[Vision2020] Idahoan Votes 'No' on Aid

[Donovan Arnold]

Ted,

I do not think the negatives of the $52 billion bill
were worth voting against it.

Even if we knew $25 billion of the bill was pure pork,
to get the $27 billion to those that need it now, not
years later to make sure no mistakes were made, would
outweigh the fraud. 

While I can appreciate Otter trying to protect the
taxpayers hard earned dollars, this was not one of
those times to be critical of the legislatures
thriftiness. I think Otter made the biggest mistake of
his career.

Donovan J Arnold

 
--- Tbertruss at aol.com wrote:

> 
> All:
> 
> Otter might have some good reasons to have voted
> "no" on this $51.8 billion 
> Hurricane relief from the federal government.  The
> majority of his own party 
> supported it, so perhaps his vote was on principle,
> not politics?  Otter also 
> has opposed aspects of the Patriot Act, another
> independent position against the 
> lock step of republican group think.
> 
> President Bush and the Republican party are
> scrambling with public relations 
> damage control over the handling of the Hurricane
> Katrina disaster, and this 
> huge spending bill for relief, etc., some view with
> a jaundiced eye seeing Carl 
> Rove (what happened to the CIA operative identity
> leak from the White House 
> that implicated Rove?) managing spin control to
> bolster the image of Bush and 
> other Republicans: 2006 mid term elections are
> gearing up and democrats no 
> doubt expect to make gains!
> 
> It appears democrats aren't the only political party
> that acts as though 
> throwing huge amounts of government money at a
> problem will automatically solve 
> it!
> 
> The Dept. of Homeland Security is a creation of a
> republican dominated 
> federal government, and observers of all political
> persuasions agree to some extent 
> that this dept. did not perform as intended in the
> response to Katrina.  But 
> throwing $51.8 billion dollars at this disaster
> makes our republican dominated 
> government look like it is taking charge, even if
> the money may be mismanaged 
> without accountability to the taxpayer.
> 
> Ted Moffett
> >
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