We must help the victims

[SHRED]

This is true and we simply must.

There is another angle that burns me up however.

Link to tweet

[GeorgeGist]

1. Texas has a $10 billion RAINY DAY fund ...

from all the money saved on unfettered capitalism.

[raven mad]

2. And has already said Abbott won't use it for hurricane relief. n/t

Many Republican lawmakers have set a high threshold for using the state’s savings fund. Though it wasn’t created with this intention, various Republicans have said the fund needs to permanently maintain a large minimum balance to preserve the state’s high credit ratings.
If Abbott chose the former, there’d likely to be a political fight to prevent efforts to drain the fund completely — or maybe even mostly — for Harvey relief. That’s because neither state nor federal officials are currently aware how much recovery efforts will cost.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2017/09/01/234622/can-texas-lawmakers-tap-the-rainy-day-fund-to-help-with-harvey-relief/

[jcmaine72]

3. Based on that Tweet, it seems to me that Texans would go a long way in helping themselves

simply by not voting for Republicans