Jeff Danziger Editorial Cartoon, January 02, 2013 on GoComics.com

Bruce4671 said, 5 months ago

Well gee, if our legislators could just address the problem and not have to fill bills up with non related items MAYBE money could be allocated for and spent for the PEOPLE that NEED it.

Nope gotta have that PORK!

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/01/02/the-pork-filled-and-expensive-nonrelief-sandy-relief-bill-n1477710

Ms. Ima said, 5 months ago

Can’t have a bill without pork. Dems can’t pass up causing a problem that they can fix by spending trillions of dollars.

rightisright said, 5 months ago

Taker Nation deserves to join Atlantis. That part of the country stopped being free America long ago. Sandy just repaid the favor.

dtroutma said, 5 months ago

It is interesting watching Republicans with a tad of moral fiber calling the rest on the carpet, for being total jerks. Of course it’s also interesting how many of them ignore the “general welfare” clause, unless it’s for contractors, their buddies, or political contributors.

Spent many years, professionally, and as a volunteer helping people in such “accident or disaster” situations, and never considered it “liberal” OR “conservative”, just the responsibility of a fellow human, supporting a republican democracy.

kamwick said, 5 months ago

@dtroutma

Aw, but then you happen to be a reasonable human being, friend. Unlike others I could mention…

MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago

@rightisright

“Taker Nation”? Obviously you didn’t listen to Gov. Christie. He made it clear – and it was later confirmed by the media – that NY and NJ are paying much more INTO the federal budget as they get OUT of it! But that doesn’t fit your agenda about liberals, so it can’t be true, right?

ossiningaling said, 5 months ago

Is it just me or am I seeing pink elephants?

MortyForTyrant said, 5 months ago

The people need help, for sure. But why don’t they get help from insurance? Well, two reasons: 1) they didn’t have insurance because it would be very costly to insure a building that is basically on a sand-dune in the ocean and 2) the insurance policy is written in a way that allows the company to ignore any “act of god”.

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The first point begs the question: why do people build there? The whole reason for the existence of New York City (and supporting areas) is that where land and water meet opportunity arises. Shipping, trading, fishing – most big and prosperous cities are on the waterfront. But if you get too close you’ll get drowned. So zoning- and building-codes should keep that in mind: quays to the front, people to the back!

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The second point should – basically – be the end of insurance. Why buy insurance when these guys can simply claim divine intervention and withhold the check? That’s unfair to the customer! And then there is this thing with wind vs. water. They say things like “yeah, you have flood insurance, but the water was pushed into your house by the wind, and you don’t have wind insurance”. Put all these weasels against the next wall and rat-tat-tat-tat, that will teach them!

DrCanuck said, 5 months ago

@MortyForTyrant

Insurance Companies should have to provide proof that it was a god that did it.

dtroutma said, 5 months ago

Morty: a valid consideration, when folks build on barrier islands, or rebuild for the third time in a fire ecosystem in a canyon in California, never even “building to the environment”, they should NOT get insurance, or bailed out by the government. But when “unusual” events are the cause? Building on flood plains, even when government constructed levees make such land use feasible, isn’t always “bright”. But, who ever over-estimated the intelligence of the “populace”, it wasn’t P.Tl Barnum.