BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Yep...Dickwad Coburn wants offsets for tornado aid

F.O.A.D.

On 5/21/13 5:38 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:37:09 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) will insist that any federal aid to deal with
the tornado in his home state must be offset by budget cuts.

“He will ask his colleagues to sacrifice lower priority areas of the
budget to help Oklahoma,” spokesman John Hart said. Should other
Republicans join Coburn, it could set up a fight similar to the January
tug-of-war over Hurricane Sandy funding. That aid package was delayed by
GOP opposition and ultimately passed with mostly Democratic support.

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Sure, Tom...just eliminate the tax bennies for the oil companies in your
state, eh?

I am OK with taking that money out of Oklahoma's slice of the pie.

I do wonder what kind of money your typical Okie pays for insurance.

Here in Florida it can easily be over $5k a year for a fairly modest
home with a very large deductible in the case of storm damage.

Oklahoma is in the top three of states requiring federal disaster
assistance. The other two are Texas and California.

I wonder if Oklahoma folks are in some special homeowners' insurance
pool because of their location in tornado alley. Paying more in Florida
or, in fact, right along the east coast, seems reasonable, what with the
frequent hurricanes.