In light of the preparation for Hurricane Sandy, I figured now would be a good time to inform you that if Mitt Romney because President, he plans on cutting disaster relief agencies like FEMA which are crucial in times like these. FEMA offers relief in every major emergency situation including Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Irene, and Sandy if we should need it. If Mitt becomes President, he plans on leaving only 4% of the budget to disaster relief and in 2011 he called leaving more than that percent to disaster relief “immoral.” Read more below.
In a 2012 report on Rep. Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” road map (which Romney has said is similar to his own), the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities noted that, due to the severe cuts to non-entitlement, non-defense spending, the costs for things like emergency management would have to be passed on to the states—which, with just a few exceptions, are currently in an even tighter financial bind than Washington.
