Rick Scott hypocrisy: Florida officials use onset of storm season to blast Washington

[mfcorey1]

SOMEBODY TELL THE IDIOT TO TALK TO HIS FELLOW RETHUGLICANS!


TALLAHASSEE _ As the first tropical storm of the season bore down on Florida Thursday, Republican state officials seized the moment to blast Washington and warn that the required budget cuts to federal programs could impede the state’s ability to respond to hurricanes or floods.

Gov. Rick Scott had just mentioned Tropical Storm Andrea at his briefing with reporters Thursday morning when he launched into a critique of the federal budget storm that is causing the Florida National Guard to order 993 of its full-time staff to go to a four-day work week beginning July 1.

Known as sequestration, the across-the-board cuts were agreed to between President Obama and the Republican-controlled Congress in 2011 to resolve the debt ceiling standoff. Now, Scott, Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford have written to Congress and the Department of Defense asking them to exempt National Guard staff from the mandatory cuts because of Florida’s hurricane season.

“It doesn’t make any sense why they’re doing it this way,’’ Scott said, adding that the defense department could have excluded the National Guard from the budget cuts. “I’m very concerned about our preparedness. … It will take more days to be up to speed.”


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[madokie]

1. Go cry to boner and mitch the stiff, ricky

If you didn't have your head squarely up your ass you'd know exactly where the problem lies. You know, with the guys who stated early on that they weren't going to work with Obama on any thing as long as they were there. That they would not let any legislation though that could be seen as good by the average person no matter what.
It goes a lot deeper than racism alone too. UnAmerican, hell, all the way to treason if you ask me.
Wake the fuck up dude

correct the spelling of boner

[TexasTowelie]

2. He is concerned about the financial losses that may occur and affect corporate profits,

but doesn't give a shit about the lives of the people that will be disrupted or lost during the storm,
or any day when they cut back on social programs.

[Laelth]

3. Hypocrisy, indeed.

Suck it up, Florida Republicans, and remember the old saying, "Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it."

-Laelth