GOP: Money for Missouri tornado victims only if we cut spending

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May 23, 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that if Congress passes an emergency spending bill to help Missouri's tornado victims, the extra money will have to be cut from somewhere else.

"If there is support for a supplemental, it would be accompanied by support for having pay-fors to that supplemental," Mr. Cantor, Virginia Republican, told reporters at the Capitol. The term "pay-fors" is used by lawmakers to signal cuts or tax increases used to pay for new spending.

That stands in stark contrast to then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who six years ago stumbled when, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, he said emergency spending would be tacked on to the deficit.

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He took flak from conservatives who said after years of expanding budgets under President George W. Bush, Republicans in Congress should have turned to cuts before deficit-spending.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2011/may/23/cantor-learns-delays-lesson-disaster-spending/

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

May 23, 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Monday that if Congress passes an emergency spending bill to help Missouri's tornado victims, the extra money will have to be cut from somewhere else.

Just like real life. Who would have imagined?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Translation: Take from blue states who already give more than they take and give to red states who already take more than they give as it is - generally speaking. It's interesting how those that cry the most for spending cuts are sitting on the receiving end of that very spending. But that's for another day. Right now, the nation ought to help those in need w/o getting into silly debates.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Translation: Take from blue states who already give more than they take and give to red states who already take more than they give as it is - generally speaking. It's interesting how those that cry the most for spending cuts are sitting on the receiving end of that very spending. But that's for another day. Right now, the nation ought to help those in need w/o getting into silly debates.

Right

Just let the states keep the money they have and maybe they wouldn't need to ask for it "back"

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Right

Just let the states keep the money they have and maybe they wouldn't need to ask for it "back"

That would spell a lot of trouble for a lot red states that are hanging on Washington's teat.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

That would spell a lot of trouble for a lot red states that are hanging on Washington's teat.

Seems like they could handle it themselves, they can raise their taxes, higher taxes fix anything. Better to do it at the state level. Or maybe some believe the states can't handle that responsibility, that they need the experts of the federal government to raise their taxes?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Seems like they could handle it themselves, they can raise their taxes, higher taxes fix anything. Better to do it at the state level. Or maybe some believe the states can't handle that responsibility, that they need the experts of the federal government to raise their taxes?

Not the experts, Gary. The cover.