Gov. Romney Wants To Eliminate FEMA Absolutely

As Hurricane Sandy prepares to ravage the East Coast and beyond, let us pause and be thankful that Mitt Romney is not our current president. For Romney, when asked by CNN's John King about what he would do with FEMA, said essentially this:

Federal funding for disaster relief is "immoral," and is something that should be left up to the states or, "even better," the private sector.

HuffPost writes:

During a CNN debate at the height of the GOP primary, Mitt Romney was asked, in the context of the Joplin disaster and FEMA's cash crunch, whether the agency should be shuttered so that states can individually take over responsibility for disaster response.
"Absolutely," he said. "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. Instead of thinking, in the federal budget, what we should cut, we should ask the opposite question, what should we keep?"

"Including disaster relief, though?" debate moderator John King asked Romney.
"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney replied. "It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we'll all be dead and gone before it's paid off. It makes no sense at all." The clip was flagged by HuffPost blogger Eric Zuesse.

The Washington Post's Greg Sargent adds: "There's another nugget here worth highlighting, though. In that appearance, Romney also suggested it would be 'even better' to send any and all responsibilities of the federal government 'to the private sector,' disaster response included. So: Romney essentially favored privatizing disaster response."

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[betterworld1]

did they even count all the military over seas this time. im sure a lot of fraudulent democrat votes got counted. and even if it really was a landslide all that would prove is theres a lot more devilish and fooled.

[masteryinchin]

you are such a fucking IDIOT. 332 Electoral Votes, AND Obama is currently at 51% PV & and Romney is almost at 46%.... 5% voting difference and almost 6 million votes separate them and they are STILL counting votes so Obama's lead will grow even more... LANDSLIDE

[meteoric2011]

landslide? it was practically 50/50 and thats including all the cheating and voter fraud the democrats did.

[danny mathey]

well one thing we do know....The evil Mormon Romney LOST !!!!!! haaaa haaaaa

[danny mathey]

seems to work! you ass munchers lost by a LANDSLIDE !

[smackinfools]

lol of course! the left exclusively uses pejoratives. What a revelation! Someone call the media!

[millichocs]

@betterworld1 I read somewhere that Satan is the angel God has put in charge on Earth. Gabriel, I think his name is. He obeys God. Things may be more complex than we can understand. I would be happy if things ended, as they're pretty bad, I think, n might b better after God's judgement.

[millichocs]

It is good to prevent the build up of overpowerful, single orgs. Having more, and more responsive, orgs is better. But t privatise care? For the poor? N have it provided by heartless profiteers? No! This is the stupidity, born of blind greed, that is holding back the Right, n may even destroy America.

[John Moriarty]

Oh stop crying already. Just pick up some Preparation H for that butthurt of yours. You lost, get over it.