I’m for the Federal Government helping out anyone, regardless of the state, in the event of a national disaster. Helping, ok? With basic needs such as food, water (which they still need and are forced to boil water due to damage to the city infrastructure) which, by the way, is a problem for this entire country, including wherever you live. All communities are facing the infrastructure issues. If you suffer a catastrophe due to a natural cause, or failure of an aging infrastructure, I personally have no problems with helping you or anyone else out with my tax dollars. I don’t view any of this as a social program.
The problem with your thinking is that the citizens who had nothing to do with what choices the government made are, in some cases, literally freezing to death and have no access to clean drinking water. Do you believe an elderly person with no gas or wood fireplace and who has no other access to heat has to suffer for days on end due to the state’s decisions regarding energy sources? Those without family close enough to help care for them are to be subject to these same consequences? I still would want citizens of this country, who through no control of their own and due to government allotments of funds, to not suffer needlessly and die. These citizens, most of whom are hard working people or retirees, shouldn’t be victims of a government not functioning as it should, and I have no problems with my tax dollars assisting them. Still, I respect anyone here with a different opinion.
I’m for the Federal Government helping out anyone, regardless of the state, in the event of a national disaster. Helping, ok? With basic needs such as food, water (which they still need and are forced to boil water due to damage to the city infrastructure) which, by the way, is a problem for this entire country, including wherever you live. All communities are facing the infrastructure issues. If you suffer a catastrophe due to a natural cause, or failure of an aging infrastructure, I personally have no problems with helping you or anyone else out with my tax dollars. I don’t view any of this as a social program.
The problem with your thinking is that the citizens who had nothing to do with what choices the government made are, in some cases, literally freezing to death and have no access to clean drinking water. Do you believe an elderly person with no gas or wood fireplace and who has no other access to heat has to suffer for days on end due to the state’s decisions regarding energy sources? Those without family close enough to help care for them are to be subject to these same consequences? I still would want citizens of this country, who through no control of their own and due to government allotments of funds, to not suffer needlessly and die. These citizens, most of whom are hard working people or retirees, shouldn’t be victims of a government not functioning as it should, and I have no problems with my tax dollars assisting them. Still, I respect anyone here with a different opinion.
We will just have to respectfully disagree.