NC asks for $900M in flood relief, feds give $6.1M, Cooper says

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: WRAL

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina asked the federal government for $900 million to help relieve parts of the state ravaged by Hurricane Matthew flood waters, but the government only offered $6.1 million, Gov. Roy Cooper said in a news conference on Wednesday.

The $6 million of relief money is less than 1 percent of what the state asked for.

“Families across Eastern North Carolina need help to rebuild and recover, and it is an incredible failure by the Trump administration and Congressional leaders to turn their backs,” Cooper said in the statement.

In a letter to Congress, Cooper asked for the money to help families rebuild homes, repair businesses and recover from the flooding that inundated North Carolina after the October hurricane.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/nc-asks-for-900m-in-flood-relief-feds-give-6-1m-cooper-says/16693270/

[titaniumsalute]

1. The counties from Myrtle Beach to the Outbanks are BRIGHT RED

Maybe these people will remember who told them to go fuck themselves.

[paleotn]

10. Yep. In NC everything east of Raleigh

is very red. Lets see how this works out for them. I suppose you do reap what you sow.

[R Merm]

2. Eastern North Carolina is tRump country.

It is going to be interesting how this snub goes over.

[DetlefK]

3. Oh, I can tell you how they will spin this:

They will believe that there simply is no more taxpayer-money available because it's all getting spent on food-stamps for inner-city thugs.

Stop waiting for Trumpers to admit they have been fooled.
Stop waiting for Trumpers to regret voting for him.
Stop having any sorts of empathy for them. If the guy THEY elected makes THEM suffer, THEY deserve it. "Party of Personal Responsibility" and all...

[dalton99a]

15. Precisely - "The blacks are taking all the money"

[IronLionZion]

13. Maybe Trump will give them tax cuts

and blame the problem on immigrants and poor people

[groundloop]

21. Tax Cuts, that's the answer !!!! Tax Cuts will fix anything.

[IronLionZion]

22. Government is not the solution to our problems. Government is the problem.

The standard Republican response to ordinary people who need help.

It's a different matter entirely when job creators need subsidies and bailouts.

[jmowreader]

26. I know, I know...Reagan's "nine most terrifying words"

The free market is capable of doing many things well...but when your house catches fire, you want six government employees and a hose.

[adigal]

44. Yes, the floods came because God was punishing them for having immigrants and poor people

and don't forget those black people. Trump has "his blacks," but otherwise...no.

[Marthe48]

4. How to turn those red states blue

But they'll probably still vote repug, no matter how sad they are

[IronLionZion]

6. NC voted for Obama

in 2008. And their demographics have been changing as rust belt people move south for jobs.

[paleotn]

12. thank goodness for...

Asheville, Charlotte, The Triad and Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill.

[we can do it]

35. The cities, not the coast and rural areas.

[IronLionZion]

36. NC Counties Hillary won:

Hillary vote difference in NC was 173,315 votes.

It's a purple state. We can win.

[Marthe48]

7. a post above said eastern counties are trumpers

so commenting on that. So bluer, I hope

[IronLionZion]

16. They have a Dem governor

hopefully we can make NC blue again. Blue is the color of tar heels and blue devils after all.

[Marthe48]

18. Roy Cooper is being hounded

Had to go to court after he was elected to block mcrory's attempt to limit the N.C.governor's executive powers. And ploys against him punish the citizens of N.C. Bet the people harmed by the storm like being political pawns.

[Golden Raisin]

31. And blame it on Obama, Hillary and all Dems and Liberals alive and dead.

[Duppers]

39. They will indeed still vote repug, no matter how sad they are.

Republicans vote their values, not their interests.

With global climate warming, these folks need to move away from the coast.

[Afromania]

5. how the hell did they come up with 6.1 million ?

Maybe 900 is padded a bit? But even if it is how do you figure 6.1 million is going to do anything for these people? Well they got what they voted for. A wall,deportation forces and a Trump personal empire working out of the WH.

[Orrex]

8. That's what they had left over after keeping Melania in her palace

[ProfessorGAC]

32. Beauty!

Well played.

[Javaman]

9. the right wing, doing all they can to destroy themselves.

and that's fine by me.

[truthisfreedom]

11. Repeal and Replace Republicans!

[Blue_Tires]

14. I thought NC hated Big Gummitt?

Let the local churches pony up the cash...

[dalton99a]

17. They only help the kind of Christians they like - or whoever the pastor sleeps with

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

19. Isn't North Carolina one of the states

that thinks the Federal Government is too large and shouldn't be very involved in people's lives? And isn't this a terrific opportunity for that state to live by that thinking?

[jmowreader]

28. Well...except for Fayetteville, Jacksonville and Goldsboro

All three have large military bases - Fayetteville has Ft. Bragg, Jacksonville is home to Camp Lejeune, and Goldsboro is the host to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.

[mn9driver]

20. They are getting what they voted for.

What's their problem?

[forintegrity]

23. They have to give

to all the billionaires first. The 6.1M is leftovers.

[More_Cowbell]

24. Sorry NC, you voted for a president who spends $3 million a week visiting FL

So he doesn't have money to help you.

[Grins]

25. .66%!!!

.66%!!! Really? Point-66%!!!

Man. That is securely in the range of, "Why don't you go eff yourself."

[Honeycombe8]

27. NC needs to understand that Washington needs that money for their huge tax cuts.

NC is being so selfish.

(sarcasm)

[jmowreader]

29. The question that must be asked is devastating

"How much would NC have received if Pat McCrory had won reelection?"

Trump is such a nasty asshole he would punish innocent people for electing a Democratic governor. Assuming he's still in office in September, the proof of the pudding will be how Trump responds when a state that elects a lot of Republicans...like, say, Idaho or Kansas...requests disaster relief funds.

[Marthe48]

33. and trump is stupid enough to think

Americans will think hurricanes can hit Idaho. As he pays his grifters there

[jmowreader]

38. Hurricanes aren't the problem Idaho faces

We have floods...

http://www.localnews8.com/weather/governor-idaho-flood-problems-just-begin-disaster-declarations-issued/340732890

...and major forest fires.

http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/feel-the-burn-a-look-back-at-the-2012-fire-season-shows-heavy-costs-big-challenges/Content?oid=2779624

[Marthe48]

40. I was being sarcastic

sorry to sound insensitive

[adigal]

43. Here is my question: how much would NC have received if they voted for Hillary and she won?

I am betting a LOT more money.

[The_Casual_Observer]

30. Sounds like punishment for the Dem Governor

[Sunriser13]

34. I had accidently reposted this...

... but my comment stands, repeated below.

Less than 1%. Hurricane Matthew absolutely devastated so many areas of Eastern NC, and the SOBs in Washington can't even see fit to use some of that $182 BILLION so-called surplus - a surplus garnered on the backs of so many desperate people not just here, but all over the United States.

Just have to wonder which cronies' pockets will be enriched at such a terrible human cost.

[wishstar]

37. Haven't heard a word yet from NC Repub Senators and Congresscritters either

Why aren't they doing more to lobby for need for a lot more aid, if only to resore destroyed infrastructure. I have to wonder if it is coincidental that some of the hardest hit towns were predominantly black communities who suffered floodwaters for weeks with no relief.

[adigal]

42. How did not voting for Hillary work out for the North Carolinians?? Not too well, huh?? nt

[adigal]

41. NC voted for Trump, no? Only $6.1 million?? Sad.

Hey, red staters, this is your future if you keep voting for Republicans. You know why?? Blue states are going to get smart, and agree to very low federal taxes, and raise our state taxes. We will keep our own money instead of sending it to red states. Red states will look like Ethiopia in five years. Sad.