Current Events > Trump denies 99% of requested aid for Hurricane Matthew

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Lmao, I love how most conservatives claim to be Christian, but they're the absolute most unchristian people that you can actually find in America
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Samurontai posted...

Lmao, I love how most conservatives claim to be Christian, but they're the absolute most unchristian people that you can actually find in America

I can't believe I'm agreeing with this guy
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Samurontai posted...

Lmao, I love how most conservatives claim to be Christian, but they're the absolute most unchristian people that you can actually find in America

Jimmy Carter seems to have figured it out.
https://www.habitat.org/


Also you seem to have badly misunderstood the point of "two coats".

Alucard188 posted...

Get hit by a natural disaster? Better pull yourselves up by your own bootstraps. Getting help from the government is socialism, we don't tolerate socialism over in Murika.

Personal responsibility, man. They should have thought of that before moving near an ocean.

Samurontai posted...

Lmao, I love how most conservatives claim to be Christian, but they're the absolute most unchristian people that you can actually find in America

Truer words have never been spoken
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The CE hivemind is hilarious

They were already given almost half a bil, at what point do you stop? Until ce is happy? Talk shit about thr guy nonstop but no sack, stick your hand out afterwards

This shouldn't be on trump but their state and insurance companies

Cant pay up every time this happens lol
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Questionmarktarius posted...

Also you seem to have badly misunderstood the point of "two coats".

Well, go ahead and explain.
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darkprince45 posted...

Talk shit about thr guy nonstop but no sack, stick your hand out afterwards

Funny coming from someone who'd let a Trump shit in his mouth and then call it chocolate <:^)

The Trump supporter motto "For the rest of his presidency, I shall suck his dick like no other"
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"Housing Elevation: $434 million for buyout, elevation and reconstruction of 3,962 properties that flooded during Matthew and are at risk for future flooding"

Some of you guys are blinded. Look at that. They want to use tax payer dollars to buy damaged properly from landowners, destroy it, then rebuild it somewhere else. Many of the people who own these beach houses are wealthy. They knew the risks when they buy a beach house.

I have no sympathy for these well-off folks. Tax dollars shouldn't to to bailing them out of their poor decisions. Trump is completely right on this. It's socialism for the rich and it's a completely waste of federal tax dollars.
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Mister_Spyker posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

Also you seem to have badly misunderstood the point of "two coats".

Well, go ahead and explain.

It's right there in Luke 3 (NIV, I think).

11 John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

12 Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

13 “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.

14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

You seem to be interpreting it as "if your neighbor has no coat, and your other neighbor has seventeen coats, go ahead and redistribute those coats"

GreatEvilEmpire posted...

This is so stupid. Hurricane Matthew was 6 months ago. Why aren't they asking for insurance companies or the landowners to pay for it? Why should the federal government pay people to fix their homes.

Not sorry, but my tax dollars shouldn't be going to fixing/relocating someone's home that should be fixed by the homeowner and/or insurance company.

This is nothing than disgraceful government waste at its best.

How about... you keep your shit tax dollars and we can let anyone, with HALF A FUCKING BRAIN THAT BELIEVES IN EMERGENCY RELIEF, keep giving their taxes, AND YOU CAN STFU SO NOONE HAS TO HEAR YOUR LITTLE UNREALISTIC ELEMENTARY "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" OPINION NOT BASED ON ANY REALITY ANYWHERE WHATSOEVER EXCEPT IN LA-FUCKING-LAND FOX NEWS

and GOD FORBID if any kind of natural disaster happened where you lived, and insurance companies are looking for every way not to cover everything, the president would ask "wait. where do you lie on the political spectrum"

LIKE. THE. P.O.S. THAT HE WAS AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR
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anth0ny posted...

How about... you keep your s*** tax dollars and we can let anyone, with HALF A f***ING BRAIN THAT BELIEVES IN EMERGENCY RELIEF, keep giving their taxes, AND YOU CAN STFU SO NOONE HAS TO HEAR YOUR LITTLE UNREALISTIC ELEMENTARY "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" OPINION NOT BASED ON ANY REALITY ANYWHERE WHATSOEVER EXCEPT IN LA-f***ING-LAND FOX NEWS

and GOD FORBID if any kind of natural disaster happened where you lived, and insurance companies are looking for every way not to cover everything, the president would ask "wait. where do you lie on the political spectrum"

LIKE. THE. P.O.S. THAT HE WAS AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR

Calm your t**s. This is not disaster relief anymore. It's pork. If you can't differentiate the 2, then you're going to make poor decision in life.

I can bet you that more than 75% of that requested money will go into enriching people instead of helping people. Why should tax dollars be spending on buying damaged property? Because your sensitive teets say so?

This isn't disaster relief. This is a bail out for upper class people.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

anth0ny posted...

How about... you keep your s*** tax dollars and we can let anyone, with HALF A f***ING BRAIN THAT BELIEVES IN EMERGENCY RELIEF, keep giving their taxes, AND YOU CAN STFU SO NOONE HAS TO HEAR YOUR LITTLE UNREALISTIC ELEMENTARY "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" OPINION NOT BASED ON ANY REALITY ANYWHERE WHATSOEVER EXCEPT IN LA-f***ING-LAND FOX NEWS

and GOD FORBID if any kind of natural disaster happened where you lived, and insurance companies are looking for every way not to cover everything, the president would ask "wait. where do you lie on the political spectrum"

LIKE. THE. P.O.S. THAT HE WAS AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR

Calm your t**s. This is not disaster relief anymore. It's pork. If you can't differentiate the 2, then you're going to make poor decision in life.

I can bet you that more than 75% of that requested money will go into enriching people instead of helping people. Why should tax dollars be spending on buying damaged property? Because your sensitive teets say so?

This isn't disaster relief. This is a bail out for upper class people.

Yeah that's bullshit

If it was a bailout for the upper class people, Trump would be all over that, plus some. Trump cares more about the upper class, than his own second son (whatever the fuck that guys name is... Aaron or some shit?)

If you look at Trumps pst actions as president and then look at this and say "Yeah Trump did this because the upper class are taking advantage of the system" then I'm sorry to announce that you're a fucking idiot
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Samurontai posted...

Yeah that's bulls***

If it was a bailout for the upper class people, Trump would be all over that, plus some. Trump cares more about the upper class, than his own second son (whatever the f*** that guys name is... Aaron or some s***?)

If you look at Trumps pst actions as president and then look at this and say "Yeah Trump did this because the upper class are taking advantage of the system" then I'm sorry to announce that you're a f***ing idiot

You sound like you're living off of welfare in your mom's basement. How about you get off of your lazy ass and do something productive.
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Uses 35 million dollars in taxpayer money to play golf.

Gives 6 million dollars to a state disaster.

Trump
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Samurontai posted...

Yeah that's bulls***

If it was a bailout for the upper class people, Trump would be all over that, plus some. Trump cares more about the upper class, than his own second son (whatever the f*** that guys name is... Aaron or some s***?)

If you look at Trumps pst actions as president and then look at this and say "Yeah Trump did this because the upper class are taking advantage of the system" then I'm sorry to announce that you're a f***ing idiot

You sound like you're living off of welfare in your mom's basement. How about you get off of your lazy ass and do something productive.

Lmao, the salt levels are atrocious. Disregard the fact that I'm going to Officer Candidates School in a couple of months though.

I do find it intriguing that you jumped straight to the basment dwelling welfare insult, almost as if you're upset about your own situation and upbringing.

Instead of feeling upset with you, I actually kinda feel sad for you
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hyperpowder posted...

Uses 35 million dollars in taxpayer money to play golf.

Gives 6 million dollars to a state disaster.

Trump

Conservatives: Paying for that disaster would be a waste of money!
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Well, that's one way to turn the state blue in 2 years.

Samurontai posted...

GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Samurontai posted...

Yeah that's bulls***

If it was a bailout for the upper class people, Trump would be all over that, plus some. Trump cares more about the upper class, than his own second son (whatever the f*** that guys name is... Aaron or some s***?)

If you look at Trumps pst actions as president and then look at this and say "Yeah Trump did this because the upper class are taking advantage of the system" then I'm sorry to announce that you're a f***ing idiot

You sound like you're living off of welfare in your mom's basement. How about you get off of your lazy ass and do something productive.

Lmao, the salt levels are atrocious. Disregard the fact that I'm going to Officer Candidates School in a couple of months though.

I do find it intriguing that you jumped straight to the basment dwelling welfare insult, almost as if you're upset about your own situation and upbringing.

Instead of feeling upset with you, I actually kinda feel sad for you

Good luck with that.

Don't feel sad for me. It's already been established that I make more than 99% of CE.

You're not in business, so I don't expect you to understand sound financial decisions.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Samurontai posted...

GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Samurontai posted...

Yeah that's bulls***

If it was a bailout for the upper class people, Trump would be all over that, plus some. Trump cares more about the upper class, than his own second son (whatever the f*** that guys name is... Aaron or some s***?)

If you look at Trumps pst actions as president and then look at this and say "Yeah Trump did this because the upper class are taking advantage of the system" then I'm sorry to announce that you're a f***ing idiot

You sound like you're living off of welfare in your mom's basement. How about you get off of your lazy ass and do something productive.

Lmao, the salt levels are atrocious. Disregard the fact that I'm going to Officer Candidates School in a couple of months though.

I do find it intriguing that you jumped straight to the basment dwelling welfare insult, almost as if you're upset about your own situation and upbringing.

Instead of feeling upset with you, I actually kinda feel sad for you

Good luck with that.

Don't feel sad for me. It's already been established that I make more than 99% of CE.

You're not in business, so I don't expect you to understand sound financial decisions.

I'm 100% sure that everything you just stated is true
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Samurontai posted...

I'm 100% sure that everything you just stated is true

Absolutely right.
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Samurontai posted...

darkprince45 posted...

Talk shit about thr guy nonstop but no sack, stick your hand out afterwards

Funny coming from someone who'd let a Trump shit in his mouth and then call it chocolate <:^)

The Trump supporter motto "For the rest of his presidency, I shall suck his dick like no other"

I voted for bernie but okay. If I don't agree with your position im a cock sucking trump supporter. Wow, the tolerant left here
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Samurontai posted...

Hypocrites love big government when it feeds into your "right wing" values

My values all involve smaller government, bro.
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...

Some of you guys are blinded. Look at that. They want to use tax payer dollars to buy damaged properly from landowners, destroy it, then rebuild it somewhere else. Many of the people who own these beach houses are wealthy. They knew the risks when they buy a beach house.

I have no sympathy for these well-off folks.

The houses affected are not beach houses: they're not even on the coast:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/us/princeville-north-carolina-hurricane-matthew-floods-black-history.html

Seventeen years ago, Ms. Cobb decided to rebuild, here in a town that has a special place in American history. Princeville, population 2,100, is believed to be the oldest town chartered by freed slaves, who founded a community that has survived numerous floods and the Jim Crow era. It remains 96 percent black.

Ms. Cobb, 69, is now considering a question looming over many homeowners: After two devastating floods, does she want the option to sell her home to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, something that the town’s leaders voted down in 1999, fearing it would lead to the end of their community?

“This is home, this is what I know,” said Ms. Cobb, who was leaning toward staying but worried about taking out a loan to rebuild. “I really don’t know.”

A number of residents have expressed an interest in selling to FEMA, which would prevent anyone from building again on their flood-prone land and lead to a reduction in the town’s tax base. The town’s four commissioners will vote at some point on whether to make that available to residents (the mayor votes in case of a tie). They can also consider elevation of homes and reconstruction of damaged ones.
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Residents on the nation’s coasts and along inland waterways have assessed storm damage and wondered if they should relocate — a painful and fairly uncommon form of hazard mitigation known as retreat.

Here, the consideration has a wrenching historical dimension. This is where a freed slave, Turner Prince, established Freedom Hill in 1865, which became Princeville 20 years later, a town where extended families have proudly lived for generations. And many of them are determined to rebuild.

This stretch along the Tar River is no stranger to flooding, and some say that it is probably the reason that African-Americans were able to settle the land in the first place. White landowners in the 19th century did not want it.

“Their existence in this space was not a matter of chance or choice, but instead the discarded and unwanted space was what former slaveholders allowed them to occupy,” Richard M. Mizelle, Jr., an associate professor of history at the University of Houston, wrote earlier this year, tying Princeville’s location to environmental racism — the relegation of black people to flood-prone land and hazardous areas that expose them to greater levels of pollution.

But many people are proud of what they have built here, and how it has endured. “The freed slaves made it what it is,” said Mayor Bobbie Jones, 55, who wants the levee improved and opposes the buyouts and hopes residents who want to leave will first seek private buyers, perhaps like himself.

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@Samurontai nice homophobic comment. Very mature of you.


Anyway this seems pretty shittyy on Trumps part.
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KingCrabCake posted...

@Samurontai nice homophobic comment. Very mature of you.


Anyway this seems pretty shittyy on Trumps part.

That wasn't homophobic.
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Make America Drown Again
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The weird thing is that he had no problem sending money for the Oroville Dam relief... in CALIFORNIA.
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Funny to think how much federal aid Republican governors accepted from Obama the same time they bitched about federal spending.
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Medz8606 posted...

Funny to think how much federal aid Republican governors accepted from Obama the same time they bitched about federal spending.

remember when chris christie gave him a hug?
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Lonestar2000 posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

@Samurontai nice homophobic comment. Very mature of you.


Anyway this seems pretty shittyy on Trumps part.

That wasn't homophobic.

It was. Im sorry youre too ignorant to understand
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Antifar posted...

A number of residents have expressed an interest in selling to FEMA, which would prevent anyone from building again on their flood-prone land and lead to a reduction in the town’s tax base. The town’s four commissioners will vote at some point on whether to make that available to residents (the mayor votes in case of a tie). They can also consider elevation of homes and reconstruction of damaged ones.

Ah, buyout/elevation is an either/or deal. That makes more sense.

treewojima posted...

Alucard188 posted...

Get hit by a natural disaster? Better pull yourselves up by your own bootstraps. Getting help from the government is socialism, we don't tolerate socialism over in Murika.

Personal responsibility, man. They should have thought of that before moving near an ocean.

on the off chance you're serious, every part of the U.S. is prone to massive and costly natural disasters

-Tornado Alley
-Supercell thunderstorms (Wind damage, hail damage, flooding)
-Wildfires
-Earthquake zones
-Blizzards
-Volcanic eruptions
-Hurricanes

etc.

you're probably being factious but I've seen people who genuinely said "shouldn't live on the east coast, you took the risk!" like living in a disaster-prone area is an actual choice
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Zero_Destroyer posted...

treewojima posted...

Alucard188 posted...

Get hit by a natural disaster? Better pull yourselves up by your own bootstraps. Getting help from the government is socialism, we don't tolerate socialism over in Murika.

Personal responsibility, man. They should have thought of that before moving near an ocean.

on the off chance you're serious, every part of the U.S. is prone to massive and costly natural disasters

-Tornado Alley
-Supercell thunderstorms (Wind damage, hail damage, flooding)
-Wildfires
-Earthquake zones
-Blizzards
-Volcanic eruptions
-Hurricanes

etc.

you're probably being factious but I've seen people who genuinely said "shouldn't live on the east coast, you took the risk!" like living in a disaster-prone area is an actual choice

If you don't have "wind damage" (tornado) insurance in the plains, you are a dumbass.

Just hope you aren't underpaid or your claim is denied by insurance companies when a Tornado flattens your city and causes billions in damages, I guess.
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The irony here is NC is a swing state, and it was the rural hicks (the ones most effected by the hurricane) that helped Trump win the state and the election.

History really will laugh at Trumpeters. They're some of the most embarrassing people to ever breath American air.
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Votes have consequences, people. You elect a man to run the state as a business, don't be surprised when a natural disaster cripples your state for years cause it's only receiving disaster relief in proportion to its gdp.

Conflict posted...

He's suspended now so maybe that'll ease your crying.

Coming from the biggest baby on the board...be consistent you fucking man child. If that was me saying it to someone your ass would be blasted with tears. Its amazing that your ass is so butthurt by months of getting owned you now follow me around in topics and engage in petty debates and comments towards me when youre never involved. Grow the fuck up you irrelevant little punk


Reminder you admitted you were stupid.

@Conflict
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The Admiral posted...

prince_leo posted...

isn't this the same hurricane he chose to go to and donate to last year?
why the change of heart?

Because they're asking for $1B of federal money for repairs that the state, homeowners, and insurance companies should mostly be funding.

And if those businesses and homeowners didn't have adequate insurance knowing where they lived, tough shit.

ya know, bootstraps.
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Trump supporters over there probably rejoicing they get anything at all.
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Conflict posted...

The meltdown continues!

At least i can finally add your pathetic existence to the ignore list. You never once attributed anything to anyone or any topic ever. Just a pathetic troll. Toodles kid.
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Almost every part of the country has a chance to fall victim to a natural disaster. Guess disaster relief shouldn't even be a thing because people should know better than to live in America, or Earth really, without being prepared to recover on their own. You chose to live here after all. Unnatural disasters could probably have the same excuses made for them too. If the world destroys your town, it is all your fault and you better figure it out or perish.
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that remark wasnt homophobic btw. its just locker room talk @KingCrabCake
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Conflict posted...

He added me to the ignore list

Victory

Okay troll

Bluebomber182 posted...

that remark wasnt homophobic btw. its just locker room talk @KingCrabCake

Nope not at all. Wasnt a private conversation at all. Not surprised you don't get it...seeing how you're homophobic
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