[Vision2020] Idahoan Votes 'No' on Aid

[Donovan Arnold]

Ted,

I know you are not against spending billions on the
victims of Katrina. I do not think anyone is against
that.

However, I disagree with making sure a bill is perfect
before passing it when it is crucial that it get done
to save lives. They should pass an aid package so the
workers can began ordering supplies and getting them
to the people. Later, you can fine tune the law with
amendments to better meet the needs of the people. But
to prevent water, food and medical supplies from going
out now because you are not sure on the number of
bricks needed to rebuild a wall and do not want to
waste money is a big mistake.

Pass the bill, get the machine rolling, fix the kinks
later.

If Representative Otter is concerned with wasteful
spending and knows of instances in the bill where
there is waste, he should write a bill to fix those
areas, but he should not vote to prevent the bulk of
the federal aid package. 

If Congress waited to pass a bill until all the waste
was out of it Congress would still be waiting to pass
Bill #1

Donovan J Arnold




--- Tbertruss at aol.com wrote:

> 
> Donovan et. al.
> 
> I am not against the Feds spending billions on aid
> for Katrina relief.  I 
> just think the issues of the wisdom of monitoring on
> what projects the money is 
> spent with what methods of accountability are worth
> considering, rather than 
> rushing into a politically motivated PR damage
> control scenario to spend 
> billions as quickly as possible, that could result
> in a lot of the federal funding 
> not serving the real needs of the people suffering.
> 
> If it means waiting a day or two to write language
> into this relief bill to 
> provide more guarantees that the money will be spent
> in a manner that really 
> assists the most needy suffering from Katrina's
> wrath, which means the most poor 
> and disadvantaged, why is this not a good idea?  I
> am cynical enough about 
> how government works to imagine that many
> congressional politicians may see a 
> huge spending bill with minimal oversight to be a
> chance for them to funnel 
> government funds for their districts with the goal
> of pursuing their pet projects 
> that may seem related to Katrina relief, but really
> do not offer timely 
> assistance to the most needy hurricane victims.
> 
> I am aware that Otter's political views might lead
> him to oppose such a huge 
> federal spending bill to assist the most poor and
> disadvantaged victims of 
> Katrina, even if there was rigorous oversight and
> accountability.
> 
> I don't think Otter's political career is that
> imperiled by his "no" vote on 
> this federal aid package for Katrina relief. 
> Remember, Idaho has the most 
> republican dominated legislature in the USA, Idaho's
> recent poll numbers show 
> Bush with the highest popularity among all states,
> and where did Bush chose to 
> "flee" to meet with mothers of soldiers in Iraq who
> support Bush when he was 
> countering the Cindy Sheehan campaign during the
> weeks before Katrina hit?
> 
> Our lovely state of Idaho!
> 
> Ted Moffett 
> >
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