshore investments and numbered accounts in Switzerland.
It was June 2011, and John King asked Romney at a CNN primary debate whether states rather than the federal government should take on a more significant role in disaster relief.
"Absolutely," Romney replied. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better."
The thought of private companies providing disaster relief for profit rather than the government rushing immediate aid to victims is neither sensible, effective nor humane.
Which is the problem of corporate candidates. They view government as an enormous business. It is not. Government does not exist to maximize profit; it exists to help its citizens.
And when disasters like Sandy strike, people realize that fact much more keenly. They also realize, as many are now saying, that big disasters require big government.
Which is why Romney is now so tight-lipped about his comments on FEMA.
On Tuesday, his traveling press pool asked him no fewer than 14 times whether he would eliminate FEMA should he become president. Romney repeatedly ignored them.
From: elombah daniel <elsdaniel@yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Naijaintellects] Still on Mit Romney and Disaster relief
It was June 2011, and John King asked Romney at a CNN primary debate whether states rather than the federal government should take on a more significant role in disaster relief.
"Absolutely," Romney replied. "Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better."
The thought of private companies providing disaster relief for profit rather than the government rushing immediate aid to victims is neither sensible, effective nor humane.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/83106.html#ixzz2AuLjZTZk
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