Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Congress Congressional Delegation Asks for More Federal Aid
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- By Debra King
"Tennesseans are helping themselves and their neighbors, but Tennessee will require federal assistance beyond what current emergency programs' funding can support," today's letter states.
That's fine. We're not proud. We'll take all the money the feds will give us, right? Still, once again, we can't help but point out the brazen hypocrisy of two members of Congress who signed this letter. Zach Wamp and Marsha Blackburn are champions of states' rights, constantly harping about getting the federal guvmint off our backs. Now here they are in line with everyone else with their hands out, demanding more and more aid.
After last night's forum, Wamp, a.k.a. Capt. Shameless, was asked to explain how he can demand states' rights while begging for federal aid at the same time.
"They're not mutually exclusive. There's a legitimate role for the federal government, and frankly it involves things like natural disasters that the states cannot deal with."
So Washington should do whatever Wamp wants Washington to do. Get it?
Update: Here's another example of Wamp's hypocrisy on the states' rights issue.
Update II: Corker says: "I was pleased to sign this letter with the rest of the delegation to request funding for Tennessee flood relief in the upcoming supplemental appropriations bill, and it is my hope and my expectation that this will be a clean emergency supplemental that only contains true emergency spending, not a Christmas tree for non-related, non-emergency spending." Translation: We want our money and nobody else can jump on this gravy train.
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