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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Mon May 20, 2013, 06:02 PM May 2013

This is why we have government...

So we can help each other in times like these. There is only so much that neighbors and family can do in tragedies like this. That is why we choose to work together as one people, not every man, woman, and child for himself.

Our hearts are heavy for these poor folks that have lost so much and for those children they are still trying to pull out of the damaged debris. It is heart-wrenching.

Government is not bad. Government can help to alleviate the pain and suffering. We should all pull together.

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redwitch

(14,933 posts)
1. Amen.
Mon May 20, 2013, 06:09 PM
May 2013

I have to leave TV and computer now, I wish I could do something besides be a spectator. So much sadness and destruction.

Squinch

(50,773 posts)
2. And when disasters strike, we cannot allow legislators to get away with voting against aid
Mon May 20, 2013, 06:24 PM
May 2013

for those who require it. Those that vote against it should be pariahs.

Snarkoleptic

(5,995 posts)
5. "...promote the general welfare..." government doing what it's supposed to do.
Mon May 20, 2013, 09:20 PM
May 2013

This is so much more civilized than any of that Ayn Rand bootstraps bullshit the libertarians and Faux Newz zombies drone on about.

indepat

(20,899 posts)
6. But Senator Coburn (R-OK) is unwilling to promote the general welfare in Oklahoma until the general
Tue May 21, 2013, 05:18 PM
May 2013

welfare has been equally damaged elsewhere. Hopefully Oklahomans will send this bloviating arsehole packing when he next stands for re-election.

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